What draws you to an author?
- irynochka06
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Re: What draws you to an author?
For me it is important to get excited while reading a book. Also author's style shouldn't be that simple. I don't like very short sentences and use of simple language.
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I know this sounds redundant but before I even look at the writer I look at the book. Just tell a good story, let me enjoy it and I'll read more of your books. If I put a book down and I look at the Author's name then they did their job right.
In the book itself, good pacing. I can forgive a lot of things but when a book drags on forever or jumps around for no good reason I usually drop it faster than a hot potato. I hate it when I get bored or confused for no good reason. And of course good characters, if I don't care about the characters I won't finish the story. Even the plot doesn't need to be great just keep the pacing good and the characters interesting and I'll finish it, and maybe read more if it appeals to me.
And that's about it.
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There are some authors who have great ideas for a story but present their story in a style that reads like a telephone book. There are other authors who write with the beauty of poetry but don't really have anything compelling to say. When I find an author who can tell a good story in a manner which is a delight to read I'm hooked and want to read everything they've written.
― Steven Wright
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I love a great fiction book with multiple threads delicately woven throughout the book. I don't remember the title or the author's name, but years ago I read a book that was outstanding in that way. I was TOTALLY surprised at the end with how the threads came together!! The ending was a wonderful surprise!!!
Non-fiction (biography, memoir,etc) needs to draw me into the person's life in a realisic way. I want to feel like I'm there with that person, walking beside him or her. But it needs to move along. Sometimes it can become a bit too detail orented; some minute details could be skipped without losing the story's momentum.
But something that makes me want to put the book down IMMEDIATELY IF NOT SOONER(!) is repeated grammatical error!!! A one time error can be overlooked as a typo, but when that same thing is consistent throughout the book... well, it's difficult! Punctuation... when a family name is referred to with the apostrophe either in the wrong place or there when it should not be there at all; i.e., when Smith is pluralized as "Smith's" throughout the entire book! Yes, I have read at least a couple that were that way. And the author of one of the books that had multiple errors actually thanked her proofreader! I'm reasonably sure that these books were self-published e-books, but that's no excuse in my thinking. (Well, now I'm getting on my soap-box, so I'll quit while I'm ahead!! )
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Wow! Very well put!sacha_arrak wrote:Their beliefs. Their principles. Their morals. Their family ties. The quality of the person will show me the quality of their work, the same way that a straight line can only be drawn with a quality pencil.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for Thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. ~ Psalms 4:8
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