I had this thread before...many years ago. I do not like it when writers over explain a character's motivation for doing something. If you have to explain it you have failed in your writing....yes,Dean Koontz, I am talking about you lol.
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So you weren't impressed with IT having a book long love interest between Ben & bev?I hate it when two main characters have similiar names starting with the same letter.
Your first point: isn't that a balance thing? If it is to much description there is not enough holes for our imagination to work with. And if there is to little the scene and the characters are so loose in the edges that we stop really caring about them. Thats where i think King mostly walks the line without falling too either side. Many Writers do. Someone mentioned Lee Child and his Reacher stories. You can easyly read them but you, at least not i, don't really care about them.It irks me when writers present too much description about anything (my mind needs something to imagine).
When they waste my time with stuff that doesn't matter (my life is busy and futile); I read to escape, to find solutions, and to nuture my soul, please don't waste the time I've given to read what you have written.
Don't like when they use the same characters with different names over and over (unless they are the same in a series). There are so many different people and points of view in the world, why limit yourself to a couple?
Also when the language they use is overly simple, cultural (a page or two to get the 'feel' is fine, but not all), or too technical and difficult.
THIS. Stephanie Meyer writes so poorly, and she's a millionaire. I know I'm no Stephen King, but DANG. Come on! If she can write like that and sell so much, I should at least be getting somewhere.Mostly, that writers whom I find dreadful can still bank like nobody's business.
THIS. Stephanie Meyer writes so poorly, and she's a millionaire. I know I'm no Stephen King, but DANG. Come on! If she can write like that and sell so much, I should at least be getting somewhere.
I mean no disrespect to Twilight fans. I'm just jealous as all get-out.
This is going to be an awful thing to say but i believe it's true, human beings are such sheep sometimes that they jump on the band wagon just to feel included. Stephanie Meyer is a HACK... the Kardashian's are Talentless....Honey BooBoo is crap. This is why so many truly talented artists and writers have to try three times as hard to be heard.... it's difficult enough wading through all the talent... now everyone has to wade through the piles of sh*t as well. And there's PLENTY of it.
I think you're exactly right. Thank goodness we have true talent like Sai King out there.This is going to be an awful thing to say but i believe it's true, human beings are such sheep sometimes that they jump on the band wagon just to feel included. Stephanie Meyer is a HACK... the Kardashian's are Talentless....Honey BooBoo is crap. This is why so many truly talented artists and writers have to try three times as hard to be heard.... it's difficult enough wading through all the talent... now everyone has to wade through the piles of sh*t as well. And there's PLENTY of it.