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All too true. However, while writing allows an author to spend as much time as they want in their worlds, they may choose to spend more time there than readers will. That is, some writers (without tough editors) enjoy their worlds (and writing) so much that they feel that 'more is better' in their books. Robert Jordan comes immediately to mind. He started a fantastic series (the Wheel of Time), but the books just kept getting bigger and bigger while having less action. Toward the end of the series, the books were a painful slog with 50 pages of good stuff per 300-500 pages.
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Feb 15, 2020 05:44AM
All too true. However, while writing allows an author to spend as much time as they want in their worlds, they may choose to spend more time there than readers will. That is, some writers (without tough editors) enjoy their worlds (and writing) so much that they feel that 'more is better' in their books. Robert Jordan comes immediately to mind. He started a fantastic series (the Wheel of Time), but the books just kept getting bigger and bigger while having less action. Toward the end of the series, the books were a painful slog with 50 pages of good stuff per 300-500 pages.
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