(A version of this exists elsewhere online, but hey, it sounded and felt too good writing n posting it to not share it in a community I have a lot more friends within.)
I hear all the time, write first, then worry about labeling the genre, since that is more a publication issue. One tiny problem. Every genre has their own rules, conventions, tropes, and violating those can cost you your audience and potentially nascent career before it gets off the ground.
Mind you, considering J.K. Rowlings did not writing Harry Potter AS children stories, but was later published as... But, considering she is like head-above-shoulders more successful than any other modern author, she makes a bad example. She could never write another word, and live comfortably the next hundred...
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