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This Week's Prompt:
Would you rather read a book with terrible writing but a good story or a book with a terrible story but good writing?╍Submitted by Snapdragon, The Road Not Taken
My Answer:
If I had to choose, I'd take a beautifully crafted sentence wrapped around a gripping tale any day, but let’s be real: this rare combination feels like finding a needle in a haystack these days. Many modern reads often excel in one area but falter in the other.
Take, for instance, any James Patterson co-authored endeavor or those V.C. Andrews-inspired gothic thrillers penned by Andrew Neiderman. The prose might not win any awards—it might even make you cringe a little—but if the characters are interesting and the plot pulls me in, I can easily overlook the lackluster writing. After all, a thrilling story can sometimes light up even the dimmest of sentences.
〜B.J. Burgess
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I'm the same. I'd rather there be a great story and so-so writing. I've read books before where I could see critics being too harsh of the writing but I enjoyed the story to some degree so it didn't bother me.
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I've been one of those harsh critics a time or two, but that's always when I didn't like the writing and the story.
DeleteI would rather a good story 😊
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A good story out ways writing.
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