Most writers of fiction do not earn enough money to live from their
writing.
Do you think the government should give them financial assistance to help encourage good literature?
Do you think the government should give them financial assistance to help encourage good literature?
You should give reasons for your answer using your own ideas and
experience.
There are some conditions under which a novelist could reasonably expect
some government suport. In general terms, if the writer has already proved that
he or she can write well, and if the stories produced are stimulating and
interesting, then I consider that some financial help might be given.
Language quality is difficult to define, but if the writing shows, for example,
good grammar, a wide vocabulary, and elegance and imagination, then I can see a
valid reason for assisting an author to spend some time free from money
problems. Such a writing needs to be encouraged. the entertainment value of a
book would be also a factor in deciding whether to provide assistance to an
author. Further consideration would include social and educational values
expressed in the author's work.
However, if the ideas were socially irresponsible, or if the stories
contain unnecessary violence or pornography for its own sake, then I would not
want to see the author sponsored to write stories which do not benefit society.
Other exceptions are the many writers of good books who do not require
financial help. Books which proved to be extremely popular, such as the Harry
Potter stories, clearly need no subsidy at all because the authors have become
rich through their writing.
Views on what good quality writing means will vary widely, and so if any
author is to be given money for writing, then the decision would have to be
made by a committee or panel of judge. An individual opinion would certainly
cause disagreement among the reading public.