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I have never read any books by JK Rowling but remember suggestions that the length of the later Harry Potters was due to their runaway success putting her beyond the usual editing process. Some constructive criticism might have been helpful here by the look of it but big name authors can get away with churning out any old shit for decades as long as their audience holds up.Last edited by Benjm; 17-09-2020, 10:05.
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I'm impressed how the uneducated working class person can pronounce the phrase "sex sells better than domestic violence" as a commentary on newspaper editorial choices.
(When they could have said "they're more int'rested in fuckin' than slappin' your wife aroun'")
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Originally posted by Benjm View PostI have never read any books by JK Rowling but remember suggestions that the length of the later Harry Potters was due to their runaway success putting her beyond the usual editing process. Some constructive criticism might have been helpful here by the look of it but big name authors can get away with churning out any old shit for decades as long as their audience holds up.
Besides, a lot of people, especially kids, really liked being in that world and didn't want it to end, so the main audience didn't mind that she dragged it out a bit.
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Originally posted by MsD View PostAs I Tweeted - my current bedtime reading is Saturday by Ian McEwan. He has characters from different backgrounds interacting, and such is his skill, you have no doubt who is speaking, without all veez bleedin' drawped haitches n everyfink.
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Woz Sir Edmund ‘illary and that Tenzing
bloke dis’eartened wen someone told’em Everest was tall?
Ursula Leguin on Rowling:
https://twitter.com/ldrinkh20/status/1307519192908918784?s=21
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