Trends…they happen in every industry and I’d love to know how. In fashion, one day bell bottoms are all the rage, the next day they’re throwing rapidly decaying fruit matter at you. It doesn’t make sense.
Same is true for publishing. For a while vampires are hot, hopefully that will change soon. (No offense to anybody writing a vampire novel!!) So what dictates these trends? Who decides what’s hot and what’s not?
Even more important, as a writer, do you follow them? I personally don’t, because it takes me a while to write a book, so if I were to follow a trend, by the time I was done, the trend would be long dead.
What about you?
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the thing about trends is they don’t last and writing about them, they can be here and way gone before we’re even done writing the book! I’m writing a short ways into the future and technology keeps catching up with me!
Happy T day =)
I’ve talked about this on my blog enough I think you know where I stand with it.
But trends don’t have to control what we write! When we blaze the independent trail we can write what we love and no worry about what’s the “rage” or “hot” at the moment.
And with eBook publishing so fast, we CAN write to trends if trends are what we like to write.
It’s all about freedom.
I’ve never been one to follow trends. Just look in my closet.
I think they might be fun to study, but I can’t gauge my writing by them.
nah, I’m not into following them but I’m up for setting them!
trends come and go. I aim to write a classic that stays.:)
Great meeting you through the A-Z!
nutschell
http://www.thewritingnut.com
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