Readers do not treat all writers the same. This
may seem obvious but a reader does not approach the latest best-seller from a
well-known author with the same mind-set as they would a writer who has no
track record. This means well-known authors tend not to be held to the same
standards as someone trying to get people to read novel number one.
Not that those standards are necessarily better
or worse, they’re just not the same.
However, much of what we think of as good writing
and good storytelling comes from the books we read. And most of these books are
from the established authors we all know and admire.
But if they can write in a way that less
experienced writers might not be able to get away with, is it worth using these
authors as role models? And exactly what, if anything, can we learn from them?
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