What any writer hopes for is that the reader will stick with you to the end of the contract and that there is a level of submission on the reader's part.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them.
Many writers will get a contract by selling chapters and outlines or something like that. I wrote the entire novel, and when it was all finished, I would give it to my agent and say, 'Well, here's a novel; sell it if you can.' And they would do that, and it was good because I never had anyone looking over my shoulder.
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.
So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job.
I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.
A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage.
The writer's duty is to keep on writing.
Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.
A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.