Strange how the author presents Duna's relationship with her publisher compared to Minho's. - Duna is shown to receive constant messages from her editor - Duna's editor visits her, "as and when he pleases" and checks up on her progress, feeding back to his boss - Duna's editor for some absurd reason puts her up in a hotel, expenses paid so she can write yet - Duna gets major press attention just for being given a publishing contract, before she has even published her new book... thus giving her money for interviews, and creating hype which leads to sales. yet - Minho too is given a book deal by a major publisher - He has zero contact with his editor - He has zero publicity for getting a book deal - Minho, we see has to survive off of his advance... whereas Duna was given an advance and free accommodation, alongside money earned from publicity
The author isn't even being logical at this point, it's like they just want to set Minho up to fail at every opportunity. We are also meant to ignore that Minho tries to keep writing, despite his economic hardship, and despite being put in a tiny room by Doona at constant risk of being hit and sexually abused by her, he saddles on until he is nearly killed by Doona and he escapes her house. This leads him to eventually selling his laptop, which at that point he was suicidal and not able to focus on what he saw as his one goal, publishing the book so he can get back on his feet.
The author in earlier chapters had Wookyung say how he was going to make Minho dependent on him, and give him the opportunity to publish a novel. It's like the author is forgetting that Minho has years of work experience, publishing research and peer reviewing journals with a novel under his belt too. Yet Doona, magically gets a book deal after how many years of inactivity, whereas the author shows how much Minho has to struggle to even get an interview?
Strange how the author presents Duna's relationship with her publisher compared to Minho's.
- Duna is shown to receive constant messages from her editor
- Duna's editor visits her, "as and when he pleases" and checks up on her progress, feeding back to his boss
- Duna's editor for some absurd reason puts her up in a hotel, expenses paid so she can write
yet
- Duna gets major press attention just for being given a publishing contract, before she has even published her new book... thus giving her money for interviews, and creating hype which leads to sales.
yet
- Minho too is given a book deal by a major publisher
- He has zero contact with his editor
- He has zero publicity for getting a book deal
- Minho, we see has to survive off of his advance... whereas Duna was given an advance and free accommodation, alongside money earned from publicity
The author isn't even being logical at this point, it's like they just want to set Minho up to fail at every opportunity. We are also meant to ignore that Minho tries to keep writing, despite his economic hardship, and despite being put in a tiny room by Doona at constant risk of being hit and sexually abused by her, he saddles on until he is nearly killed by Doona and he escapes her house. This leads him to eventually selling his laptop, which at that point he was suicidal and not able to focus on what he saw as his one goal, publishing the book so he can get back on his feet.
The author in earlier chapters had Wookyung say how he was going to make Minho dependent on him, and give him the opportunity to publish a novel. It's like the author is forgetting that Minho has years of work experience, publishing research and peer reviewing journals with a novel under his belt too. Yet Doona, magically gets a book deal after how many years of inactivity, whereas the author shows how much Minho has to struggle to even get an interview?