Tolstoy and Austen aren't world-historically unique and special geniuses
But most geniuses of their caliber can't escape the mediocrity machine
I give two pieces of advice to writers. The first is that you must write with some awareness of the market. And the second is that you must preserve your own creativity.
These pieces of advice are obviously contradictory. The market creates a rather arbitrary set of valuations on different story types and writing styles, while in contrast your own creat…
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