There's also the issue that an editor (or a beta) can help identify those areas where people don't get the message the writer is trying to convey. And then the writer can choose to change the text to make the message more clear, and broaden the readership, or can stay with the original text, limiting the readership to those who grok her.
Sure, the reader has some responsibility, but as you say, so does the writer. A matching interpretation of the text requires effort on both parts. A writer can choose to limit their readership and be the next James Joyce, or can write for a broader audience and be the next Joan Collins.
Ms. Rice appears to want a huge and loving readership but isn't willing to make the effort to make herself more readable. Blaming the readers won't make her text any better written, and claiming that editors mutilate the text shows an absurd misunderstanding of what benefits an editor can bring to the process.
And in either event, ranting makes her look STUPID. ::rolls eyes::
(Ps -- want a laugh? read her other Amazon reviews.)
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Date: 2004-09-21 02:32 pm (UTC)There's also the issue that an editor (or a beta) can help identify those areas where people don't get the message the writer is trying to convey. And then the writer can choose to change the text to make the message more clear, and broaden the readership, or can stay with the original text, limiting the readership to those who grok her.
Sure, the reader has some responsibility, but as you say, so does the writer. A matching interpretation of the text requires effort on both parts. A writer can choose to limit their readership and be the next James Joyce, or can write for a broader audience and be the next Joan Collins.
Ms. Rice appears to want a huge and loving readership but isn't willing to make the effort to make herself more readable. Blaming the readers won't make her text any better written, and claiming that editors mutilate the text shows an absurd misunderstanding of what benefits an editor can bring to the process.
And in either event, ranting makes her look STUPID. ::rolls eyes::
(Ps -- want a laugh? read her other Amazon reviews.)