Just wanted to point out that Shakespeare was not the greatest author ever, but the greatest writer. You see, he never wrote prose.
The word author is generally reserved for prose writers. Shakespeare was a playwright and a poet. Therein is the difference between a writer and an author--form.
Otherwise, a writer is a writer. Medium and subject matter does not exclude a person that writes from the big author club so long as they write prose.
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A bit of literary scholarship and semantics...
Date: 2004-10-14 08:49 pm (UTC)Just wanted to point out that Shakespeare was not the greatest author ever, but the greatest writer. You see, he never wrote prose.
The word author is generally reserved for prose writers. Shakespeare was a playwright and a poet. Therein is the difference between a writer and an author--form.
Otherwise, a writer is a writer. Medium and subject matter does not exclude a person that writes from the big author club so long as they write prose.