Remember how the agents came to visit the program and freaked us all out by telling us we should be writing novels? Remember how they told us short story collections are damn near impossible to sell? Well, I have another tip for everyone: if you really want to assure publication, forget novels. Write nonfiction. Nonfiction sells. Also, genre fiction sells. Anyone want to write a chick-lit supernatural mystery thriller with zombies and and guns wielded by girls in short skirts with manicured hands? Sounds like a bestseller, huh? It is a bestseller.
But that's not what we're writing for. We're not writing so our readers can sink into a TV-induced stupor and fall asleep slightly titillated and relaxed and numb to the world: we're writing to inspire and awaken. Write what you love. The publication process might be a little more complex and tortuous, but at least you will be the writer you want to be.
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