All art forms cycle through phases and styles—fashion, dance, literature, visual arts, even acting. To wit: the ‘statuesque’ style of 18th-century actor John Kemble would have been laughed out of the theater today. And 21st-century literary agents don't want novels that open with long stretches of exposition (unless—maybe—the prose is stunning).

But what if you want to write, act, or paint in a style that’s now considered outmoded? Can you do that and still hope to sell your stuff? We toss around some ill-informed ideas and land on a sensible approach.

Questions for Listeners:

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* Do you consider whether a technique is ‘sellable’ when you’re creating a project

* Have you ever had a creative work refused because “nobody reads/buys/wants that style any more”?

Links to Explore:

This topic is so cutting edge that we could find no discussion of it! If you know of any videos, articles, or scholarly investigations, please leave us a comment—we’d love to hear.

In the meantime, here’s an article on how to make an old fashioned:

https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/the-art-of-the-old-fashioned/

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