Although illness and disability are universal human experiences, written works about these experiences can be narrowly categorized by publishers, editors, market forces and
even reader expectations into «inspirational» narratives that limit your reflection and complex experience, shutting down your creative work and your inquiry.
Not exact matches
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Reader tip: Waterproof your photography
When a book doesn't meet your sales
expectations, be careful not to blame other people, such as your
readers, your publisher, or
even God (I've actually heard some authors hold the Almighty responsible).
Beautifully written, poignant and thought - provoking, this novel refuses to succumb to stereotypical
reader expectations, making it
even more memorable.»»
In genres that have a fairly standard plot formula — romance (cute meet, conflict, HEA), mystery (crime, investigation, unmasking the criminal), etc. — that's certainly part of the
expectation, but in every genre there are
even smaller
expectations that we must fulfill to give our
readers a good reading experience.
Meet, and
even exceed those
expectations by adding an embedded video trailer and / or an author interview, and
readers will come back over and over again.
I've mentored many would - be authors who failed to meet their
readers»
expectations, and I've taught creative writing students in a classroom setting, many of whom barely had any grasp of the basics to
even begin telling a decent tale.
Certainly read enough in your genre to understand what
readers expect (
even if your goal is to defy
expectations).