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That's fascinating about Japanese story telling - I hadn't realized the emphasis is more on the emotional aspects. Literary fiction is often described as "character driven" as opposed to "action driven" - would you describe your writing as literary fiction? (I'm a huge fan of literary fiction!)
Hmmm...that is a good question! Going by the few points most people seem to agree upon regarding literary versus genre fiction though, I think I'd have to say my writing would be considered to be at least somewhat literary.
I have always had an insanely hard time trying to figure out the genres of my novels, in large part because they really don't follow any particular genre conventions (and I never write towards a genre).
I'm starting to realize that part of it is because my writing tends to sort of ride in the middle - I suspect it wouldn't fully meet the general guidelines of what is considered literary as I have fantasy elements in some works and the style is certainly not lyrical or elegant LOL. Yet some might find it "too literary" to truly be pure genre fiction because they are heavily focused on the characters versus action with slower pacing and (hopefully) thought-provoking themes.
(sorry for the delayed response, I totally missed Goodreads notification that you'd commented on my answer!)
Literary is a tough one to define, isn't it? I've read arguments that any genre can be literary, if the character development is essential to the plot (I tend to agree with that definition). But I've also read that literary is its own specific genre (with which I don't necessarily agree!). Your works sound fascinating!
Thank you :-)
And I agree, I really have never been fond of trying to divide literary from genre as if they must be separate things. :-)
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That's fascinating about Japanese story telling - I hadn't realized the emphasis is more on the emotional aspects. Literary fiction is often described as "character driven" as opposed to "action driven" - would you describe your writing as literary fiction? (I'm a huge fan of literary fiction!)
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Hmmm...that is a good question! Going by the few points most people seem to agree upon regarding literary versus genre fiction though, I think I'd have to say my writing would be considered to be at least somewhat literary.I have always had an insanely hard time trying to figure out the genres of my novels, in large part because they really don't follow any particular genre conventions (and I never write towards a genre).
I'm starting to realize that part of it is because my writing tends to sort of ride in the middle - I suspect it wouldn't fully meet the general guidelines of what is considered literary as I have fantasy elements in some works and the style is certainly not lyrical or elegant LOL. Yet some might find it "too literary" to truly be pure genre fiction because they are heavily focused on the characters versus action with slower pacing and (hopefully) thought-provoking themes.
(sorry for the delayed response, I totally missed Goodreads notification that you'd commented on my answer!)
Literary is a tough one to define, isn't it? I've read arguments that any genre can be literary, if the character development is essential to the plot (I tend to agree with that definition). But I've also read that literary is its own specific genre (with which I don't necessarily agree!). Your works sound fascinating!
Thank you :-)And I agree, I really have never been fond of trying to divide literary from genre as if they must be separate things. :-)
