DogOfHavoc
Future Tragedy
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Going into detail never hurts, look at LOTR
Also, going into detail can hurt, look at LOTR
16,000 words and I started losing it. I don't have the patience it seems. Also, if it's your first novel, don't count on it being published. I'm not trying to be mean, just realistic.
Also, going into detail can hurt, look at LOTR.
JK Rowling?
And the Lord of the Rings is like one of the most popular books ever.
I have a very hard time believing that. We, as the world's population, read a lot less than our past generation. They had Lord of the Rings, but they had other books too. Have you forgotten Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Kurt Vonnegut, and the book Wizard of Oz? All have been contemporary at their time, and they were considered to be the best of the best.
I would be surprised to see Harry Potter or the Lord of the Rings to be considered the most popular novels ever. Mark Twain still has a large chain of devoted fans. You should hear all the kids in my writing group. That's all they talk about.
"Ninva, your writing is so much like Mark Twain!"
"Yeah! You will be famous!"
"LOL!"
But you have to realize that back when something like Tale of Two Cities was published, the literacy rates were incredibly low. Reaching hundreds of millions of copies sold counted on reaching generation after generation of readers, even up till today. So it is quite a feat that Harry Potter and LOTR have sold so many books in one generation.
I do realize that, but I still doubt LOTR and Harry Potter are the most popular books ever read. I really do.