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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
And speaking of bad reviews, why are so many fantasy novels (mainly from Indy writers) so horribly, horribly, horribly bad?
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Writing is an art and like all art, some practitioners are skilled and most are not. Why is there only one Michaelangelo or Beethoven? Why can't we all duplicate their talent level (without painting by numbers
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There are so many bad indy writers because ebooks have lowered the entry bar to ground level. In olden, golden years of book publishing, only "talented" writers got published and before they were published they were edited, sometimes multiple times, but highly skilled editors. eBooks have lowered the entry bar to publishing so low that writers sit at their computer, type whatever comes to mind, and publish
Writers often say that today their beta readers and their writing group and the free editing they received from their kindergarten teacher is enough to ensure high quality -- professional, highly skilled mentors and editors are not needed in today's self-publishing world.
I think just the opposite is true -- highly skilled editors are needed more than ever, but writers are unwilling or unable to pay for such services. Thus, the number of poorly written books available to buy increases daily.