Rock Journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read

This problem compounds itself if you find a whole group of people whose vision is to read. What do they want to read? Why do they want to read? Some will want to read street signs. Others will want to write poetry. Still others will want to write letters. Others may want to write novels. Everyone’s vision will be different, and if you attempt to teach at this point, you and they will all become frustrated. You will be disjointed and distracted since you are trying to teach each person what she wants to know.

 The learners will become frustrated because they are not being taught what they want to know. What the group needs to do is to create a common vision. Each person must figure out what elements of their personal vision are important and which elements are flexible. Would the street sign people be willing to learn how to write poetry? Would the novelists be willing to start with poetry? By creating a vision that includes and adds to the essential elements of each individual’s vision, the group can create a collective problem that it can be united in solving.