A wayward thought...
Are there rules of genre fiction (specifically scifi/fantasy or spec fic) that genre readers instinctively bring to any genre story, that literary fiction readers wouldn't bring?*
Do you think people who read lit fic are more apt to be confused when confronted with a spec fic story for the first time?
If you were writing a spec fic story for someone who had never read one before, would you change anything about it? Why?
*These rules could be understanding different words (that are actually English), understanding that there could be multiple universes or planets or planes or existence -- or any other "rule" you can think of.
Do you think people who read lit fic are more apt to be confused when confronted with a spec fic story for the first time?
If you were writing a spec fic story for someone who had never read one before, would you change anything about it? Why?
*These rules could be understanding different words (that are actually English), understanding that there could be multiple universes or planets or planes or existence -- or any other "rule" you can think of.