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Q&A Is writing a light read or "chick lit" a good option for an aspiring literary fiction author?

I live in India and here light reads and "chick lit" have made a great impression. The youth are picking up such books like petrol on fire. Even non-readers are giving reading these genres a try. T...

1 answer  ·  posted 13y ago by J A Tagala‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question fiction genre
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:07:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/4717
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar J A Tagala‭ · 2019-12-08T02:07:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
I live in India and here light reads and "chick lit" have made a great impression. The youth are picking up such books like petrol on fire. Even non-readers are giving reading these genres a try. Titles like these have helped the publishing industry here to grow more than 100% in the last few years.

Is it a good idea someone who wishes to become a [literary fiction](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/7/what-is-literary-fiction) writer to write such a book; does it fix his/her genre? Is it going to demean his standing as a literary writer from the readers' point of view? Does he or she come to be characterized as a Light read or "chick lit" writer who cannot write in another genre, especially literary fiction?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-12-30T15:17:29Z (almost 13 years ago)
Original score: 1