The laugh is too expensive
I’ve directed readers to the excellent Letters of Note website before, and this isn’t their blog post for today – but I was browsing back posts and found it.
See the letter for yourself – but the quote I liked most was:
‘There is humor in Dod Grile, but for every laugh that is in his book there are five blushes, ten shudders and a vomit. The laugh is too expensive.’
What reading experience are you giving your audience? What price do they have to pay to be entertained – and will they think it’s worth it? Beware of taxing them with step-by-step descriptions or charging them heavily with educational paragraphs to enlighten them.
The most enjoyable reads are those that cost only time and attention, and deliver back exponentially. What are you charging your readers?
March 26, 2012
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