tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242607410560272655.post3169202866837285563..comments2023-11-13T16:43:01.201-08:00Comments on Deborah J. Ross: Deborah on the multiplicity of sub-genresUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242607410560272655.post-64714909763737936242012-07-23T11:49:01.369-07:002012-07-23T11:49:01.369-07:00Frog, you are right on about not allowing artifici...Frog, you are right on about not allowing artificial sales categories to distort the natural shape of a story. That will suck the life out of one's creative soul.Deborah J. Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062367794652668585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242607410560272655.post-78275066024550332762012-07-23T09:28:37.488-07:002012-07-23T09:28:37.488-07:00OK, I'm going to get my two cents in here.
Ge...OK, I'm going to get my two cents in here.<br /><br />Genres, sub-genres, sub-sub-genres, etc. are all useful as descriptors for things. That is, as a reader, if someone has their work described using certain genre-marker tags, then I can more quickly determine what sort of experience I am looking at when I get into it. <br /><br />That said, I always think that really specific tags are the sort of thing one applies to the work <i>after</i> the writing process. The problem I find with genres is that, too often, the author decides "I'm going to write a story in this very narrow sub-genre," and as a result ends up confining himself to a limited set of used-up tropes. <br /><br />My thought is this: create what you are going to create, <i>then</i> start applying labels if you want. It starts to get choking if we do it the other way around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com