tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post1210506000416105265..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: Joe Konrath On PieThe Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-44652715565516061792011-09-24T11:37:59.329-04:002011-09-24T11:37:59.329-04:00The biggest thing I worry about with Konrath (and ...The biggest thing I worry about with Konrath (and a few others) is that their methods come off as a formula.<br /><br />People go through those motions, and mimic what he does (or what he SAYS he does) and are disappointed when they don't get the same results.<br /><br />The thing they're missing is that Konrath doesn't entirely know what he does. No artist, or entrepreneur, entirely realizes what their success rests on. We tend to assume that what we did intentionally is what worked, when maybe it's all the things we did not do intentionally.<br /><br />The other thing is that nobody is Joe Konrath except Joe Konrath. Which doesn't mean we should dismiss him as a fluke, but rather that you can't just mimic him to get his success. You have to use him as one (of many) models, and find what works for you -- which WILL be different.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-47133892204202413412011-09-24T10:41:10.900-04:002011-09-24T10:41:10.900-04:00You're right about Joe Konrath. The difference...You're right about Joe Konrath. The difference between him and those fearful writers? He's a born entrepreneur. Most people are not. The same ratio applies for that subset of people known as writers.<br /><br />Your point 2 is important. Even if a writer doesn't believe it's possible for the text-based message to grow its market share, compared to the high-gloss, breathtaking, adrenalin-boosting media with which it has to compete as entertainment, the writer must understand the arithmetic in that point. Sadly, too many people aren't much good at arithmetic, either.<br /><br />It's right to say "we're converting new readers as well as getting growth from existing readers." There's a whole generation which grew up with the instant gratification of a screen, but may now be growing beyond the rush of the moving picture on that screen to the different kind of gratification which comes from interacting with and responding to text.ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242190927997728930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-70273582653144314752011-09-22T13:32:38.599-04:002011-09-22T13:32:38.599-04:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!jnfrhttp://clarybooks.comnoreply@blogger.com