No one is going to tell Robert Jordan, etc., to write shorter books.
This brushes on one of my pet peeves regarding best selling authors. Once the first several books from an author do well, the quality of the work tends to take a dive. It seems to me, as a reader, that the works stop being edited, and books are marketed on the author's reputation. Jordan being a prime example of this.
Requiring shorter works of new authors, but not established ones, sounds like the industry shooting itself in the foot. New authors won't have the word space to set up their worlds, while some others wander aimlessly in the 800 pages/book they are expected to produce. Who knows? Maybe this will lead to the shorter works having a better reputation.
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Date: 2004-09-10 12:00 pm (UTC)This brushes on one of my pet peeves regarding best selling authors. Once the first several books from an author do well, the quality of the work tends to take a dive. It seems to me, as a reader, that the works stop being edited, and books are marketed on the author's reputation. Jordan being a prime example of this.
Requiring shorter works of new authors, but not established ones, sounds like the industry shooting itself in the foot. New authors won't have the word space to set up their worlds, while some others wander aimlessly in the 800 pages/book they are expected to produce. Who knows? Maybe this will lead to the shorter works having a better reputation.