Hey Keith, feel free not to answer this, but were you happy with that first novel in the end?
This is a topic I've been battling with for a while. I definitely want to avoid the cookie cutter, looks-like-everything else, type of novel, but I am very conscious of how having a clear genre makes it easier to market. I also suspect, some element of keeping the genre vague, may be a lack of clarity of what my story is about on my part. i.e. more a result of lack of craft rather than a surplus of artistic vision.
Does that make sense?
Hiding behind, the "genreless" label, might be one way of evading commitment to a more focused narrative.
Hey Keith, feel free not to answer this, but were you happy with that first novel in the end?
This is a topic I've been battling with for a while. I definitely want to avoid the cookie cutter, looks-like-everything else, type of novel, but I am very conscious of how having a clear genre makes it easier to market. I also suspect, some element of keeping the genre vague, may be a lack of clarity of what my story is about on my part. i.e. more a result of lack of craft rather than a surplus of artistic vision.
Does that make sense?
Hiding behind, the "genreless" label, might be one way of evading commitment to a more focused narrative.