Comment by cbsmith

Comment by cbsmith a day ago

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It seems counter intuitive that the reader would no longer have that authorial instinct due to lack of writing. Like, maybe they never had it, in which case, yes. But being exposed to a lot of different "writing opinions" tends to hone your own.

Let's say you're right though, and you lose that authorial instinct. If you've got five different proposals/PRs from five different models, each one critiqued by the other four, the needs for authorial instinct diminish significantly.

layer8 a day ago

I don’t find this convincing. People generally don’t learn how to write a good novel just by reading a lot of them.

  • jyounker 14 hours ago

    On the other hand, people who write good novels tend to read a lot. Reading isn't sufficient, but intensive reading generally seems to be required.