Author to author, I know what you mean about mistakes. I of course understand and we've all been through having some mistakes in our books. I wouldn't blame an author for mistakes they couldn't control. But for the quotes thing, I really think this was done purposely. He had everything else included, punctuation (from what I saw in the first few pages.) He did need a lot of editing but I could have gotten through that if the dialogue hadn't confused me. I was willing to give the book a chance, but I couldn't follow even the two people (with the way he wrote the dialogue). I can only imagine how hard it would be if he gets to a scene with many people.
Author to author, I know what you mean about mistakes. I of course understand and we've all been through having some mistakes in our books. I wouldn't blame an author for mistakes they couldn't control. But for the quotes thing, I really think this was done purposely. He had everything else included, punctuation (from what I saw in the first few pages.) He did need a lot of editing but I could have gotten through that if the dialogue hadn't confused me. I was willing to give the book a chance, but I couldn't follow even the two people (with the way he wrote the dialogue). I can only imagine how hard it would be if he gets to a scene with many people.
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