{"id":731,"date":"2010-07-27T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/2010\/07\/27\/should-i-stick-with-genre-writing\/"},"modified":"2010-07-27T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T15:30:00","slug":"should-i-stick-with-genre-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/2010\/07\/27\/should-i-stick-with-genre-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Stick With Genre Writing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Remember the Secret Novel?<\/p>\n

I haven’t been able to write it yet. I have a plot, characters, theme, setting, everything… but… nothing pulls the book together at the end. It doesn’t go<\/i> anywhere.<\/p>\n

That’s a separate problem from what I wish to discuss right now. (Maybe.)<\/p>\n

The Secret Novel, as I conceive it, is meant to be literary. Or “general commercial.” Whatever. Not sf or fantasy, like everything else I write or have ever been inspired to write. And I wonder if that’s a good idea.<\/p>\n

What if the reason the Secret Novel idea isn’t clicking is because I’m fooling myself and my real interests aren’t going to be engaged unless I throw in a werewolf or something. I have to wonder. Do I want to write this book set in the real, historical period because that is what is best for the book, or because I have deluded myself this will make it have wider appeal than a fantasy, and make my book a bestseller, Oprah bookclub book, Hollywood film?<\/p>\n

And even suppose I could write it and it sold nicely, then what? Then I tell my fans, “Great, if you liked that sober, realistic book, just wait till you check out this next one where gladiators fight pirates!”<\/p>\n

I’m not saying that writers have<\/i> to always write in the same genre. My original plan was to just use a different pen name. But I’ve done that before (my two published romances are under a different pen name) and it’s exhausting trying to “social network” both names. I.e. I write this blog, but do squat all under my other pen name. Logically, I should try and write more category romances, because I know I could sell those, but I prefer fantasy.<\/p>\n

So… hmm… should I make my Secret Novel a fantasy. Everything else would be the same. (Which would make it a pretty cool and unusual fantasy). But I just don’t know. Above all, I want to be true to the story. It just may be that I’m not the author who is able to write the book I originally envisioned, and I have to write the books I’m able to actually write.<\/p>\n

Does that make sense? Does anyone else out there struggle with this kind of dilemma?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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