 Romance/Love: May 29, 2024 Issue [#12560] |
This week: Romantasy Edited by: NaNoNette  
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| "Romantasy might be one of the most fun genres I’ve ever written." ~ Romantasy might be one of the most fun genres I’ve ever written. |
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Romantasy
The other day, while walking through my local chain book store, I discovered a table with a sign that advertised "Romantasy." What is that? And who thought we needed that?
The titles on the table appeared to be an assortment of YA novels with a romantic and a fantastical element. Pretty much as they all are.
The internet is inconclusive as to what "Romantasy" even is. If you look it up, you will most likely find a recommended book list in the genres previously known as "Romance, Young Adult, and Fantasy."
We already have fantasy romance and romantic fantasy. But now there is this. So, what does a reader and writer make out of this? Just play along and accept the new definition?
Apart from the marketing (genius?) who came up with that word, nobody really knows where the other romance involving fantasy and fantasy involving romances end and become "Romantasy."
Some possible answers how you could choose to understand this strange genre is like so:
 the romantic and fantasy aspects have equal importance.
a romantic story with a fantasy backdrop.
the fantasy plot would fall apart if there is no romance.
it's a fantasy that follows the plot beats of a romance book.
 it's fantasy with "spice" 
If it's all the same to you, then I guess the best way to define "Romantasy" is by putting it firmly at the intersection of Fantasy and Romance. If it's not all the same to you, then there is work to be done. There is a clear need to define this important genre for those who want to make sure they cover all of their bases.
Personally, I believe that every book is better with a little Romance and every Romance is a little better with a Fantasy. I wouldn't go as far as creating word games to invent things that already exist. On the other hand, I'm not in charge of selling books to people who are craving to be at the forefront of all that is new. As neither Romance nor Fantasy are new, we're doing a little alchemy with letters and, shazam! a new thing is created.
Do you think we need to have a genre called Romantasy?
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Replies to my last Romance/Love newsletter "Point of View" that asked Which one is your favorite point of view when writing romance or love stories?
Dawn Embers  wrote: I have always preferred third person over first. However, since I'm been reading more romance ebooks and audiobooks, I have found that either works as long as I have a way to know who is the main point of view. Most of the ones in third person don't do much head hopping as they stick to one pov per scene or chapter. Many put who the main character is at the start of the chapter and that really helps. It's something I will do in my dual point of view novels too.
I also prefer third person point of view. I have to say that I have never been confused as to who does what in a third person omniscient narration that was well executed. |
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