Re:Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early
by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:50PM
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Serialized novels have perverse incentives in the form of puffing up word count and frequent cliffhangers to keep readers coming back. I cannot find it at the moment but there was a fascinating article comparing excerpts from a serialized novel versus a standalone novel to illustrate these effects.
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Re:Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early
by cxr on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:21AM
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Aside from that, it also hampers authors creatively. The difference between a great film and bad film can hinge on what happens in the editing room. It has to be the same for books.
Consider how hard it would be for a programmer to do their job if they could only write programs concatenatively (e.g. if the code you committed last week were a real commitment—set in stone and you were never able to refactor it or clean up the architecture, etc.)