Recently, I received a message from a friend of mine (30 years in the editing business) who just finished reading a yet to be published book, and thought I would share it with you.
If you were the book reviewer in this predicament, how would you handle the situation?
If you were the author, how would you want to be told...?
Honey, I loved the title of the author's book so much I read a copy. Meanwhile, we've been messaging, but, honey, this book is AWFUL. Terrible writing. Breaks every rule in the book. It is actually uneditable... he just can't write. I need to tell the author something, in all honesty, but not sure how to go about it.
The author will be slaughtered by reviewers if they keep this book out there in its current form. Any ideas on how to break it gently to the author without making them hate me?
Not only is the punctuation terrible, the sentence structure and dialogue and description are all atrocious. Worst I have ever read. Help!
(The sender of this message is anonymous for obvious reasons)
So what would you do? How would you handle this situation?
I look forward to hearing your thoughts in the comment box, Patti
If you were the book reviewer in this predicament, how would you handle the situation?
If you were the author, how would you want to be told...?
Honey, I loved the title of the author's book so much I read a copy. Meanwhile, we've been messaging, but, honey, this book is AWFUL. Terrible writing. Breaks every rule in the book. It is actually uneditable... he just can't write. I need to tell the author something, in all honesty, but not sure how to go about it.
The author will be slaughtered by reviewers if they keep this book out there in its current form. Any ideas on how to break it gently to the author without making them hate me?
Not only is the punctuation terrible, the sentence structure and dialogue and description are all atrocious. Worst I have ever read. Help!
(The sender of this message is anonymous for obvious reasons)
So what would you do? How would you handle this situation?
I look forward to hearing your thoughts in the comment box, Patti
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