"The Sword and the Dragon" by M.R. Mathias a 700+pg epic fantasy w/100k word preview

[Worldwalker]

Originally Posted by M. R. Mathias

How many 700,000 word epics do you imagine get written in prison cells?

Now, see, I don't care if you wrote it in a prison cell or on a beach on a private island. I care if it's a good story or not. Editing matters.

[rhadin]

Originally Posted by Worldwalker

Now, see, I don't care if you wrote it in a prison cell or on a beach on a private island. I care if it's a good story or not. Editing matters.

Yes, editing matters, but only to people who have a clue about the importance of grammar, syntax, spelling, flow, and all the other things that are the difference between a so-so story with great potential and a masterpiece with great potential achieved.

I have had authors tell me spelling and punctuation don't matter as long as the reader gets the idea. They don't grasp the idea that every distraction from the storyline means less understanding of the storyline.

[M. R. Mathias]

If you would read it instead of jumping on a bandwagon you might find that it has been edited. Probably not perfectly, but edited. I paid good money for a full edit months ago. And yes editing matters to a point. A good edit CAN NOT make a bad story good. But a good story can transcend a bad edit. Example: No Glory for Old Men... Not even quotations in that best seller.