Can people with mediocre prose make it big. I feel like King's

>>9230274
>is it the story or the simplicity?
It's both. People like things that are easy to understand and keep them entertained.

We live in an era where if the average person has to reread something to understand it, you've probably lost them.

People with mediocre prose can certainly make it big, but it's more of a dice throw than mastering writing and having your skill be self-evident to people.

Just because you have simple prose does not make your work objectively inferior to someone who uses complex prose.

Flaubert is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential writers of all time, and he was the pioneer of simple prose.

There seems to be a misconception that just because you have simple prose, that means you cannot be experimental. That is a falsity.

Prose doesn't sell books.

>>9230416
>Flaubert is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential writers of all time, and he was the pioneer of simple prose.
This is just false. Complexity != long-windedness. Flaubert obsessively paid attention to his craft and his prose has a characteristic precision that is actually extremely difficult to attain.