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Q&A How much value do publishers and editors place on informative/educational content in fiction stories?

I have heard people say that ‘good stories are educational as well as entertaining’. But how much does it actually matter in the eyes of editors and publishers? For example, if one is writing a sto...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user394536‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:25:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/37713
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar user394536‭ · 2019-12-08T09:25:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have heard people say that ‘good stories are educational as well as entertaining’. But how much does it actually matter in the eyes of editors and publishers? For example, if one is writing a story that happens to involve farms to some extent, is the author expected to enrich the story and provide readers with significant details about the realities of farms and crops, even if they are not crucial to the plot? (I notice that Stephen King does this quite extensively in his story ‘Children of the Corn’, to the point that it almost seems too excessive to me – like info dumping).

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-07-18T00:04:51Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 6