Genre Discussions

For discussion of issues relating to writing novels and short stories

  1. Romance

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    Latest: Writing romance with no experience in love? Username Required, Mar 8, 2024

  2. Horror

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    Latest: Creature Feature Quill Mistress, Feb 25, 2024

  3. Fan Fiction

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    Latest: Fanfiction Story Help Orb of Soda, Mar 9, 2024

  4. Fantasy

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    Latest: What's Next for Fantasy? A theory of fads and ripples. T.R. Infanger, Apr 17, 2024

  5. Science Fiction

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    Latest: Question from a not-quite-newbie-to-sci-fi (but slightly confused) :) Not the Territory, Feb 27, 2024

  6. Crime, Thriller & Action

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    Latest: Suspense, thriller and mysteries; what is the difference? Tea@3, Aug 31, 2022

  7. Comedy and Humour

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    Latest: What exactly counts as self depricating humor? evild4ve, Dec 25, 2021

  8. Children's & Young Adult

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    Latest: Is it a Picture book or a children's book? Starcatcher, Mar 1, 2024

  9. History and Alternate History

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    Latest: What do you see as overused settings in Alternate History Nemo Nusquam, Jan 21, 2024

  10. NaNoWriMo

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    Latest: Anyone Doing the NaNo this year? Xoic, Oct 11, 2023

  11. Scripts and screenplays

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    Latest: Why not a screenplay? Nemo Nusquam, Feb 9, 2024

  12. Non-Fiction

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    Latest: How to separate my journal from other text? LeeBookProject, Mar 11, 2023
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  1. Shreyass

    Short Story Your Works?

    Shreyass, Jan 20, 2008
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    Shreyass
    Feb 3, 2008
  2. Alesia

    Novel Your thoughts on autobiographical novels

    Alesia, Nov 14, 2013
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    994
    Siena
    Nov 20, 2013
  3. MilesTro

    Novel Your reason for writing your story?

    MilesTro, Nov 28, 2007
    Replies:
    10
    Views:
    1,450
    RomanticRose
    Nov 29, 2007
  4. Lucy E.

    Novel Your opinions on 'special messages' in novels?

    Lucy E., Aug 24, 2008
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    2,008
    Palimpsest
    Aug 26, 2008
  5. Alice in Wonderland

    Short Story Your heros.

    Alice in Wonderland, Apr 23, 2007
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    1,715
    Alice in Wonderland
    Apr 30, 2007
  6. Glen Barrington
    Locked

    Novel Your first paragraph?

    Glen Barrington, Nov 23, 2018
    Replies:
    1
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    1,108
    Wreybies
    Nov 23, 2018
  7. Hulk

    Novel Your favorite lines

    Hulk, Mar 25, 2008
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    1,100
    Hulk
    Mar 25, 2008
  8. Jesse

    Your experience level

    Jesse, Jun 17, 2006 ... 3 4 5
    Replies:
    104
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    9,471
    123456789
    Oct 7, 2014
  9. Preacher

    Novel You have just finished the first draft of your novel

    Preacher, Mar 10, 2011
    Replies:
    15
    Views:
    1,647
    sprirj
    Mar 11, 2011
  10. Tesoro

    Novel Yay, I came up with the perfect title for my novel!

    Tesoro, Jun 8, 2011 ... 2
    Replies:
    30
    Views:
    2,491
    Merlin
    Jun 12, 2011
  11. princessgirl

    Novel Y.A Novel

    princessgirl, Aug 1, 2011
    Replies:
    8
    Views:
    1,124
    AxleMAshcraft
    Aug 4, 2011
  12. Blood'N'Shadow

    Novel Wrote enough material to write a "spin-off" novel about the one I've almost finished

    Blood'N'Shadow, Dec 23, 2011
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,098
    Blood'N'Shadow
    Dec 24, 2011
  13. Justin Rocket 2

    Novel Written order

    Justin Rocket 2, Oct 1, 2015
    Replies:
    3
    Views:
    1,398
    Thom
    Jan 14, 2022
  14. Nathalie

    Novel written a book and may need logo from TV and or

    Nathalie, Jan 3, 2009
    Replies:
    10
    Views:
    1,511
    mammamaia
    Jan 4, 2009
  15. Gringoamericano

    Graphic Novels Writing/Thinking visually

    Gringoamericano, May 5, 2012
    Replies:
    5
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    1,145
    mammamaia
    May 8, 2012
  16. sprirj

    Novel Writing, Juggling & Chores

    sprirj, Mar 22, 2010
    Replies:
    12
    Views:
    1,365
    Dean_Mehrkens
    Mar 25, 2010
  17. Rumwriter

    Short Story Writing your novel through short stories

    Rumwriter, Apr 21, 2012
    Replies:
    13
    Views:
    1,432
    PeterC
    Apr 23, 2012
  18. essential life

    Short Story Writing without using introspection

    essential life, Sep 12, 2009
    Replies:
    15
    Views:
    1,270
    ManhattanMss
    Sep 14, 2009
  19. Monsun

    Novel Writing with family

    Monsun, Mar 28, 2013
    Replies:
    16
    Views:
    929
    EdFromNY
    Mar 29, 2013
  20. DaveLu

    Short Story Writing two short stories and stringing them together into one final book?

    DaveLu, Jul 13, 2014
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    879
    DaveLu
    Jul 13, 2014
  21. ricardo_85

    Novel Writing two novels at once

    ricardo_85, Apr 29, 2009
    Replies:
    12
    Views:
    1,581
    architectus
    May 1, 2009
  22. atsgtm2018

    Novel Writing to heal

    atsgtm2018, Jul 30, 2018
    Replies:
    15
    Views:
    1,381
    Xander17
    Aug 21, 2018
  23. blklizard

    Novel Writing through the Generations

    blklizard, Nov 29, 2016
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    894
    EdFromNY
    Nov 29, 2016
  24. SerraSwift

    writing the short story

    SerraSwift, Aug 31, 2010
    Replies:
    14
    Views:
    1,747
    cryssfox
    Sep 6, 2010
  25. jonahmann

    Novel Writing the Blockbuster Novel - Al Zuckerman

    jonahmann, Oct 9, 2014
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    903
    Moonbeast32
    Oct 10, 2014
  26. Lifeline

    Novel Writing teasers - or 'What's your novel about?'

    Lifeline, Nov 8, 2015
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    904
    Tenderiser
    Nov 10, 2015
  27. Fanficlover

    Short Story Writing Stories for Fun

    Fanficlover, Nov 27, 2010
    Replies:
    6
    Views:
    1,373
    Trilby
    Nov 30, 2010
  28. zelda

    Novel Writing Speed

    zelda, Sep 23, 2010 ... 2
    Replies:
    41
    Views:
    4,045
    Melzaar the Almighty
    Oct 11, 2010
  29. DeadMoon

    writing something outside of your safety genre

    DeadMoon, Dec 22, 2014
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    1,054
    Cogito
    Dec 23, 2014
  30. Rumwriter

    Novel Writing something only you can write

    Rumwriter, Apr 1, 2013
    Replies:
    16
    Views:
    1,249
    thewordsmith
    Apr 1, 2013
  31. Rebel Yellow

    Writing short stories vs writing novels.

    Rebel Yellow, Jun 11, 2012 ... 2 3
    Replies:
    54
    Views:
    3,746
    TWErvin2
    Nov 11, 2013
  32. cb1990

    Short Story Writing short stories in an episodic manner

    cb1990, Nov 15, 2011
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    2,773
    Jetshroom
    Nov 15, 2011
  33. MilesTro

    Writing Pulp Fiction Style Short Stories

    MilesTro, Mar 21, 2013
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    5,369
    MilesTro
    Mar 22, 2013
  34. CrimsonAngel

    Flash Fiction Writing Problems

    CrimsonAngel, Sep 29, 2020
    Replies:
    10
    Views:
    1,272
    Siena
    Oct 2, 2020
  35. Kratos

    Novel Writing Problem

    Kratos, Jun 3, 2008
    Replies:
    15
    Views:
    1,715
    Rumpole40k
    Jun 3, 2008
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