: Re: 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

@Frith254

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You think too much. If you want to be a writer, you should write instead.

No, seriously, this thinking (and the resulting "decisions") will take you nowhere. If you read lots of chick lit and you like it, then write chick lit. If you read lots of literary fiction and you like it, write it. If you disgust chick lit, then avoid that genre. The readers will find out. Because they are not stupid. Which takes me to my next point.

Do you think your readers are stupid? Why should they "demean" you, because you write in different genres? If they really did, you would not want them as readers. Skip that thought, it's totally useless.

If you like both genres, write in both genres. But if you think, there is an easy genre (like chick lit), where you can make easy money, and there is this other reputable genre (like literary fiction) where you can show the world how great you are, then you are a snob and an idiot. So I really hope, you do not think that. Because there is no easy genre, there is no easy money. Everyone thinking that should stop writing immediately or never start at all.

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