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Originally Posted by Archimedes
About reviews: I love to write them. Young people still see writing as a chore, but as you get older, you'll see the pleasure in writing, especially non-fiction, such as a review. I started reviewing for Amazon, purely voluntarily, and that's where I found that I loved writing a brief review.
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There are many reasons why people may not wish to write reviews. I, personally, do love to write, but not reviews. This is partly due to the diminishing boundaries between readers and authors. The "review dialogue" is not one I wish to take part in. I do occasionally write them, but it's very rare these days, and almost always for books whose authors are unlikely to intrude on the review space.
I know many disagree with me, and that's fine - it's simply a choice that I've made for myself due to my own boundaries.
I also rank review writing as one of my least favorite forms of writing, all other considerations aside. Interestingly, a current project I'm on is going to require that I write some reviews, but they will be written for a specific target audience, making it a bit less painful because I can focus on the usefulness to that particular group. Still not ideal, but I did bring it upon myself.
