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tolkienfan2759 t1_j1lxjdr wrote

PACING. Yes. This is one of the main reasons Dracula, by Bram Stoker, is still a masterpiece - pacing. He knew what he had was worth the wait, and he kept a slow and steady beat till you got to the end. He was right. It was wonderful. Novels these days are just crack-addicted. Well, they're in competition with TV and social media. Real life isn't enough for people any more. The evening I was walking with a friend, thought we were having a conversation, looked around and found her deep in her phone... to me, that was the moment.

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Potential_Crisis OP t1_j1nufso wrote

is there any way to recover? authors can't afford to make slow paced books if only a handful of people read them. And social media isn't going away anytime either.

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tolkienfan2759 t1_j1psvcv wrote

not a problem I have ever had any kind of solution to, sorry. I do think the popularity of this sub, among other things, indicates the problem isn't as bad as maybe I made it sound.

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