Meh. I’ll make my arty farty what I want over the correct consumable piece every time. I know the option is out there to do the business-first model in writing but I find “I’m a space marine, and a damn good one too” to be just as boring as “strong female lead slay!!!”https://twitter.com/TheBrometheus/status/1153298389049544704 …
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Replying to @jondelarroz
I’d submit that following an oversaturated market is not true good business in the future-minded sense.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
To maximize amazon returns doing what is expected is the way to win big and max $ whether it’s romance, space marine, lit rpg, harem or whatnot.
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Replying to @jondelarroz
But is that good business? Some may say yes. I disagree. Goldrush mentality makes a few wealthy until the veins get tapped out. Redefining adjacent genres for burnt out readers may be a better option so you’re the first into the new rush.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus @jondelarroz
As I’ll point out your new space marine series with a genre twist into an adjacent field. ;)
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Replying to @TheBrometheus @jondelarroz
The most expensive and unpleasant thing a reader can do is go hunting for new books and stories. Having to sort through offerings, the pain of misses, the time spent /not reading/. It is terrible. With a series or a serial hero or a known franchise you just pick up the next one.
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(Oof, I'm not good with Twitter threading, gents...) Genres work the same. Reader X knows they like Genre Y. They are gonna pick those blood soaked zombie harem litRPG books until they make themselves sick.
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When you twist from established into new genres, you offer the reader a lower-resistance path onto something new. You show them the door.
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Precisely.
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