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<blockquote data-quote="Gorgon Zee" data-source="post: 8035717" data-attributes="member: 75787"><p>I am an associate editor for a journal; this piece of writing so bad that I would reject it with no encouragement, and not even consider sending it out to review. I might check if English is the person’s first language and if not suggest that they find a co-author who is a native speaker. I only looked through the first 3 pages (including cover) but it would take me more words to comment in what is wrong than are actually present in the material.</p><p></p><p>I can understand buying it purely for the content (if you are willing to decode it) but the writing is unsalvageable. I’m sorry if the author happens to read this for being so blunt, but honestly, this is not his skill and I’d strongly encourage them to find a different way to express their creativity.</p><p></p><p>Now a lot of people may not care about poor quality in writing, but since this thread is all about how difficult the business is, suggesting that being a bad writer or even merely a good writer is not a problem is just ... wrong. Any professional rpg writer is light-years above this author, and above the average and even talented rpg enthusiasts. It is a business I know I would absolutely fail in, and I have ~60 publications, a book and a play to my name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gorgon Zee, post: 8035717, member: 75787"] I am an associate editor for a journal; this piece of writing so bad that I would reject it with no encouragement, and not even consider sending it out to review. I might check if English is the person’s first language and if not suggest that they find a co-author who is a native speaker. I only looked through the first 3 pages (including cover) but it would take me more words to comment in what is wrong than are actually present in the material. I can understand buying it purely for the content (if you are willing to decode it) but the writing is unsalvageable. I’m sorry if the author happens to read this for being so blunt, but honestly, this is not his skill and I’d strongly encourage them to find a different way to express their creativity. Now a lot of people may not care about poor quality in writing, but since this thread is all about how difficult the business is, suggesting that being a bad writer or even merely a good writer is not a problem is just ... wrong. Any professional rpg writer is light-years above this author, and above the average and even talented rpg enthusiasts. It is a business I know I would absolutely fail in, and I have ~60 publications, a book and a play to my name. [/QUOTE]
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