Musing about writers
May. 28th, 2022 12:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snowynight I have just read a Chinese web novel with virginal decent protective guy who doesn't know what love is/guy who really likes sex and is honest about it. The writer clearly liked this dynamic a lot and featured it in her work so much that I associated it with her. The other day I discovered another web novel writer specialized in selfcest, which made them unforgettable to me.
Some writers have a niche. They have a favourite trope/dynamic/plot that you can reliably found it in their work. It is good for brand recognition, and makes the writer reliable to their readers. If you like one of their work, you probably will like the others, though it's true vice versa. If the writer breaks out of their established pattern for whatever reasons, the readers will be highly annoyed for going against their expectation.
Meanwhile, some writers write such a wide variety that they are unpredictable. It's unreliable to judge whether you will like their other work despite your feeling about the one you have read. Every work becomes a surprise, good or not. It's easier for them to become cult favourite than the mainstream darling.
I love both type of writers. Sometimes I want reliability, especially for my comfort read, while sometimes I want unpredictability and surprise. However, it's harder to find the second type of writer.
Some writers have a niche. They have a favourite trope/dynamic/plot that you can reliably found it in their work. It is good for brand recognition, and makes the writer reliable to their readers. If you like one of their work, you probably will like the others, though it's true vice versa. If the writer breaks out of their established pattern for whatever reasons, the readers will be highly annoyed for going against their expectation.
Meanwhile, some writers write such a wide variety that they are unpredictable. It's unreliable to judge whether you will like their other work despite your feeling about the one you have read. Every work becomes a surprise, good or not. It's easier for them to become cult favourite than the mainstream darling.
I love both type of writers. Sometimes I want reliability, especially for my comfort read, while sometimes I want unpredictability and surprise. However, it's harder to find the second type of writer.
