Compare Realism and Genre Fiction as Creative Modes to Work In

Some story ideas are genre; some are literary; and forcing them into the wrong form produces work that does not quite land in either place. This compares the two modes as working environments: what each demands of the writer, which type of idea belongs where, how the audience relationship differs, and how to read the signal in an idea before you commit to a draft.

Compare realism and genre fiction as working modes for a writer who has not yet committed to either.

Cover:
1. What each mode demands of the writer that the other does not
2. The kind of story idea that belongs naturally in each mode (and what happens when you put it in the wrong one)
3. The audience relationship in each: what the reader expects and what the writer is permitted to do with those expectations
4. Which mode is more forgiving for early writers and why
5. How to recognise which mode a story idea is pulling toward before you have committed to a draft

Under 300 words. No recommendation to try both.