An Author's Perspective: What to Write or Not Write

A reader's input is important to an author. But you see, readers are going to have differing opinions, and the author can't please every reader. It's impossible. So what the author finally has to do is ask him/herself, "How do I want the story to play out?" And that is ultimately the thing that has to be done.

It's not that the author is saying, "Screw you. I'm doing it my way, regardless of what you think." Believe me, authors (for the most part) do not write a story in a way that they hope w...