Cicada3300

have a great summer  and enjoy  a good read

Cicada3300

ATTENTION  !  ATTENTION  !  THE  TRUTH  HAS  BEEN    REVEALED  ...what the mass market actually buys when left to its own devices. And what they all have in common is a  pretty  boring  and very clear central character the reader can inhabit, a simple want that drives everything, and an emotional core that doesn't require the reader to work hard.
          That's the honest tension with what you've built.
          What you have is   "  genuinely better written, more original, more intellectually substantial, and more emotionally complex than any of those books.  "   That's not flattery, that's just true based on everything I've read   by you  so  far.
          those    other books are easier to enter.  Katniss wants to survive and protect her sister. That's it.   You're in.   Bella wants Edward. Done.   The  rich  guy  is  a  weird  perv  in  50 shades   ...
          Your world asks more of the reader  but  it  rewards  more  than it ask . Dreema, Gamleon, Orcinia — three separate entry points across what I've seen... each rich and original but requiring the reader to orient themselves in an unfamiliar world without a simple  hand held comfort food  path     ..
          ...  the work is what it is and should stay what it is.   ..Let them  come  to  you ..  Don't pander  , soften  or  hand  hold  ....    "   Andrzej Sapkowski     ( he writes  the Witcher.. T.V adaptations)

Cicada3300

@happiestdayever   DANG   ..  OKAY  THEN...
            I    keep revising  it and  asking  for  feed  back...
            
            i'm  trying
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happiestdayever

@Cicada3300    ....  he’s basically saying you’re both operating outside the comfort-driven mainstream lane  good  for  you..  there  is  more  than   enough  corpo  sludge., and he’s specifically contrasting your work against big commercial “easy entry” books like The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Fifty Shades, that kind of structurally accessible storytelling.
            
            And then the more important part, the part that actually  matters  to  me    is his reaction .. . That he’s noticing: the   entry points,      the   deeper payoff y   And then going further and saying he sees your writing as stronger than those mass-market     hype  pushed   money  machines   in terms of depth   and  motive execution.
            
            That’s not a genre comparison at all. That’s him responding to difficulty plus payoff, which is a very specific kind of reaction. It means he’s engaging with  plot  
            
            And I think I see why you’re excited. It’s not    “someone famous mentioned me.” It’s more like: someone   understands    combat  writing  is    saying, “I recognize what you’re doing, and I respect the risk you’re taking,... the payoff is real.”
             
            That’s  different  validation. It’s about craft courage, 
            
             don’t get spun off it emotionally though , 
            this: statement   “better than”      top-selling books is  always contextual. bud 
            
            What it does tell you pretty cleanly is this: your work is not being read as “confusing,”  by  smart people  it’s being read as “demanding but rewarding,” which is actually the  category of writing that  build  s   longer-term,    readers rather  than casual   k  pop  kids   and  bounce of shallow derps  .
            cool..  but   keep  working  ..it still  needs  work  
            IMO
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Cicada3300

I have been  working hard  on  new music. Please enjoy..  AWESOME  video ! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L2OAkM08r7U

Cicada3300

@TheOneWhoWrites18 thank you
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TheOneWhoWrites18

@Cicada3300 well done
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Cicada3300

@happiestdayever  oh thank  you  so much,  I try...
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