Study and Practice Can Make You Better Writers

The drawback to learning how to write fiction is that you will see the author's hand in much of your pleasure reading, which may make your pleasure reading less pleasurable. Publishers are mostly interested in a strong story and most readers won't notice or mind some bad techniques when they're disguised by a compelling story. But for those who are learning the craft of writing, our new knowledge can cause some bumps in a story we are reading, even a good story.