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50 Shades of Grey - kinda curious on everyone's thoughts
mare:
Hannah, no matter what there are always going to be people who love your stuff & people who hate your stuff. There are so many people who love 50 Shades & Twilight etc.. Where I can't even imagine how it could be possible but then there are people like me who love Stephen King but others are full of hate for him. Bottom line, if you're a good writer, which you are, people will like your book. But yes, there will be people that won't as well. lol
Carter-Orange:
You can't please everyone, so you're better off just doing it to please yourself :)
Is it weird that I loved Twilight but not 50 Shades?
mare:
I don't think so. lol I know quite a few people who loved one and not the other.
RokofAges75:
As far as critiques go, I have to agree with what the last few posts have said - you can't please everyone. I'm sure plenty of readers praised 50 Shades when it was a fanfic, and the fact that the published version is a bestseller tells us that plenty more readers in the general public are enjoying it too.
There will always be critics, in both realms, but I do think people are quicker to critique something that has been published and is making money, especially if it's popular. Whereas with fanfic, we know we're all amateurs and are writing for fun, as a hobby, not to make money or the bestseller's list. We're supportive of each other.
In the real world of published writing, our writing would be more harshly judged because we'd be opening it up to a wider group of people (and asking for money for it), but that doesn't mean it's bad. Something Beautiful, Hannah, is definitely not bad. Most people would love it, even if not everyone did.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Carter-Orange on June 15, 2012, 05:48:47 AM ---You can't please everyone, so you're better off just doing it to please yourself :)
Is it weird that I loved Twilight but not 50 Shades?
--- End quote ---
I don't think so. Even if the characters are similar, the type of "romance" sounds a lot different.
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