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Gray and yucky…’nuff said

There isn’t a new idea anywhere in the world of literature. The “new” ideas that peddled off today have always been there. Maybe you just haven’t read the idea yet, but it is there and will come and bite you should you publish a work and someone else reads it.

So I asked “Grok” to look into this for me, mostly because I don’t need a “correct” answer, I just need a decent approximation:

How many new novels of any genre and any publication format were published in 2024?

Exact figures for new novels published in 2024 are hard to pin down due to varying data sources and self-publishing. Estimates suggest 500,000 to 1 million new books, including novels, were published globally, with the U.S. alone seeing over 500,000 self-published titles and 10,000+ from major publishers. Novels likely make up a significant portion, but no precise genre or format breakdown is available.

https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtMg%3D%3D_f9b252c2-c814-411f-b181-65bfaacbd7dd

So I am working on a “new” novel in this environment. The storyline is going to be similar to a set of stories that I have not read. The characters will be of a stereotype that will bore a lot of people. The setting will be hackneyed in the estimation of many readers. The philosophy is established, regardless of which I choose.

But everyone else who is trying to get someone to read their story is operating under the same constraints.

All I have to do is create a good recipe from the same staple ingredients. Maybe someone will read it, maybe someone won’t.

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Of course I'll read it.
OLfrom NC

Thanks; I am still in the beginnings of a plotline. I think that this time I might go a little wild and actually know the arc of the entire story rather than just "winging it" like last time.

I believe your book will find its reader. I am very curious whether any of the stories, tales will receive a response, because it sounds like excerpts from a diary.
In any case, I wish you success

Right now it is just excerpts from a diary. I am still just trying to understand the entire convoluted and currently not-that-successful method that I use to write fiction.

Technical writing is so much easier.

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I'll read it.

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