“The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He’s entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you’re in violation.” – Larry Niven
“No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader’s intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.” – E. B. White
“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
“Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless.” – Blaise Pascal
“People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
______________
My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past 15 years, I’ve helped more than 400 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the Storytelling 101 writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.
Check out some of my writing guidebooks:
Discover more from Inventing Reality Editing Service
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.