Currently writing a novel where the narrator hates himself and everyone else within the story, but will publishers be okay if I break the fourth wall by having my protagonist hate the reader?
He's racist, and hates women. But he is only transphobic against himself. He hates christianity because he is scared of crosses but he doesn't know the other religions. Will that be acceptable to publishers, I've already written about 73k words and I'm scared that it will go nowhere!
Sounds great so far... but you have a long ways to go still, try to keep up the pace. You should get to about 213000 words before sending it in to any of the big fives... they like full and complete stories.
oh, most excellent! the one-draft approach keeps it fresh and lowers the risks of an old version getting stolen and published by one of your beta readers!
uj/ Fontanarrosa, a humorist from Argentina, put a heavy insult directly addressed to the reader as the first line of one of his books. The text continued explaing he felt he was fighting to feed his family with all the other books in the shelf and needed to grab the reather by the balls to keep it for him and get his money. The rest of the "prologue" is also written to coerce the just captured reader into not looking at anything else and just walk to the cash registee now with the book.
Most of us actually were in the situation the autor imagined, laughed loudly at the book shop and conceded defeat buying the book and rushing home to enjoy the rest.
Only if he date he hates the reader, but loves the publisher. You'll have to edit the manuscript for each separate publisher, like you would a cover letter
Yeah, author could tell the reader how they had to blow the publisher (and let them feel up their boobies) just so they could give that person (yas, singular) something they won’t understand, let alone appreciate.
American Psycho, and maybe Italo Calvini's If On Winters Knight, A Traveler (I read it along time ago and don't remember if the narrator hates the reader or not, but there's definitely a lot of talking to the reader). Would recommend the latter book.
i think it'll be fine as long as it's enemies to lovers
And age gap. Can't forget that year difference!
Depends on the hate. Mysoginy and racism are easier to get published than transphobia. Religious hate is pretty easy to get published.
He's racist, and hates women. But he is only transphobic against himself. He hates christianity because he is scared of crosses but he doesn't know the other religions. Will that be acceptable to publishers, I've already written about 73k words and I'm scared that it will go nowhere!
Sounds great so far... but you have a long ways to go still, try to keep up the pace. You should get to about 213000 words before sending it in to any of the big fives... they like full and complete stories.
My target was about 250,000 for my first and only draft
oh, most excellent! the one-draft approach keeps it fresh and lowers the risks of an old version getting stolen and published by one of your beta readers!
Sounds a lot like the Unattractive Vampire. You should be fine.
And so dear fuck face, the adventure begins in a small town nea...
Yeah, that works for me.
uj/ Fontanarrosa, a humorist from Argentina, put a heavy insult directly addressed to the reader as the first line of one of his books. The text continued explaing he felt he was fighting to feed his family with all the other books in the shelf and needed to grab the reather by the balls to keep it for him and get his money. The rest of the "prologue" is also written to coerce the just captured reader into not looking at anything else and just walk to the cash registee now with the book.
Most of us actually were in the situation the autor imagined, laughed loudly at the book shop and conceded defeat buying the book and rushing home to enjoy the rest.
You're on to something
Include an image on the first page of green haired lesbo troll with 67 pronouns and 7000 suffixes and you are golden
So....Mr. B gone
Lol…. 😆. He thinks a publisher will actually read his novel! Do you even have a manager? Dude?
C'est en osant pas qu'on ne saura jamais.
Only if he date he hates the reader, but loves the publisher. You'll have to edit the manuscript for each separate publisher, like you would a cover letter
Yeah, author could tell the reader how they had to blow the publisher (and let them feel up their boobies) just so they could give that person (yas, singular) something they won’t understand, let alone appreciate.
It sucks to suck…
uj/ please tell me there's a book like that please
🙏 (waving my credit cards in the air)
American Psycho, and maybe Italo Calvini's If On Winters Knight, A Traveler (I read it along time ago and don't remember if the narrator hates the reader or not, but there's definitely a lot of talking to the reader). Would recommend the latter book.
Write what you know, right?
fuck off.
I would read it just for the novelty
Gimmicks like this can be hard to write (and sell) well but are easy to absolutely butcher.