100% agree. My forte for reading: history and reference. My forte for writing: noir, historical fiction, flash, quirky crap. I wouldn't even attempt romance, fantasy, horror or sci-fi. I leave those genres alone. There are conventions. tropes, expectations that I couldn't possibly deliver to the reader. However, as incidentals to other genres, I think it's great to include quick scenes of genuine stuff like non-sentimental love, hearts & flowers, etc.
Thaddeus, you are absolutely correct. And if anyone thinks that fulfilling such conventions is simply playing to the audience, well, I cite none other than William Shakespeare (You don't get more highbrow than the Bard!) who noticed that fans kinda liked it when couples got married at the end of his comedies; in fact, they liked it so much that he started adding nuptials, not one, not two, but sometimes three or four! Even if these scenes were offstage, they fulfilled the promise of the genre, which, let's face it, was to make the audience horny so they'd go home and screw and continue the great comedy of humanity on their own time.
100% agree. My forte for reading: history and reference. My forte for writing: noir, historical fiction, flash, quirky crap. I wouldn't even attempt romance, fantasy, horror or sci-fi. I leave those genres alone. There are conventions. tropes, expectations that I couldn't possibly deliver to the reader. However, as incidentals to other genres, I think it's great to include quick scenes of genuine stuff like non-sentimental love, hearts & flowers, etc.
I know not of what you speak, but I like how you speak it.
Thaddeus, you are absolutely correct. And if anyone thinks that fulfilling such conventions is simply playing to the audience, well, I cite none other than William Shakespeare (You don't get more highbrow than the Bard!) who noticed that fans kinda liked it when couples got married at the end of his comedies; in fact, they liked it so much that he started adding nuptials, not one, not two, but sometimes three or four! Even if these scenes were offstage, they fulfilled the promise of the genre, which, let's face it, was to make the audience horny so they'd go home and screw and continue the great comedy of humanity on their own time.