I've read most of the classics, which I enjoyed, but not as much as other books, because I felt I had to stay aware of the writing, the ideas and so forth, so as to understand why they are considered classics.
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My preference is for Science Fiction & Fantasy. Basically my preference is for writers who concentrate more on creating characters who come to life and I can care about. Ideas can be exciting, but growing to love the characters gives more depth to the story.
I, myself, am a writer, but not a good one, first of all, I get ideas rushing at me so that I will use an idea within a page when others would expand it to fill 30 pages. However, I have had a few readers tell me that they loved certain of my characters.
My three fav readers were the one who asked if it is a true story and does Cherine really exist, as he really needs to know she does - and the second was the one who pleaded with me to send him the next books as Cherine has brought back to life his daughter who died at 8 years old and the third, was the guy who would take the day off from work whenever he could download the next book and within 2 days he would have read it (700 pages) and sent me comments and questions which showed me he really had read the books.
Here at Steemit there are no readers, but I am using this platform for placing my books on the blockchain, so I do not mind.
My dream? I would love to have the money to pay an anime artist to use the books for creating a series of anime/manga comics or cartoon videos (in the style of Ghibli Studios). That will have to remain a dream...
RE: Growing yourself through Books