I do think it gets taken into account. It's why the most common piece of advice, by far, is: it depends.
It's easy enough to provide examples at the extreme ends and say. advice from here doesn't apply as well there. But if we start reducing, things get slippery fast. Does advice on historical fantasy apply to epic fantasy? How about werewolf novels versus vampire novels? It's as easy to reduce the argument to nonsense as it is at the other extreme to make it applicable.
But I do see a place where the distinction would matter, at that lies over in the marketing arena. Agents and publishers are going to say yes, a fantasy romance novel is going to have some requirements. You had better learn (which is another way of saying take advice) the requirements of your genre and sub-genre.
Self-publishers aren't necessarily released from this, especially if they are concerned about selling in quantity (breaking even, livable income, fame and fortune). The same logic applies. If I expect thousands (or even dozens, I suppose) to buy and like my story, then I need to meet their expectations, or at least not disappoint them. So, that might mean snappy dialog, or no snarking, or nailing the history, or whatever. Indeed, a great bulk of what I think of as writerly advice is really about genre expectations.
I guess it comes down to what we hear about grammar or other basic writing: know the rules. Make sure you can write well using them. Then, if you wish, go ahead and violate them to effect. Just don't break them out of ignorance.
It's easy enough to provide examples at the extreme ends and say. advice from here doesn't apply as well there. But if we start reducing, things get slippery fast. Does advice on historical fantasy apply to epic fantasy? How about werewolf novels versus vampire novels? It's as easy to reduce the argument to nonsense as it is at the other extreme to make it applicable.
But I do see a place where the distinction would matter, at that lies over in the marketing arena. Agents and publishers are going to say yes, a fantasy romance novel is going to have some requirements. You had better learn (which is another way of saying take advice) the requirements of your genre and sub-genre.
Self-publishers aren't necessarily released from this, especially if they are concerned about selling in quantity (breaking even, livable income, fame and fortune). The same logic applies. If I expect thousands (or even dozens, I suppose) to buy and like my story, then I need to meet their expectations, or at least not disappoint them. So, that might mean snappy dialog, or no snarking, or nailing the history, or whatever. Indeed, a great bulk of what I think of as writerly advice is really about genre expectations.
I guess it comes down to what we hear about grammar or other basic writing: know the rules. Make sure you can write well using them. Then, if you wish, go ahead and violate them to effect. Just don't break them out of ignorance.