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When market demands compromise artistic integrity

My editor wants me to make my novel more commercial but every suggested change feels like it removes what makes the book mine

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The tension between creative authenticity and commercial viability can force impossible choices about how much of one's vision to sacrifice for the possibility of publication.

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