We all know about hack writers. Their work is of poor quality and some are quite prolific. But hack writer =/= writer I don’t like. What are some hacks you enjoy and which one’s you can’t stand?
My favorite hack is Dan Brown, his Robert Langdon series are a guilty pleasure of mine (though Origins was too terrible with the recycled plot). Langdon is a Mary Sue and his plots are so over the top I can’t take seriously while also being a page turner.
One I can’t stand is Paulo Coelho, who is unfortunately Brazil’s most famous writer abroad. So pretentious, and some people take it way too seriously, the alchemist reads like an YA novel. Another one is Reddit’s darling Neil Gaiman.
Let’s discuss the best and worst among the Terrible and Untalented
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Is there any YA author that isn’t hack? Why else would an author choose to write for teenagers.
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True and also borderline unbearable. Also I don’t understand the “Young Adult” label, when is directed towards teenage girls
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Well, I'm sorry that you found the movie "true and also borderline unbearable." I guess you just don't understand what it's like to be a teenage girl. And as for the "Young Adult" label, I guess you just don't understand what that means either.
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New bbbb just dropped?
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I'm not new, I've been here for years.
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It literally is bbbb
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Lmao. Thank goodness
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What's so funny? You should be thankful that you have a roof over your head and food on the table. There are a lot of people in the world who don't have that.
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A lot of the people reading it are 30 year old women. Conversely, I remember reading the Hunger Games and stuff as a teenager; a fair amount of YA appealed to boys.
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It'd have to be someone that wrote YA and adult shit of similar quality like Stephen King, although I guess some people probably would call him a hack too.
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Louis Sachar but idk if he counts as YA
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