The younger generation don't seem to have any idea how things work. Current example:
I'm a member of a writers' forum. A person posted yesterday, asking for help with a WIP ("Work In Progress"). What we were told:
He (or she) has an idea for a main character. It will be a female, one of five sisters. Her age is unknown -- early 20s to early 30s. Her occupation is unknown -- possibly a lawyer, possibly a journalist, or possibly a student. The setting will be "urban" -- no other information provided. The would-be author stated that he/she has no plot, and has no central conflict for the main character to confront and overcome. The would-be author refers to this snippet of information as a WIP, and ended the opening post with, "What do I do?"
In a follow-up post, he wrote, "I have no plot ideas."
Along with several other members of the site, I responded that I don't think the would-be author has a WIP, because there isn't enough information to do anything with. So I woke up this morning to find a new post from our would-be New York Times best selling author:
This is where some of you are wrong and are making assumptions. I do have a setting, I have done worldbuilding and I have a magic system (it could be fleshed out more in some places but there is a good basis), I have a couple of characters and wrote down their personalities (could be fleshed out more, yes), I know what kind of themes I would like to write.
I have been brainstorming on this story all year.
I just have not shared all that information in my first post. So, I do have a WIP. I have 3 more WIPs.
This seems to be typical behavior for what I perceive to be a millennial -- ask for help, withhold potentially useful information, and then act all butt-hurt when people don't give you the answers you wanted.
There's another member of that forum who behaves the same way, and whose posts I have disciplined myself to ignore. I suspect this person will also end up on my personal ignore list.