Ok, I misunderstood - that's more in line with expectations, then. And commercial decisions... of course you need to make them. Partly because they're not just 'commercial' because they also reflect what readers enjoy - they vote with their dollars. While writers shouldn't _just_ give in to pressure and shouldn't _just_ 'write what is popular' I feel that the opposite stance - writing whatever you like whether your readers enjoy it or not - is *also* a problem - other than tortured artist points, there seems to be little to be gained from it.
(Ideally, one would be able to identify the successful elements and incorporate them, but that looks suspiciously like a sideline of rejectomancy...)
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Date: 2011-12-27 10:11 am (UTC)(Ideally, one would be able to identify the successful elements and incorporate them, but that looks suspiciously like a sideline of rejectomancy...)