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<blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 3110289" data-attributes="member: 10397">Quality and enjoyment are subjective, but sales are not. We know that trashy romance novels tend to sell well. We know that Stephen King style horror sells well. Of course its always going to be a gamble, but one can choose to try and write within the areas that an agent or publisher tells you are more likely to sell (or more likely for them to buy) and have a good chance of succeeding as far as sales. Although of course not totall assurance. And this may well be what you want to write anyway.Of course, I dont believe there is a &quot;lowest common denominator&quot;, or at least not the &quot;lowest&quot; part. If someone enjoys trashy romance novels, thats no different than my enjoyment of Tolkien or whatever....again to me all artistic works have merit, automatically. There is no &quot;low brow&quot;. But they can get at least a handle on what sells better than other things, and if what you want to write doesnt fall within an area reasonbly likely to sell well, then your taking more of a gamble</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merlion, post: 3110289, member: 10397"] Quality and enjoyment are subjective, but sales are not. We know that trashy romance novels tend to sell well. We know that Stephen King style horror sells well. Of course its always going to be a gamble, but one can choose to try and write within the areas that an agent or publisher tells you are more likely to sell (or more likely for them to buy) and have a good chance of succeeding as far as sales. Although of course not totall assurance. And this may well be what you want to write anyway. Of course, I dont believe there is a "lowest common denominator", or at least not the "lowest" part. If someone enjoys trashy romance novels, thats no different than my enjoyment of Tolkien or whatever....again to me all artistic works have merit, automatically. There is no "low brow". But they can get at least a handle on what sells better than other things, and if what you want to write doesnt fall within an area reasonbly likely to sell well, then your taking more of a gamble [/QUOTE]

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