Jonathan Franzan
"I don't see any reason to think that the particular kind of literary writer who's dedicated to entertaining as well as to writing without cliché would not continue to have a shot at finding a commercial-sized audience. And the possibility of that larger audience is important."
— Jonathan Franzan
for Creatives | the successful artist, writing, reaching your audience, Jonathan Franzan
"Read the first five pages. Count clichés. If you find one, the buzzer goes off: it's not a serious novel. A serious novelist notices clichés and eliminates them. The serious novelist doesn't write 'quiet as a mouse' or paint the world in clichéd moral terms. You could almost just substitute the adjective 'cliché-free' for 'serious.'"
— Jonathan Franzan
for Creatives | novel writing, the successful artist, writing, editing, rewriting, Jonathan Franzan