Comments on: Will Conspiracy Theory Fiction Go Out Of Fashion? http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Mon, 21 May 2012 04:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Carrie L. Lewis http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16020 Carrie L. Lewis Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:36:40 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16020 Carrie, here. Thanks for the answer. That's pretty much been my thought, but it always helps to hear it from someone else. I have to say, though, that the logic of your last paragraph isn't something I'd considered. I wonder how I can fit that in somewhere.... Thanks! Carrie Carrie, here.

Thanks for the answer. That’s pretty much been my thought, but it always helps to hear it from someone else.

I have to say, though, that the logic of your last paragraph isn’t something I’d considered. I wonder how I can fit that in somewhere….

Thanks!

Carrie

]]> By: Seth http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16021 Seth Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:19:54 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16021 Wow, I hadn't realized people still remembered little old Seth with the one sentence storyline! (This will be really awkward if it turns out I'm not the one you were talking about) It's good to hear that the genre I've been working with for a year now is still going strong. For a long time I used to just think that if you wrote well enough, people would just buy your book. I now know that you also need an audience, and to be honest, a feeling of terror went through me when I read the title of this post. All I could think of was 'Oh no. I'm doomed. I've got no audience.' I then proceeded to frantically read the rest of the post, and was relieved to see your bottom line was optimistic for the genre. Good luck with your writing journey in the world of conspiracies Carrie! Wow, I hadn’t realized people still remembered little old Seth with the one sentence storyline! (This will be really awkward if it turns out I’m not the one you were talking about)

It’s good to hear that the genre I’ve been working with for a year now is still going strong. For a long time I used to just think that if you wrote well enough, people would just buy your book. I now know that you also need an audience, and to be honest, a feeling of terror went through me when I read the title of this post. All I could think of was ‘Oh no. I’m doomed. I’ve got no audience.’ I then proceeded to frantically read the rest of the post, and was relieved to see your bottom line was optimistic for the genre.

Good luck with your writing journey in the world of conspiracies Carrie!

]]> By: Lynda http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16047 Lynda Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:30:29 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16047 Oo-ooh. Now I'm wondering what THEY are up to! Oo-ooh. Now I’m wondering what THEY are up to!

]]> By: James Thayer http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16052 James Thayer Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:33:27 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16052 The editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, Michael Korda, said, "The moment you kiss a category or a genre good-bye, there it is, back again on the list, usually in some slightly new form, but always perfectly recognizable as the return of yesterday’s hot item. It’s as if buggy whips came back into fashion from time to time, and is one of the many things that makes selling books different from selling other things.” The editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, Michael Korda, said, “The moment you kiss a category or a genre good-bye, there it is, back again on the list, usually in some slightly new form, but always perfectly recognizable as the return of yesterday’s hot item. It’s as if buggy whips came back into fashion from time to time, and is one of the many things that makes selling books different from selling other things.”

]]> By: Martha Miller http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16061 Martha Miller Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:55:11 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16061 I'd like to add one more thing to Seth's remarks about getting people to buy your books. He suggests writing well and having an audience is critical to success. IMHO, telling a crackerjack story is the major key to success, at least in commercial fiction. Where would Dan Brown be if he wasn't such a good storyteller? I’d like to add one more thing to Seth’s remarks about getting people to buy your books. He suggests writing well and having an audience is critical to success. IMHO, telling a crackerjack story is the major key to success, at least in commercial fiction. Where would Dan Brown be if he wasn’t such a good storyteller?

]]> By: carlos de la Parra http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16063 carlos de la Parra Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:15:58 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16063 They can tell from fictional conspiracy to wiki leaks. They can tell from fictional conspiracy to wiki leaks.

]]> By: Christophe Desmecht http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16144 Christophe Desmecht Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:37:51 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16144 This is more a personal observation, rather than an attempt at professional advice. If you find yourself wriging Conspiracy Theory novels, and you enjoy doing it, then don't stop. If this is the type of story that comes natural and keeps flowing out of your pen as soon as you put it to paper, then write that story. If you want to, I guess you could try writing a different type of story, but if it doesn't "jive" with you, by all means go back to what you're comfortable with. Get that first Conspiracy Theory novel finished, even if it's just a first/second draft. Get it out of your system. Then think about what you'll write next. If you have a new, interesting idea for another Conspiracy Theory, and you're just itching to write that down... then that's your thing. There are many people out there, writers and non-writers, who want to start on something but don't know what. You do know. Look at it from the bright side. You have a solid idea, a motivation to write the story that's trapped inside you. Get it out! :) This is more a personal observation, rather than an attempt at professional advice.

If you find yourself wriging Conspiracy Theory novels, and you enjoy doing it, then don’t stop. If this is the type of story that comes natural and keeps flowing out of your pen as soon as you put it to paper, then write that story.

If you want to, I guess you could try writing a different type of story, but if it doesn’t “jive” with you, by all means go back to what you’re comfortable with. Get that first Conspiracy Theory novel finished, even if it’s just a first/second draft. Get it out of your system. Then think about what you’ll write next. If you have a new, interesting idea for another Conspiracy Theory, and you’re just itching to write that down… then that’s your thing.

There are many people out there, writers and non-writers, who want to start on something but don’t know what. You do know. Look at it from the bright side. You have a solid idea, a motivation to write the story that’s trapped inside you. Get it out! :)

]]> By: Christophe Desmecht http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16145 Christophe Desmecht Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:39:28 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16145 Forgive me for my typos, I need to learn to proof-read before hitting "submit comment". ;) Forgive me for my typos, I need to learn to proof-read before hitting “submit comment”. ;)

]]> By: Mary Potter http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16259 Mary Potter Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:15:33 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16259 I heard a similar question in a workshop at a writer's conference regarding fantasy novels about dragons. Yes -- the agents and editors thought dragons were likely overdone -- but when a good dragon story crosses their desk, they're running with it. So -- write what you want and write it the best you can -- that's the message I keep hearing. I heard a similar question in a workshop at a writer’s conference regarding fantasy novels about dragons. Yes — the agents and editors thought dragons were likely overdone — but when a good dragon story crosses their desk, they’re running with it.

So — write what you want and write it the best you can — that’s the message I keep hearing.

]]> By: Mike http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16443 Mike Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:52:30 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16443 I hate the whole genre category "box" that manuscripts get categorized under. I think that a book will always have an "audience" per se...just from the standpoint of a publisher, the question is, "How much profit can I make off of this book?" So although it seems to be true that money equals success right? I mean if you aren't a wealthy author then you just completely suck? I know I personally don't subscribe to this notion, there seems to be plenty that do. I hate the whole genre category “box” that manuscripts get categorized under. I think that a book will always have an “audience” per se…just from the standpoint of a publisher, the question is, “How much profit can I make off of this book?” So although it seems to be true that money equals success right? I mean if you aren’t a wealthy author then you just completely suck? I know I personally don’t subscribe to this notion, there seems to be plenty that do.

]]> By: Ken Meyer http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16581 Ken Meyer Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:38:55 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16581 Sounds like a conspiracy to me! Sounds like a conspiracy to me!

]]> By: Demetria Foster Gray http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16663 Demetria Foster Gray Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:34:42 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/01/21/will-conspiracy-theory-fiction-go-out-of-fashion/#comment-16663 Having an audience for your novel is always a concern for writers and the last thing we want is to become part of a saturated market and lost in the shuffle. But we have to learn to stay true to ourselves and write from the heart not the market. If you get overly engrossed by what's the "in" thing to do at the time, then by the time you finish writing your "in" novel, there'll most likely be a new "in" thing to make yours irrelevant. You'll be forever chasing the "in" thing and find yourself exhausted and unpublished in the end. Listen to your heart, and write from there because there's always going to be ups and downs in every genre. I believe if we stay persistent and determined, our novels will eventually find a home in the market. Having an audience for your novel is always a concern for writers and the last thing we want is to become part of a saturated market and lost in the shuffle. But we have to learn to stay true to ourselves and write from the heart not the market.

If you get overly engrossed by what’s the “in” thing to do at the time, then by the time you finish writing your “in” novel, there’ll most likely be a new “in” thing to make yours irrelevant. You’ll be forever chasing the “in” thing and find yourself exhausted and unpublished in the end.

Listen to your heart, and write from there because there’s always going to be ups and downs in every genre. I believe if we stay persistent and determined, our novels will eventually find a home in the market.

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