If the Label Doesn't Fit
by Emily Conrad
At 12:12 PM on Saturday afternoon, I typed the last line in my most recent work in progress. A few minutes later, deciding the moment needed to be punctuated, I added the words THE END. Just like that, all caps.
I shot off an email to a writing friend that went like this: Woot! I finished my draft today! But, well, shoot, I think it’s a romance after all.
She’s the only one who’s been reading it, and she assured me that yes, the novel’s a romance.
Well, shoot.
Up until now, my work has mostly been women’s fiction. Granted, I usually incorporate a strong romantic element, so writing all-out romance isn’t that much of a stretch, but there are some differences, and I was really, really committed to being considered a women’s fiction writer.
Now that it's time to give the label up (in part, anyway), I've been questioning why it was so important to me to begin with. And what I'm learning applies to so many areas of life beyond writing.
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At 12:12 PM on Saturday afternoon, I typed the last line in my most recent work in progress. A few minutes later, deciding the moment needed to be punctuated, I added the words THE END. Just like that, all caps.
I shot off an email to a writing friend that went like this: Woot! I finished my draft today! But, well, shoot, I think it’s a romance after all.
She’s the only one who’s been reading it, and she assured me that yes, the novel’s a romance.
Well, shoot.
Up until now, my work has mostly been women’s fiction. Granted, I usually incorporate a strong romantic element, so writing all-out romance isn’t that much of a stretch, but there are some differences, and I was really, really committed to being considered a women’s fiction writer.
Now that it's time to give the label up (in part, anyway), I've been questioning why it was so important to me to begin with. And what I'm learning applies to so many areas of life beyond writing.
Read more »
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