[Cringing Negativism Network]

I think what will happen : very quickly : now this is set-up, is it will encourage good writing.

Not leftist writing. Not even conservative writing, though conservatives are under-represented enough they will likely cause a bigger movement than liberals.

But this will encourage authors to write, to write often, and to write very well.

I am quite interested in this.

[kabumpo]

No, I think it will encourage semi-literate, Hallmarkesque mush, and wannabe hipster bilge. Just yesterday I got a note from the son of a friend - out of the blue - asking me to evaluate “a novel in progress” and two short stories that he had been working on for a year and a half. The “novel” was two pages, the stories one page each. How clueless/delusional can someone be?
We are hurtling into a Dark Age.

[Maigrey]

I've considered doing my publishing in this format - just to avoid the liberal writing houses that are scrambling for good writers.

But from what I've gathered it's the devil in the details (and I want a pro for an editor - I have three pre-editors now and they are terrific - but not one in the business itself!)