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While taking a break from editing my current YA WIP, I shifted my attention to a short story I’ve been writing. The differences between the two; one being for a younger market, the other for an adult market, made me take pause. Stephen King, in his book On Writing, mentions that prose is language possessing a certain musical quality all its own. I can see the difference in my two works and that is where my question begins.
Does the definition of ‘prose’ change from genre to genre?
Is there a certain measurement one must understand as being necessary to write in any given genre?
Literary seems to be a good example when compared to, let's say, main stream SF/F. How do you think prose is measured and applied to the genre you choose to mainly write?
Does the definition of ‘prose’ change from genre to genre?
Is there a certain measurement one must understand as being necessary to write in any given genre?
Literary seems to be a good example when compared to, let's say, main stream SF/F. How do you think prose is measured and applied to the genre you choose to mainly write?