| Re: 1950 Syndrome?
When was the essay written?
Trends come and go all the time, and maybe it was simply that that particular editor (perhaps at that particular time) was not fond of stories that featured "1950s Syndrome." That doesn't mean those sorts of stories won't get published, or that they shouldn't be written.
My opinion is to write about what you love, because that will be your best work. Good writing and a good story trumps cliches and trends and "statistics" about what sells and what doesn't. |