How come real life japanese editors dont tell authors off when they write really dumb stuff? Like 95% of isekai series?
There should be a series where you have an editor that's like Gordon Ramsey and he has to deal with retarded authors that are clearly references to series like death march, re:monster, etc.
Pretty dumb idea. Rejected.
Most isekai series start as web novels which don't have editors, just some dude writing a story and then they get picked up by a publishing company and given an editor (whose job is pretty much rewriting the novel).
Because editors somehow manage to be dumber than those authors.
95% of isekai stories are just published web fiction. Publishing companies don't care because it makes them dosh. You're basically just taking something with a pre-existing fanbase and turning it into a book format so that you get near guaranteed sales.
Editors don't really do much for these stories other than tell the author to work and sometimes just have to write parts of it themselves. As you might expect, web fiction authors tend not to have the most consistent work ethics.
why isnt this a thing in the west? you dont see western publishers searching for and picking up shitty WNs.
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You only become an editor when you fail as an author.
isekai readers have no standards and read it anyway
the editors are the ones who tell them to write the dumb stuff because it sells