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Old 09-10-2016, 08:31 AM   #1407
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Originally Posted by Blossom View Post
Without sounding harsh I just don't know how else to express it any other way but it's like several very talented authors have dumb down their writing to grade school level. What I once considered three dimensional has become 2-D. Does that make sense? The writing is simple and slang is more and more common even in historicals. The thing is I don't know if they are not realizing it or doing it on purpose. I hate to think it was just laziness. Again not trying to be harsh just very concerned as I compare their work.

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I think some writers (and their editors) who do this are doing so deliberately, in a response to market trends, to appeal to or broaden their target audiences.
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