| Re: Is worldbuilding pointless?
Coming at this from a marketing perspective, I'd certainly have to agree with Teresa et al.
Success has loads of possible factors, one of which can be quality. For example, MacDonalds isn't reknowned as being the best quality food you can get, but they're certainly successful. In this case, convenience outweighs quality, so it depends what the consumer wants.
The Harry Potter franchise has been superbly marketed. It would be a gross oversimplification to assume that the power of the brand is entirely down to the quality of JKR's prose. Whether it's of a high quality or not is subjective, but the fact remains that its success does not automatically equate to quality. |