Tell Again Tuesday Writing With Integrity: Why Everyone SHOULDN’T Like You
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Writing With Integrity: Why Everyone
SHOULDN’T Like You
By Holly Lisle
I’d like to discuss writing with integrity.
Because you may not hear this today. You may not hear this in the next year. But sooner or later an editor or an agent or your mother or some dude at the supermarket checkout is going to tell you, “You need to change what you’re writing to appeal to a broader audience.”
You’ll hear it from someone who wants to see you do well, who wants your numbers to go up (for her benefit as well as yours), or who thinks you could be doing better if you were writing work “like that vampire girl,” Or, sadly, who doesn’t respect what you write and wants to change you for your own good (as defined by him or her).
And depending on how much credence you give to the person saying this, you may be tempted to listen.
Be very, very careful. Before …
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