tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post1672577605144999880..comments2023-11-05T05:59:33.041-05:00Comments on Sara McClung: Literary vs Commercial FictionSara {Rhapsody and Chaos}http://www.blogger.com/profile/09824996048264979275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-26489048507077871542009-10-11T21:14:47.891-04:002009-10-11T21:14:47.891-04:00haha! I didn't mean to imply that literary wo...haha! I didn't mean to imply that literary work doesn't ever have action or resolution... Just that in literary fiction writing, the style is concentrated on more - the language, the depth of the character, the exploration of real life. Real life certainly has action! And, at times, resolution :) But sometimes it doesn't - and that's what makes literary work more realistic.Sara {Rhapsody and Chaos}https://www.blogger.com/profile/09824996048264979275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-76913431854357552892009-10-11T18:22:34.450-04:002009-10-11T18:22:34.450-04:00Great post, but you're making me not want to e...Great post, but you're making me not want to ever read lit fiction. No action? No resolution? Nothing happens? Just a bunch of pretty words? zzzz<br />Who buys that?Andrew Rosenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09215333688753781447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-1752711527066401242009-10-10T15:33:24.955-04:002009-10-10T15:33:24.955-04:00Thanks for your thoughts everyone :)
seamus, I co...Thanks for your thoughts everyone :)<br /><br />seamus, I completely agree with you - I'm currently writing commercial fiction, but one of my goals is to focus a lot on the style of the language and also to go more in depth with the psychological states of my characters. But I'm still writing for a large audience and my primary goal is still to entertain.Sara {Rhapsody and Chaos}https://www.blogger.com/profile/09824996048264979275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-41241369935427109512009-10-10T15:29:58.903-04:002009-10-10T15:29:58.903-04:00Nice. Neatly sums up the differences between the ...Nice. Neatly sums up the differences between the two.<br /><br />Personally, my fiction shares elements of both. Though my use of language goes above and beyond compared to the chatty punchiness demanded by commercial lit, I believe that plot and action are important to my work's literary aspects.<br /><br />Hybrid fiction, I think (or at least hope) is the way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-24685925351503911832009-10-10T15:14:34.171-04:002009-10-10T15:14:34.171-04:00what an excellent post. I've thought about doi...what an excellent post. I've thought about doing one like this myself, but you did it much better. Many people read literary fiction expecting commercial fiction and come away quite dissatisfied. They don't recognize it for what it is.Tamara Hart Heinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562765111202443160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-24126920741396894342009-10-10T13:38:18.335-04:002009-10-10T13:38:18.335-04:00Spot on. Those who read to escape from the world a...Spot on. Those who read to escape from the world around them against those who read in order to engage with it. Plenty of people tell me they dip in and out of both, but I don't believe them!<br /><br />In the UK, the balance of the market is very towards commercial/genre (fantasy/horror) to the detriment of literary fiction. <br /><br />Shame I write literary fiction then!Sulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.com