Jonata wrote...
Good for you, I'm still trying to understand how to bring some money home. But being a professional writer does not make one a "storytelling expert".
Yes, yes it actually does.
You cannot avoid becoming an expert when you actually want your stuff to be published.
(Well, admittedly, TONS of sub-par novels get published every year, and some of them become bestsellers even though they are barely worth the paper they are printed on. Twilight, Shades of Grey, Mass Effect: Deception...
Still, most writers learn a LOT about what works and what does not before their first manuscript sees print. I don't really know how so much junk manages to be greenlit by editors and publishers - let alone become a success - but for most of us, getting published is a BIG step that can only be earned by becoming an expert.)