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Romance/Love: September 27, 2017 Issue [#8519]

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 This week: Is Romance the Main Genre?
  Edited by: Dawn Embers Author IconMail Icon
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Romance Newsletter by Dawn

A look at the genre of romance overall. While there are many stories that include romance, there are varying degrees as to how much the genre is involved. When marketing, one has to consider where the story might land.


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Genre can be difficult or easy to pinpoint, depending on the story. When sending the story to publishers, magazines, agents or even going the self route, it can be helpful to know whether the story is a romance or if it's a story that includes romance as well. I know a couple of people who write stories but are not sure if the main genre is romance or not.

I have a few stories where it's pretty clear that the main genre is romance. However, I have others where there might be a romance involved but will not be marketed as a romance story because it's not the big picture approach for those particular ones. For the most part, even with many including a romantic element, I don't view myself as a romance author. Some novels, yes, they are romance, but many others that I write and plan to market are not. That's just me though and still, I have to figure out with each story where it falls in the grouping of genres.

One thing the topic of genre as the romance made me think about is actually a comedy movie. Wayne's World isn't a movie or a sequel that one might think of when asked to talk about romance. The main points that get remembered are the comedy lines, the tv show they try to run and maybe the village people scene in the sequel. However, Wayne's falling in love with and trying to keep a relationship with Cassandra. Yet it's not even listed as romantic comedy. It's just known for being a comedy despite a rather strong focus on the romance between the two characters. So, even if romance is a big part that doesn't guarantee that you will want to list the main genre as romance.

For some, it is easy to tell. However, some stories make it a little more difficult to tell because stories build together and not every one is going to just be about how the couple date and eventually end up working things out together. But how does one tell if their story is going to be romance or not?

What is the main focus of the novel?

This is a good starting point/question and something you want to consider when considering marketing, submitting or even putting genre labels here on WDC to help attract potential readers. It might be the focus of the story or it might be secondary or a little to the side. Either way, that will depend on how you have things written. While there are many genres and subgenres that include romance as part of the story, not all will be called romance.

What are your thoughts on romance as the main genre? What helps you decide whether to label a story as a romance or as something that includes romance?


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Do you write romance or do you focus on other genres that include romance?

Last month, I did a romance newsletter that discussed the use of opposites for the character and their love interest. Here is a comment sent in response:

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How funny you should write this. My new novel is about two people who have a fling on a cruise, but because they both have strong religious beliefs they are afraid to talk politics or religion in case they have some disagreement over their views. They purposefully refuse to discuss things that might interfere with their romantic relationship during the cruise. You know I can't let that go. The end is a twist. Sort of.


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