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LITERATURE

think that the current system of commis- Reading the new short novel by Petar
sions in the different departments of the Andonovski, the maturation and the re-
Ministry should be replaced by a system of finement of his style is obvious. While in
funds. Now everyone competes once per the previous prose we found imperfec-
year, the applications are in one pile, the tions in terms of the characterization of
commissions receivethousand applica- the characters or inappropriateness of
tions and – no matter what they choose, the realistic chronology and the behavior
they will make a mistake. A switch to a of the characters, this time, the work has
system of funds should be made. It is not been entirely refined. There are no gaps in
unknown in our system, and it is a trend the style, the characters, the story, in the
in developed countries. The different pri- action. When we compare the two works,
orities, for young authors, for children, it is precisely the diversity thatmakes us
for top ratedauthors, can be divided in- conclude that the author is still looking
toseparate funds that will be named ac- for himself, that he is still building what
cording to some deserving writers, they
will be branded, with skilled administra-
tive workers, and the calls for support
can be continuous or on several occasions
in the year. In this manner the influxand
pressure will be avoided. Omission and
hurries to adhere to the deadline will be
avoided as well. The most important thing
is that the administrative workers from
the fund will be well familiar with the
sector that they cover and they will have
knowledge and information about every
new movement ofthe authors. They will
be able to elaborate criteria, and forms,
to bring them close to their users and to
explain them. They will establish more
permanent and more essential contacts
with the publishers, the editors, the pro-
moters, the agents, and the authors them-
selves. They will know who is the new one
who just entered the field, who is matur-
ing, who is on the top, who is leaving, and
who needs a break. As an autonomous
fund, they will be able to developan inter-
sectoral or international cooperation on a
project or a programbasis. Of course, the
decisions will be made by a commission,
but under no pressure and with a huge lo-
gistic support by the fund’s administrative
workers. We will also have skilledadmin-
istration, and the writers will be able to
professionalize to a certainextent. There
are human resources available for this
change, due tothe recent increase of the
administration. Only investments should
be made in additional education, brand-
ing and marketing. However, the benefit
would be greater.

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