My eyebrows automatically raise when I hear anyone say “Literary vs Genre fiction.” A “genre” is a box we put a story into, based on the story’s plot and tropes, and to classify everything that isn’t literary as “genre,” seems a bit silly and snobbish. “Commercial” isn’t perfect, but it feels like a more specific term for what we’re talking about.
13 thoughts on Literary vs. "Genre" writing
13 thoughts on Literary vs. "Genre" writing
13 thoughts on Literary vs. "Genre" writing
My eyebrows automatically raise when I hear anyone say “Literary vs Genre fiction.” A “genre” is a box we put a story into, based on the story’s plot and tropes, and to classify everything that isn’t literary as “genre,” seems a bit silly and snobbish. “Commercial” isn’t perfect, but it feels like a more specific term for what we’re talking about.