Why New Authors Should Master Genre Conventions Before Breaking Them

One of my cherished neopatrons called my attention to this post by The Brothers Krynn, which itself is a response to another piece by author JD Cowan. After spending some time retreading the “Are fantasy and sci fi separate genres?” debate, it brings up an issue that’s running rampant among new authors: breaking genre conventions for the sake of breaking them. A good way to think of genre…

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