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Originally Posted by issybird
Why does every good book I’m reading seem too long? I’m not talking about the plethora of short, fun, fairly crummy books out there — nothing wrong and much good about that — but the books I’m really enjoying and which pass the “quality” sniff test, but I can’t help feeling would be even better if they were just a little shorter?
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Are they by established authors? Or newer ones? Or maybe self-published?
Sometimes I feel like once an author gets established as successful the editors don't "edit" quite as much and books accumulate bloat. Stephen King for example has books where the newer editions (e.g., The Stand) are like director cuts and expanded and not necessarily for the better...
Some books I imagine we only get the "director cuts" version and not a perhaps tighter, more focused book with cruft removed.