This is a helpful way to think about it! Comps make me bristle a little because it does feel so commercial, but it’s smart to be able to tell an agent or editor what my book’s shelf-neighbors would be. I’m gonna steal your writing exercise
lol that's why I call it trojan-horsing! (but I also don't mind leaning a little bit commercial.) but yes, I think of this more as an exercise in packaging your work so people can recognize what they're looking at when you put it in front of them.
This is a helpful way to think about it! Comps make me bristle a little because it does feel so commercial, but it’s smart to be able to tell an agent or editor what my book’s shelf-neighbors would be. I’m gonna steal your writing exercise
lol that's why I call it trojan-horsing! (but I also don't mind leaning a little bit commercial.) but yes, I think of this more as an exercise in packaging your work so people can recognize what they're looking at when you put it in front of them.