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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
So they will want things like 10 page kitten killing descriptions cut out because it will affect profits, or they will tell you not to write about snail racing syndicates because the potential market isn't large enough, or they will say you can't have the narrator swear in every sentence.
Those are the sort of things that will cause friction between "artist" and businessman.
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As a reader (and as an editor) I can't imagine many people finding a 10-page description of killing a kitten very readable or artistic or creative. But then I may be on the puritannical side
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I think an author whose sole focus is on the "artist" aspects of writing is an author who wouldn't seek out a publisher or accept any editorial review whatsoever; they are, in today's Internet age, more likely to be self-published and financially frustrated.
And although I hear/read a lot of altruistic statements from authors, I think 99% really want to be the next commercial success, the next JK Rowling, James Patterson, Tom Clancy, JD Robb, etc., not simply an artistic success based on self-evaluation.