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Originally Posted by Blossom
I guess that would work. I look at romances written in the 90s or late 90s and those written today and it's like words have been simplified compare to the more complex writing of just 10 years ago. It has nothing to do with word count and all to do with writing style. We need a Save The English Language campaign.
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I don't think writing necessarily has to be complex in order to be compelling and immersive. It does however need to have a soul, a personality, that special something that makes it come alive and the characters step out form the page and into the reader's imagination.
I love Stephanie Rowe's books, which I now and then see derided as cliched and formulaic, because she has a unique writing style that is instantly recognizable as hers and hers alone. (I also have an embarrassing weakness for alpha hunks, and she writes a lot about them.) Reading what she writes is fun. Not the most complex writing or sophisticated plots or characters by any stretch, but some of the most enjoyable, and to me that's more important.
Far too many books I've read lately, particularly free self-pub ones(hmmmm, can there be a reason no one else wanted to publish them?
) feel like they're lacking in some way. Whether it's professional editing that's needed, demands from someone pushing the author to "Do better than this!", if it's just a lack of talent, or whatever it is, I don't know. But they are dull, and the writing is simplistic and boring, and more often than not, I find myself deleting the book from my Kindle or Calibre library after reading only one or two chapters. Boring me is unforgivable. I would rather read flat out bad writing than boring writing.
Now that I think about it, I think you and I have the exact same complaint, and are in agreement. We just said it differently.