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Should you write what you love, or what you think the world wants?

I don't read horror either... I don't read vampires, zombies or horror. Doesn't leave much to read these days sadly :(
 
Sparhawk said:
I don't read horror either... I don't read vampires, zombies or horror. Doesn't leave much to read these days sadly :(
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There so much yo be read , really if modern work is not your cup of tea then the old masters , Dickens, Dumas or indeed, any Jules Verne book , see how far ahead of the game they were in both thought and descriptive writing ability, it can be done , otherwise just read my poetry, it is short but of quaility
 
Honestly, if I was a good enough writer to get published then I would write what I want and if that made me highly successful then awesome, if not, oh well. I don't think someone can get Published writing a story about something that they're not into. Do I think Authors stick to a successful formula that works? Yes, but I don't think that means they don't care about their work.
 
You can tell that all of the great Authors did in fact care about what they were writing. It makes all the difference to the feel of the book I think.
 
Lazyking said:
Honestly, if I was a good enough writer to get published then I would write what I want and if that made me highly successful then awesome, if not, oh well. I don't think someone can get Published writing a story about something that they're not into. Do I think Authors stick to a successful formula that works? Yes, but I don't think that means they don't care about their work.
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well it was an open question to begin with, but my view is simple , bit like me, if you write what you love to write it will always be better than going a mercenary road
 
Sparhawk said:
You can tell that all of the great Authors did in fact care about what they were writing. It makes all the difference to the feel of the book I think.
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The best writing always replicates an authors heart , even science fiction , the best always love what they do
 
That go's with everything in life, work or just life is always better when you injoy what you are doing.
 
Is it possible to write about what is not in your heart or what moves you and write a good book?
 
I don't know, maybe. I think you would need to find a book that was written without care that so that it can compared to one written with care and see...
 
Hmm, I would love to write stuff that people would want to read. But who knows that the world wants anyway? If you were to phrase the question to whether you would write commercial fiction or critical fiction, though, the question may be a little easier to answer.

For me, commercial first, then with the cash buy an island to write something you truly do not care if people read or not. Under an assumed name. Like Robert Galbraith.
 
direstraits said:
Hmm, I would love to write stuff that people would want to read. But who knows that the world wants anyway? If you were to phrase the question to whether you would write commercial fiction or critical fiction, though, the question may be a little easier to answer.

For me, commercial first, then with the cash buy an island to write something you truly do not care if people read or not. Under an assumed name. Like Robert Galbraith.
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firstly I am glad you love to write, after all without passion what would be the point
 
direstraits said:
For me, commercial first, then with the cash buy an island to write something you truly do not care if people read or not. Under an assumed name. Like Robert Galbraith.
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But then, if book sales are poor under the assumed name, the ruse will be leaked to the media because your publishers won't be able to resist using your real (famous author) name in order to make money.


(Robert Galbraith = J K Rowling)
 
Ell said:
But then, if book sales are poor under the assumed name, the ruse will be leaked to the media because your publishers won't be able to resist using your real (famous author) name in order to make money.


(Robert Galbraith = J K Rowling)
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i wish
 
Hmm... I have heard of people who are so passionate about their work that they will take on a second or third job to keep their passions afloat. I know a woman, an entrepreneur, who took a day job in an office to support her bakery business. It wasn't that her business was failing, but the profits weren't enough to support herself and her family. Not wanting to give up her bakery, she took an alternative route. Anyone so inclined can suffer the same.

However, for creative endeavors like writing, I don't think you should ever expect anyone to like, or buy, your work. (If you do, you're just setting yourself up for disappointment (not that you should use your fear of disappointment as an excuse). Of course, there are rules to writing, and trademark formulas and yada yada...) Which is why you should write for yourself, because then, at least, one person in the world likes it.
 
Dmitri Dmitriev said:
Hmm... I have heard of people who are so passionate about their work that they will take on a second or third job to keep their passions afloat. I know a woman, an entrepreneur, who took a day job in an office to support her bakery business. It wasn't that her business was failing, but the profits weren't enough to support herself and her family. Not wanting to give up her bakery, she took an alternative route. Anyone so inclined can suffer the same.

However, for creative endeavors like writing, I don't think you should ever expect anyone to like, or buy, your work. (If you do, you're just setting yourself up for disappointment (not that you should use your fear of disappointment as an excuse). Of course, there are rules to writing, and trademark formulas and yada yada...) Which is why you should write for yourself, because then, at least, one person in the world likes it.
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Beautifully put , and wonderful story of the lady baker, sometimes we do not know the luxury we have, until it is gone or has been removed , long live the writers of the world
 
Ell said:
But then, if book sales are poor under the assumed name, the ruse will be leaked to the media because your publishers won't be able to resist using your real (famous author) name in order to make money.
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I'd say "Damn! I accidentally made more money again!" Then I'd try another assumed name. Something that people will never guess is a pseudonym. Like Richard Bachman.


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