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Originally Posted by Kirtai
Maybe they put more thought into their books?
Or maybe they're not just machines with a guaranteed minimum output speed?
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Have you read anything by Asimov?
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Originally Posted by elcreative
You are missing a fundamental fact... different authors work in different ways. Some plan everything out with detailed timelines, a project chart and acres of notes, some don't and work on a more ad hoc basis. It would be ludicrous to interfere with with what works for an author to meet the perceived needs of some readers when the majority are buying the books as is... if you don't like the way something's going then stop reading, that's fine but you can't compel people to write in a fashion that doesn't work for them... and what happens if what was going to be a minor point suddenly provokes a stream of thought leading to a whole new angle on the story...
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I can open a can with just a knife, but I can open it faster with a can opener. If you see someone using a knife would you consider it "ludicrous to interfere with with what works" and point them to a can opener?
EDIT: I meant to say "or point them to a can opener".