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Q&A Should you read your own genre?

After reading the questions, I have one question: Are you serious? You want to sell cars, but you have no clue about the different brands, the different models, which series is very often in the ga...

posted 13y ago by John Smithers‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:25:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar John Smithers‭ · 2019-12-08T01:25:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
After reading the questions, I have one question: Are you serious? You want to sell cars, but you have no clue about the different brands, the different models, which series is very often in the garage, because it's crap, which cars are reliable even after 200,000km, what extra is worth paying for and why and and and.

Who, who is right in his mind, would buy a car from you?

After reading the existing answers, I was puzzled even more. You do not know your market, you do not know your readers, but you want write for them?

You cannot write in a genre, if you do not know the genre. Only exception: you invent your own genre. (And that's a questionable idea.)

Take a genre you dislike. Romance, thrillers whatever. Sit down and write a novel in it. I'm interested how far you will get. And no, half knowledge is not any better. A writer reads a lot. A lot in the genre he writes in. (Yes, also in other genres, which include non-fiction for fiction writers and fiction for non-fiction writers. But that's only a bonus.) Know what you write about or do not write about it.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-03-23T10:06:59Z (over 13 years ago)
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