Tag: 186352818 adults read at least 1 book in the U.S.A. in 2014. If even 0.1% of those readers reads your book

Too often, we try to make our writing appeal to everyone. We cut something that might offend one group of readers even though it would probably amuse another. We add something to try to interest a third group. Adding and cutting like this can mangle a story so much that everything that used to be good about it is buried...