Um, how can an author not know who committed the murders that are at the center (presumably) of a book she has written? Isn't the book (or book series?) about these murders and who did them? I know that many people who write online for fun, usually doing fanfiction, often write without a plan (just start writing and see where the story goes) but shouldn't someone writing a mystery kind of know everything that's really going on?
No wonder she's getting bad reviews.
As for "how authors should respond to negative reviews" the answer is, "By writing a better book." Of course, that's assuming that the author plans to go on writing. Otherwise, the way they should respond is by--not.
Actually, Lawrence Block has said that sometimes he didn't know who committed the murder, but he figured out whodunnit by the end. (And the second draft--I don't recall if Block did a second draft--cleans them up.) I'm sure there are other mystery writers who discover the murderer through the course of writing the book.
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2007-11-22 03:14 pm
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No wonder she's getting bad reviews.
As for "how authors should respond to negative reviews" the answer is, "By writing a better book." Of course, that's assuming that the author plans to go on writing. Otherwise, the way they should respond is by--not.
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