I think part of the problem is that they write the brick books and only one major person tries to stop them... A.K.A. they write i one go rather than serial
chapters. I remember hearing that in the 1800s they wrote one chapter a month and it was put in a monthly publication with single chapters from other stories.
Each month people could mentally chew on the chapter and write in telling writers what did and didn't work. This is what happens with JUMP magazine,
fanfiction, and to some extent weekly TV fiction shows. They get step by step feedback.
Now we have writers who are writing fiction in brick books that only their editors and maybe a few friends and family get to see before it pops onto shelves as
a whole. Then when something bad stupid happens in chapter 9, the rest of the book moves on and the speed bump on whatever annoyed people is a permanent part
of the story and they can't take it back easily.... its not like they can release a new edition and get most people to pay 20-30 bucks for it every time.
At best the thing is addressed in the next book... or less useful in an interview somewhere. Its like taking a wrong turn 3 miles into a 100 mile trip and
only doing something about it after you have traveled the full 100 miles and haven't gotten there yet.
If you had addressed the problem earlier it wouldn't have gotten so bad... and since people pay to read your work they are usually insulted when you ask
them to pay for something they already bought. That or they have Apple level fanboy/fangirls and they will pay for each step in the process. Gleefully. If
it was a game it'd be like buying the beta, then four other drafts at full price.
With Ozzallos my largest problem is that he taunts the readers when he can.... like posting random story chapters in his profile rather than in a plot bunnies
thread. Repetitive description paragraphs are also summed up for me, if the rest of the story is good I'm happy. If I'm reading and these kind of
things stand out I can tell I'm getting bored with the story.
chapters. I remember hearing that in the 1800s they wrote one chapter a month and it was put in a monthly publication with single chapters from other stories.
Each month people could mentally chew on the chapter and write in telling writers what did and didn't work. This is what happens with JUMP magazine,
fanfiction, and to some extent weekly TV fiction shows. They get step by step feedback.
Now we have writers who are writing fiction in brick books that only their editors and maybe a few friends and family get to see before it pops onto shelves as
a whole. Then when something bad stupid happens in chapter 9, the rest of the book moves on and the speed bump on whatever annoyed people is a permanent part
of the story and they can't take it back easily.... its not like they can release a new edition and get most people to pay 20-30 bucks for it every time.
At best the thing is addressed in the next book... or less useful in an interview somewhere. Its like taking a wrong turn 3 miles into a 100 mile trip and
only doing something about it after you have traveled the full 100 miles and haven't gotten there yet.
If you had addressed the problem earlier it wouldn't have gotten so bad... and since people pay to read your work they are usually insulted when you ask
them to pay for something they already bought. That or they have Apple level fanboy/fangirls and they will pay for each step in the process. Gleefully. If
it was a game it'd be like buying the beta, then four other drafts at full price.
With Ozzallos my largest problem is that he taunts the readers when he can.... like posting random story chapters in his profile rather than in a plot bunnies
thread. Repetitive description paragraphs are also summed up for me, if the rest of the story is good I'm happy. If I'm reading and these kind of
things stand out I can tell I'm getting bored with the story.