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Q&A Can I bring back Planetary Romance as a genre?

There are two separate issues here: What do you call your story as you pitch it? How would your story be marketed? Although you tag marketing and use the word, you're asking more about the seco...

posted 5y ago by Cyn‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-20T00:40:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:50:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T11:50:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
There are two separate issues here:

1. What do you call your story as you pitch it?
2. How would your story be marketed?

Although you tag [marketing](/questions/tagged/marketing "show questions tagged 'marketing'") and use the word, you're asking more about the second question, how to pitch the story, so let's not worry about it. Your publisher will choose an appropriate genre and market accordingly. It would be a separate question anyway.

I'll focus on the first question. Of course you can call your story whatever you wish. But, as perfectly as it might fit the genre of planetary romance, you run the risk of your listeners not knowing what you mean. I had to read your whole question before I understood.

So use it, but explain it. Something like:

> It's a Planetary Romance novel. A clash of individuals from different worlds. Literally different worlds, since it's a sub-genre of Science Fiction.

Or...

> So it's Science Fiction but a character-driven story focused on the politics and cultures across planets. A small genre called Planetary Romance.

Or whatever wording works for you.

The advantage here is you'll be educating people about this genre, which can only work in your favor.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-05-07T18:17:23Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 9