/lit/ - Literature

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The world consists chiefly of the vulgar. If reading, writing, and analysing everything in between for the past several years has taught me anything, it's that the less thought and effort put into something, the more popular it is. There are a few exceptions, but just look at Where the Crawdads Sing or whatever else is "trending" among the masses. Hell, look at the Kindle Unlimited most popular.
The bitter truth is that the more passion, soul, and effort you put into a project, the less likely it is to do well, with very rare exceptions. This is NOT the rule. Genre writing, which is all about conforming to expectations and "writing to market", is all about suppressing the urge to write from the soul.
I envy writers who are able to write from the soul sometimes, but then turn that part of the brain off and become a commercial success. You might consider them literary prostitutes, but in my eyes they're succeeding by playing both sides.