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I agree it's about intent.
I'm writing a work of fiction at the moment. To me the process is about getting it out. Getting out of my system. I personally think it's good to have a roadmap. I guess refered to hear as a hook. You can see a publishers point of view. Nobody wants to knock anyone who's taken the time to follow a dream and ACTUALLY write that book,it's a draining and noble commitment. But at the same time as people in this forum(myself included)admire the ' have a go ' attitude some of this is because we objectify it with a tangible person who is trying to do something. But if you send those words out alone into the world without being brutally lean, driven in a compelling direction,no one will care any more than somebodys University thesis. I think you can find a voice and weave sub plots and characters to personify some of your own feelings about life or whatever,and I certainly think you can weave a book that resonates off every line as well as an overall hook (take Chuck Palahniuk or DBC Pierre where each sentence compels). So unless there's a slim chance that theway you construct prose makes you the next Vonnigut or Irvine Welsh and can stand out for sheer originality of form ( which is unlikely. they don't come around too often) I'd say the best way to get published is to do what has united humans since we sat around campfires. Tell a story.
Respect to you though. Shit just realised this post is like a novel.Good luck