And in the end, the readers really can't tell the difference. The only time they can tell is when an author is writing off their natural pace. Sometimes authors who are one-book-a-year step up to three-books-a-year and it shows.
cszego said this today as well -- that she's sensitive to the natural pace of a writer, and she can often tell when a book was written off that pace. I'm not sure that I can; I notice other things, because readers are almost as unique in their absorption process as, well, writers are in their writing. But I did find it interesting.
Actually, one of my readers says that all of my books have a natural pace, and he can often guess (sadly with more accuracy than I can) when I have no hope of finishing a story arc in the space I'm desperately hoping it will take. But this is less about my speed, and more about the book, I think.
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Date: 2008-04-12 02:27 am (UTC)Actually, one of my readers says that all of my books have a natural pace, and he can often guess (sadly with more accuracy than I can) when I have no hope of finishing a story arc in the space I'm desperately hoping it will take. But this is less about my speed, and more about the book, I think.