His core argument is that ‘even good genre (not Larsson or Brown) is by definition a constrained form of writing. There are conventions and these limit the material.’ He goes on: ‘If you are following conventions, then a significant percentage of the thinking and imagining has been taken out of the exercise. Lots of decisions are already made. So it follows that genre tends to rely on a simpler reader psychology.’ It’s still not easy, he acknowledges. But it’s easier.
Really? I suppose this applies as well to the conventions of the sonnet, the villanelle, etc.
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