Tropes are the story arrangements which appeal to the widest audience of people. Authors twist tropes to remain fresh. As you twist them, you slide away from what attracts the greatest number of people. Slide as far as you like, but be aware of your changing marketing target.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
The trick is in understanding that we all have an innate human nature (or mammalian nature, for you evolutionists) that is immutable.
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Replying to @danwolfgang_ @TheBrometheus
"What attracts the greatest number of people" ...in the current audience. Let's not forget that 50+ years of catering to vocal whales has created genres no one else wants to read.
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Replying to @ArchivistPulp @TheBrometheus
The issue is that most Sci FI readers have been driven off, so the narrow audience for mil SF has become the dominant segment of the market.
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Replying to @danwolfgang_ @TheBrometheus
That isn't borne out by the numbers, though. Baen was, among other things, the milSF release valve for tradpub--who, with minor exceptions, wanted to publish everything else. When indie hit, the market for milSF was far greater than realized.
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What indie did prove is that the market for LGBT, alternate history, steampunk and other favorites of tradpub was razor thin.
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And the market is correcting on milSF now that everyone wants their waifu harems...pic.twitter.com/0pSHoCIPWG
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MilSF waifu harems...
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Replying to @TheBrometheus @danwolfgang_
Speaking of which, when's the next John Ringo book out...?
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