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Would someone please tell me the difference in urban fiction, and mainstream fiction. My novel is urban, yet I believe it fits within the parameters of mainstream. So what's the difference?
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I read the part of your novel that was on-line, and I found it professional, and somewhat intriguing. You are good! Keep up the work. I am a Houston, based writer, and my genre is ethnic, crime/thriller. I've written three novels and would like to k…
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- At 12:40am on November 8, 2009,
DeidraK said…
- I'm sure you can tell a story that wouldn't necessarily fit into that category. I think it would be left up to you the kind of feel you want your book to have.
Ethnic fiction, I don't know. I guess some would say that. But if nothing else, I think you should go for telling a unique and compelling story because it's kind of easy to fall into telling the same old story over and over but with different character names and in a different city. Tell a fresh story, put a spin on it. I think that if you can do that then you can get away from the urban stigma.
- At 9:48pm on November 6, 2009,
DeidraK said…
- To Answer your question on urban fiction vs. mainstream:
Urban includes stories about the bad parts of the city, the underbelly. Any story could be set in a large city but an urban book would focus on the bad parts and would include tales featuring drugs, sex, and crime. A forefather of today's urban lit would be Donald Goines.
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