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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Then I don't agree with this one, you risk losing your core fans if you try to write to be inclusive to a different group, some genres are what they are.
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That makes the assumption, that the core fans read the genre because of the thing. I don't think that is true. People don't read fantasy or crime or whatever because of how they handle (or not handle) for example gender. Being more inclusive doesn't need to be against the core group. Changing the genre would be. And even that is debatable.
I do not talk about a heavy handed aproach. There are many examples of current fantasy books, which incorporate all kind of different people and they are major hits in the "core group" and sometimes (Game of Thrones) even engage new readers from outside the genre.