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Question: Why are some authors first books the best books they have written!?
I'm thinking about authors like Dean Koontz and Stephen King!.Their first books are the best books to read!.Do you think every writer has only so much good books to write and nothing more!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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it could be because they ran out of ideas, they need to listen to what the publishers want, or they try to please the public!. but i personally think its because they try to outdo themselves!. Its just like a good hit!. you have the best book that everyone wants to read!. everyone wants you to write more books!. but what the readers dont know is that sometimes the authors try too hard or they cant top themselves!. This is what makes authors other books not so goodWww@QuestionHome@Com

Well, I dont know about that!. The thing about my first book is that it's been germinating in me for years!. Ever since I read my first book, ive wanted to write one for myself!. The idea for it has changed hundreds of times!. But I do know the parts of books that resonated with me, and that's what I'm trying to do, to resonate!. It's obviously my own story, my own characters, etc, but when you read as much as I did, certain things will stick!. Like the dramatic effect of a dark room when someone opens a door and light comes pouring in!. Stuff like that!. Obviously you dont be cliche, but you draw the reader in!. I've made mental notes subconciously about my favorite books and why I like them, and that helps me become a better writer, just as looking at art would make you a better painter over time, because you can study contrast, and light, subject matter, etc!.
I was reading To Kill a Mockingbird in study hall, and one of the older librarians came up to me and started talking about the book!. When I asked why Harper Lee didnt write more, she said, "Some people only have one great novel in them!." I think that may be the case a lot of times!. Then again, it's also not, because lots of authors' books get better over time!. This is all subjective, though!. What I may think is great, you may think is mediocre, and vice versa!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's interesting, because with the authors I read, I would say their first books are not the best!. James Patterson, for instance, his first book I couldn't even get through, but I absolutely love his later works!. Mary Higgins Clark had a good first book, but again, some of her later works are better!. Again with my authors I feel that the more successful they've become the better their works have been!.

For the authors who have a great first book and then kind of die down later, I would say perhaps they put their all in their first book and then after they begin to mass produce their books the less work they put into a storyline with the intent on just getting the book to the public!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Some people think that everyone has one book in them, and maybe that's all they have!. Over time, authors sometimes are persuaded to pander to public opinion in their works, and that lessens the creativity!. On the other hand, some authors do the exact opposite, and that change makes people unhappy!. also, as authors grow, their style can change, and maybe that change just isn't in line with your taste!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

because if you didn't show yourself from the first the people will read half the book and if they saw another book from the same author they will never read it but if their first book was the best the people will keep reading their books no matter the books are beautiful or notWww@QuestionHome@Com

Honestly, I think it's because they come up with this great idea out of nowhere and decide to publish it, it becomes a huge hit, and then they're pressed to make more, hoping to continue their success- even though no new great inspiration has come to them!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's when they have all these great ideas they can put into ONE book!. Sometimes after that, it is harder to think of new and exciting ideas and easier to just think of variations of the same idea, which gets kinda boring after awhile!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Basically they manage to sum up what they want to say/show in their first book!. Then in the others, they're just recycling the first!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

because some people put more effort into their first book more than others ttyl see ya Www@QuestionHome@Com