Friday, June 02, 2006
What about "chick lits"?
When we talked about romance novels, it reminded me of recent expansion on "chick-lit" market.
"Shopaholic" series definately falls in this category
I've read newspaper article on "how to write the chick lits",
stating that ...
it must happen in somewhere exotic because all big cities are taken,
the girl must be someone the readers can relate to,
there must be love relationship(s),
must include well studied back ground... etc.
"The Devil wears Prada", which is made into movie and is coming out soon, follows similar model.
Perhaps these books are romance novels for younger readers?
(I'm not against these books or anything. I don't mean to offend anyone. I like them, too.)
"Shopaholic" series definately falls in this category
I've read newspaper article on "how to write the chick lits",
stating that ...
it must happen in somewhere exotic because all big cities are taken,
the girl must be someone the readers can relate to,
there must be love relationship(s),
must include well studied back ground... etc.
"The Devil wears Prada", which is made into movie and is coming out soon, follows similar model.
Perhaps these books are romance novels for younger readers?
(I'm not against these books or anything. I don't mean to offend anyone. I like them, too.)
# posted by ryoko sugihara @ 12:30 AM 
