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I tried KU with a short story, I think it's bs imo. If I wanted to give my book out for free there are much better places to do it.

No, I'm not ditching Amazon, just Kindle Unlimited. The number of page reads for my books - which are paid at something like 0.004p per page - was negligible. My books would still be available on Amazon, but not exclusively, which is what they...

I agree that 'Meaning isn't instantly clear' in this context is about sentence-level clarity. For withholding a character's motivation, it depends on the story until the point of unexplained action. If 1) the actions of characters have made...

Just wondering, are you ditching Amazon? I thought about going wide with them (or others) but then I did some more research. Amazon has 90% of the market, so to me, the hassle of setting something up, paying a middle man etc. was just not worth...

I agree that 'Meaning isn't instantly clear' in this context is about sentence-level clarity. For withholding a character's motivation, it depends on the story until the point of unexplained action. If 1) the actions of characters have made...

I think this is a big subject that will take a long time to unpick, but essentially, most writing advice is misunderstood. Whether it's 'show don't tell' or 'don't use adverbs' each rule comes with shades of grey that are often missed. As for...