[Democracyman]

I guess in writing you have two ways to go, you can blindly type and create a story, which is good training BUT you are learning as you do. Which means if you spend a year or two making that novel, it may be the kind no one will want to read, unless your lucky. Then starting over again, how many years until success? Success meaning a book that people actually enjoy reading.

The other way is trying to copy a successful style of writing that people would like to read. That means a kind of writing that grabs the reader at the first paragraph and hangs on to their heart through out to the end of the story. This second method will depend on knowing the craft while typing, having some sort of plan mapped out in the head or even on paper while the creative brain deals with the daily writing.

In any case I don't favor spending many years blindly typing stories until I figure out the correct method that people like to read, of course this may happen no matter my desire.

I figure there is no reason a beginner writer can't make a great novel that people would like to read if that is the goal and the writer puts in the effort to create this book (lots of editing and rewriting). The prior effort being studying successful writing skills in many books. This does not mean the first book will be really successful but it will mean the first novel won't be a pig that people can't read through.

You can write any way you want for yourself, but to create a book to be read you must follow a pattern that people like so they read your book.

I think in today's modern life people have far more distractions and entertainment options so writers must
be better than ever.

Dan