So..I've been sat here thinking for a long time about the big booms in literature over the past ten + years & I can't help but wonder about what's next?
What should we, as young writers, be looking to break the mould with? Surely, we don't want to whip up a ready made vampire or child wizard and cover old ground yet again?
Don't we need to be anticipating what's coming next?
I don't mean what kind of genres are popping up every now & then, as we've seen many come in and out of fashion like yo-yo's over decades. I mean the genres which are so RIDICULOUSLY in demand it's UNBELIEVABLE!
In the late 90's through to the mid to late 2000's, we went through the wonderful world of Witchcraft and Wizardry! A gazillion books opened their chapters in schools with an orphan child with mysterious powers.
We've now just emerging on the other side of a (in my opinion) blissful period of vampire fiction. Lots of pages full of damsels in distress falling for the seductive and dangerous men with occasional glistening skin.
I feel like we're now souring through the middle zone of Dystopia. The Hunger Games, again, in my opinion, is one of the best series of books I've ever read. Along with the Divergent series.
SO WHAT NOW?! It's all so mysterious and exciting. Thoughts?
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