{"id":5528,"date":"2021-01-05T21:41:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T04:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2021-01-05T21:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T04:42:01","slug":"its-a-struggle-to-the-finish-iwsg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=5528","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Struggle to the Finish #IWSG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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January 6 question – Being a writer, when you’re reading someone else’s work, what stops you from finishing a book\/throws you out of the story\/frustrates you the most about other people’s books?<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The awesome co-hosts for the January 6 posting of the IWSG are\u00a0Ronel Janse van Vuuren ,<\/a>\u00a0J Lenni Dorner,<\/a>\u00a0Gwen Gardner<\/a>\u00a0Sandra Cox,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Louise – Fundy Blue!<\/a><\/div>\n
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Once upon a time, I prided myself in finishing every book I ever started. That included classics that everyone ‘had’ to read, but I thought were poor writing. Or stories we were assigned in class that didn’t make the grade in my point of view.\u00a0 I can’t tell you when it happened, but at some time I reached a point where I decided to put my limited time for reading to only books I want to read, not ones I struggle to finish.<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>There’s no longer any guilt in closing a book full of grammatical errors and bad writing. Plot holes, especially, drive me up a wall. The main character had brown hair in one chapter and is blonde in another? She better be wearing a wig. The sheriff of a large county is making traffic stops? Not likely. That sort of bad writing makes me cringe.<\/div>\n
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I can forgive one misplaced their instead of they’re. But if an author gets them consistently wrong? That’s a book-closer. If the characters are flat and never make mistakes? Sorry, that doesn’t work for me. I’m not perfect, but I’m always trying to make my writing better.<\/div>\n
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Here’s the truth. I want<\/em> to like the books. All the books. I really do. But I no longer have the desire to waste my time on bad books. So, I have given myself permission to close a book. I won’t give a bad review. I just won’t leave any review at all.<\/div>\n
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How about you? Tell me about it in the comments. Don’t forget to check out other authors in this hop by clicking the links below.<\/div>\n
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Until next time, please stay safe.<\/div>\n
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