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Old 01-28-2011, 09:21 PM   #228
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney View Post
[...]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.
So what you're saying is that the mass audience has good taste only when they agree with you.

This is not a dig, I think we all feel like that at times, but I think it truly highlights the point made to me earlier: people statement's of what is good taste (good writing) can only ever be their personal opinion, no matter how strongly stated. To me good writing is writing that reaches its audience; almost by definition, this means a popular book is well written whether I happen to like it or not.
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