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Originally Posted by HarryT
Hmmm. That seems a little harsh; there's absolutely nothing whatsoever wrong with "writing solely to make money". And if you're writing to the expectations of your readers, that's actually pretty sensible.
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I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. Life doesn't have a judge and jury, and while there are a few moral absolutes in the world, I'm pretty sure none of them cover writing quality. I'm simply saying that *I* am not interested in reading what someone is churning out for money. My experience has been that, unless people have a story they really want to tell, or a character they want to write about, they fall back on formula. I, personally, have no interest in formula. It's a red flag for me.
And by the by, maybe it's just me, but I *want* an author who's willing to show some imagination and confound/challenge the expectations of their readers. I understand there are readers who like genre and conventions and a pleasant ride from point A to point Z, but *I* am not one of them. Nothing irritates me quite as much as an ending you can see 200 pages off...and then the writer *writes* it.