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When you visit a library, the books are all
arranged according to categories. It makes
the job of finding what you want so much
easier than having all the books just loaded
on the shelves randomly.
Similarly with online bookstores, books and
eBooks are organized according to
classification. All the mystery stories are
in one section, all the suspense thrillers
are together, all the sweet romances are
together. That’s how Amazon does it. Barnes
and Noble too. In fact, all the digital book
sellers use a classification system that groups
similar books all together.
The classification categories are based on
what readers want, and what readers look
for. Businesses exist to meet the needs of
the market place, so if the buying public
want something, it will be made available
by some enterprising business.
Take murder mysteries for example.
Knowing that the reading public loves to
read murder stories, many writers have
specialized in that genre. Often the reader
comes across descriptions of brutal murders.
The more shocking these acts are, the
stronger the audience reaction will often be.
There are other writers who choose not to
write such gory stories. They may deal with
a murder or a sexual attack but without
highlighting the violence, suffering or
horror. It’s a tragic fact that human beings
around the world violate each other every
day, but there are writers who may or may
not include such terrible things in their
stories, but if they do the evils are mentioned
briefly.
They choose to write stories without
violence. Or if a violent act is included in
their story, it is not dwelt on in any blowby-
blow way. It is not glorified.The reader
will know that somebody was murdered
but they won’t be struggling with mental
pictures of the evil.
This is what clean fiction is about. Or more
accurately, this is part of the ethos adopted
by authors of clean fiction. As H.L. Wegley
says of his stories, “descriptions and events
will never be gross, graphic, or gratuitous.”
He writes inspirational thrillers and highaction
romantic suspense novels.
Clean fiction is not so much a book category
but a description of the author’s writing. So
clean fiction includes romance, suspense,
mysteries, thrillers... even time travel.
Pretty much any genre can be written in a
clean way.