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With realistic novels- I assume you mean thrillers. And not 200 pages on how Betty goes to work and comes home everyday. :) All selling novels have an element of fantasy and make believe. In thril...
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System
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2019-12-08T01:44:07Z (over 4 years ago)
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Shantnu Tiwari
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2019-12-08T01:44:07Z (over 4 years ago)
With realistic novels- I assume you mean thrillers. And not 200 pages on how Betty goes to work and comes home everyday. :) All selling novels have an element of fantasy and make believe. In thrillers, it maybe the hero taking on 200 Al Qaeda members alone while flirting with supermodels. In fantasy, it maybe an elf taking on 200 members of orcs while flirting with fairies. :) But in either case, the reader is expecting to leave the normal world behind, and enter a world of adventure and excitement. While its true thrillers(itself a huge genre- crime thrillers, military, legal etc) books usually top the best sellers list(at least based on my quick look in the local book stores), there are also more of these type of books, and hence more writers. Sci-Fi and Fantasy, while they maybe a smaller market comparatively, have a much more loyal following. At the end of the day, you can't write books like a business plan- X sells most, so I will write X. It will be dishonest, and your readers will see it. Instead, write what you love. And leave the selling to salesmen.
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2011-06-29T09:10:47Z (almost 13 years ago)
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