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Genres are a bit like political parties; aligning yourself with one gives you ready access to thousands of pre-existing fans who are far more likely to find you and approve of you than if you have no affiliations. This is one of genre’s great advantages as a concept but, as with political parties, people are often hesitant to cross lines and appreciate any perks from the other side. While …
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What do you want as a writer? To produce great work and find your fair share of readers – that’s a given – but what about on a deeper level? Are you the type of writer who wants to change the world, or do you just love words and take joy in making them dance? It may seem like a question without any practical benefits, but harnessing your artistic drive is a process that begins with …
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Not long ago, we discussed the subgenre of bizarro fiction, identifying what makes it unique and separating it from similar movements such as transgressive fiction and new weird fiction. This time around, we’re zeroing in on that final category of writing and asking, ‘What is the new weird?’ It’s a question we’re going to answer in full, but it’s also worth taking a moment to identify why that …
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With his Western novel The Sisters Brothers currently enjoying a big screen adaptation and his ‘tragedy of manners’ French Exit beloved by the literary establishment, Patrick deWitt is both a proven author and one to watch. Not only that, but deWitt’s story is particularly inspiring to budding writers – a bartender whose manuscript found its way into the right hands after he asked for a patron’s …
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Pulp writing isn’t quite a subgenre and it isn’t quite a medium. Yes, it once had stylistic and even aesthetic boundaries, but the sensibilities behind those boundaries have outlived them by decades, and pulp is now more an approach to storytelling than anything else. Happily, it’s an approach that has a lot to teach modern authors, and if you can adjust to the pulp way of thinking, you’ll have …
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Many authors find it difficult to define the genre of their work. There’s nothing wrong with that as you’re writing – seeing your own art as so unique as to defy classification is perfectly healthy – but when it comes to marketing and publishing, you need to know what you’re selling. That’s why, in today’s article, we’ll be looking at why genre matters, how to apply it, and why going deeper …
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