What is meant by “literary or commercial fiction” ?
I keep seeing this when agents list their interests. For example: “Literary and commercial fiction, historical fiction, women’s fiction, thrillers, mysteryies, young adult…”
Would that mean any fiction? Would literary and commercial fiction by chance mean fantasy or sci fi?
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Tags: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Sci Fi, Thrillers, Young Adult
April 8th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Literary and commercial fiction is the “everything else” genre of fiction. For other genres, it’s easy to define what they are, and generally their authors will tell you. Sci-fi/fantasy wouldn’t be fall into the literary and commercial genre because it has it’s own genre.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
The link below describes each type of ‘fiction’.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:11 am
I think that it is the same of films: commercial films. It’s a less cost and the actors o actress are from the 2′nd groop.
April 15th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Literary fiction is fiction that tries to be art. Commercial fiction, or “pop fiction” is made to produce income. Some authors switch between the two so that they can make a decent income.