Comments on: Genre, part II http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/genre-part-ii/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Lisa Katzenberger http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/genre-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-16525 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:13:37 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/genre-part-ii/#comment-16525 Here's one of the best comparisons I've heard on this topic: the difference between commercial and literary fiction is the language. Clearly no one will mistake The DaVinci Code for literary fiction, but it's a great example of what literary fiction is not. Short, stark sentences. Small, quick words. Few adjectives but lots of those nasty adverbs. Not a simile or metaphor to be found. Literary fiction is all about being artful with the language.

]]> By: Lynn http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/genre-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-16523 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:55:14 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/genre-part-ii/#comment-16523 Stacey, thanks so much for doing this second post! It's as though you read my mind! Not only has it answered a couple of questions I had about non-fiction (I'm writing a fun, how-to book, lol), it's also been helpful in keeping in mind that my middle grade novel can also appeal to the YA market as well!

Thanks again!

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