Hi! can someone please explain the difference between a literary romance and just a romance novel. Thanks!!
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http://www.romancetracker.com/what-romance-means-the-genre-of-literary-romance/
Umm maybe this will help a little....but heck if I know!
Umm maybe this will help a little....but heck if I know!
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Literary romance probably doesn't follow the HEA route, not necessarily. The Notebook, Bridges of Madison County, Cold Mountain, etc.
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An example IMHO might be All Men are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir. Romance + existentialism, who'd have thunk it.
A literary romance often ends tragically and virtually never has a HEA ending.
A literary romance often is written by a male writer.
Beyond that, it's perception.
A literary romance often is written by a male writer.
Beyond that, it's perception.
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So if a romance story has someone dieing in the end, does that mean it would be a literary romance? And is that a good thing? I mean literary aspect, not the dieing lol
I'm stuck on one of my books. I don't know if he should die or just come close to death at the end. I connect with my characters and I would hate to kill him but if the story calls for it then I will. I have time to think it over as the story tells itself, I was just hoping for an idea before it got to that point.
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I'm stuck on one of my books. I don't know if he should die or just come close to death at the end. I connect with my characters and I would hate to kill him but if the story calls for it then I will. I have time to think it over as the story tells itself, I was just hoping for an idea before it got to that point.
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OK.
Grab "The English Patient" off the shelf and then go to the grocery store and buy a harlequin romance. Then compare.
Grab "The English Patient" off the shelf and then go to the grocery store and buy a harlequin romance. Then compare.
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No, downbeat doesn't mean literary although the two do seem to go together. Literary is a genre generally related to being aesthetical pleasing, philosophical, experimental in form or otherwise somewhat clever whilst smoking clove cigarettes. There are some upbeat literary stories although it seem to have a higher degree of difficulty, like patting your head whilst also running your belly.
I would be hard pressed to think of a good example of a HEA litrom that is not lit by virtue of just being old.
I would be hard pressed to think of a good example of a HEA litrom that is not lit by virtue of just being old.
NO HEA!!
I spent forever working on such a novel and every agent I queried said it "would be difficult to sell". Now I read a post here and an agency seems to want that kinda stuff...as a matter of fact, I think I queried that agency and got the boot in the $%#@!!
As I am too lazy to type the rest of this rant, I will post a section of my blog that explains:
To think that after over a decade of working on a manuscript, it would have amounted to something. Well that was not the case. My first novel, which I started at the age of thirteen and took 15 years to complete and polish, was a total of 170,000 words. I queried everyone and their mother, but got rejected at every turn. It was a romance that took place in 1492 between a Lucayan princess (Arawak Indians discovered in the New World) and a member of Chris Columbus' fleet. Apparently, it was considered unmarketable. With all of it's unique and toiling drama, escalating emotions and thrilling events, I was certain it would have been a hit. Well it wasn't-the ending, along with some of the events were a bit too m orbid. But I wanted to portray reality! Those poor Lucayan people were driven to extinction and there was no way a happy ending would suffice. And so it reluctantly fell into the ranks with my other unfortunate efforts: works that were written during a frenzied stage of self-searching. Such masterpieces were comprised of one-eyed aliens, Arabian princes, giant scorpions, flying carpets, grizzly bears and a bevy of headless chipmunks. Let's just say that my creative juices were on overdrive and in dire need of guidance.
This makes me wonder if I was rejected because I am female. Do you guys think I should polish that manuscript and query the agency with a male name?
I spent forever working on such a novel and every agent I queried said it "would be difficult to sell". Now I read a post here and an agency seems to want that kinda stuff...as a matter of fact, I think I queried that agency and got the boot in the $%#@!!
As I am too lazy to type the rest of this rant, I will post a section of my blog that explains:
To think that after over a decade of working on a manuscript, it would have amounted to something. Well that was not the case. My first novel, which I started at the age of thirteen and took 15 years to complete and polish, was a total of 170,000 words. I queried everyone and their mother, but got rejected at every turn. It was a romance that took place in 1492 between a Lucayan princess (Arawak Indians discovered in the New World) and a member of Chris Columbus' fleet. Apparently, it was considered unmarketable. With all of it's unique and toiling drama, escalating emotions and thrilling events, I was certain it would have been a hit. Well it wasn't-the ending, along with some of the events were a bit too m orbid. But I wanted to portray reality! Those poor Lucayan people were driven to extinction and there was no way a happy ending would suffice. And so it reluctantly fell into the ranks with my other unfortunate efforts: works that were written during a frenzied stage of self-searching. Such masterpieces were comprised of one-eyed aliens, Arabian princes, giant scorpions, flying carpets, grizzly bears and a bevy of headless chipmunks. Let's just say that my creative juices were on overdrive and in dire need of guidance.
This makes me wonder if I was rejected because I am female. Do you guys think I should polish that manuscript and query the agency with a male name?
Or just send it to another agent?
Or maybe it really is unmarketable? That's not an unknown word.
Or maybe it really is unmarketable? That's not an unknown word.
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