moridinamael comments on One Sided Policy Debate - The Science of Literature - Less Wrong

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Comment author: moridinamael 30 December 2013 05:26:23PM 0 points [-]

You're not wrong, but there is a vast oversupply of vampire romance novels, to the extent that publishers don't even look at new submissions that fall under that category. So in the interest of matching available talent with market demand, writing vampire romance novels is in almost no one's interest.

Comment author: JDelta 01 January 2014 11:24:39AM 0 points [-]

Upcoming writers should try to chase trends, then step themselves a foot forwards of that trend. Current trends: interconnection, futorology, threat of conflicts that often don't realize, surveillance, and of course new years day and selfies. : )