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Tirzah Rae's avatar

Love this, thanks so much for sharing on such an important (but kinda intimidating!) subject! 💜🙌🏻 I personally avoid spice/smut in books, but I'm also VERY anti-censorship, and the Clean Fiction Movement often feels too much like advocacy for censorship.

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Emily Mundell's avatar

YES. Ugh, I agree with this so much and has been a hill to die on for me for a long time. I am a Christian who does not write Christian books because I don't want to be shoe-horned into this rigid "clean fiction" mindset. Plus, everyone's idea of what is "clean" is different. I always ask, is it appropriate for the STORY (not appropriate for a specific person)? If you're honest in your storytelling, that will always come through and make a GOOD book, regardless of what the specific content might be. Obviously, younger age groups should have books that are safe for them, but I think that category is much broader than the "clean fiction warriors" as you call them, like to believe. If you are telling a truly good story, the specifics of the content matter a lot less.

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