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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
It wasn't you.  I've seen you say similar things, but it always seemed to me there was a different mentality behind it. The individual I was referring to strikes me more as the type who read, "How Anyone Can Write an Ebook and Get Rich!" and believed it.
You've learned from it, and you already knew that most popular authors don't wake up every morning and fart out perfect prose - they have editors. I think a lot of people haven't figured that out yet.
Edited to add: I love your covers.  |
Cost will be a big factor too, especially for hobby writers (which would be pretty much most of them). When I read something I always send the writer a list of mistakes and sloppy sentences. I've only ever had one person tell me to bog off. He said he was dyslexic and saw it as a personal attack. Everyone else was grateful, though whether they did anything with them or not is another matter. The so-called pro-writers are the worst for fixing them.