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Originally Posted by gmw
So your earlier post that said: "The bigger question is why the mass audience is style and tone deaf, and finds them readable." was not a rejection of their opinion? It sure sounds like one to me.
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Yes and no. That same mass audience has made books popular that
were well written, so it's not a
blanket rejection of mass taste. It's a rejection for certain specific cases.
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It is only your claim that it isn't the writing, not mine. Certainly there is a combination of factors going on here, but the writing is part of that combination. It is your prior claim that the mass audience is style and tone deaf that seems to be a total rejection of popularity.
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It isn't. It's a question.
If we accept that a popular book can be badly written, we have to ask
why it's popular
despite that. I agree that a combination of factors are involved, and writing quality is only one of them. What are the others?
I'll part company with mass audience taste on a badly written book because I require a minimal level of writing quality to find a book readable at all. Obviously I'm not representative, because books I can't read may become very popular indeed.
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Dennis