About The Best

Post 1648:

Who is the best writer? Because there’s dudes and ladies that sell truckloads. That’s a dang good sign. Pushing volume isn’t nothing. Tends to mean that something about the story is resonating with people. They’re telling other people about it. On it goes.

But… there are publishing sensations everyone buys because everyone else is buying. Or maybe because people like “bad” writing. Sophisticated storytelling can often turn into pretentious crap and thus turn readers off, turning them toward “bad” writing with good reason, or at least a reactionary justification.

I probably know the answer to this question least of anyone. I’ve spent years reading the best and the worst and trying to be the perfect mixture of clever and fun and artistic and thoughtful. There’s no way to tell, really. In the end, opinions will always vary. Your own opinions will vary. On the rare occasions I read a chapter that I wrote years back, sometimes I think I’m the man. Just as often, I find my prose juvenile and my methods cheap.

Unless you’re an egomaniac, this is sorta how it works.

I do know this. Everything I put out is the best thing I’ve done. At that moment. Right then. In my head. In my opinion. Fingers crossed. Pretty please. Oh God let it be something good.

You gotta love the process. It’s the best. Cheers and see you after.