Genre Discussions

For discussion of issues relating to writing novels and short stories

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    Latest: Christian-Satanist romance? Rath Darkblade, Aug 25, 2024

  2. Horror

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    Latest: What I love PhoenixRisen, Aug 20, 2024

  3. Fan Fiction

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    Latest: Is this too cliche? Gravy, Aug 20, 2024

  4. Fantasy

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    Latest: I realized today I don't write Dark Fantasy... Gravy, May 5, 2025

  5. Science Fiction

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    Latest: How important is the science?? Madman, May 4, 2025

  6. Crime, Thriller & Action

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    Latest: Ideas for Story Naomasa298, May 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM

  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: Decided to write a children's book Catriona Grace, Nov 9, 2024

  9. History and Alternate History

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    Latest: Latin (and pig-Latin) names Rath Darkblade, Jan 12, 2025

  10. Scripts and screenplays

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    Latest: Writing a TV pilot: Day 1 Catriona Grace, Oct 12, 2024

  11. Non-Fiction

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

    Can you help me nail down a genre for my WIP?

    furzepig, Feb 3, 2016
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    1,275
    Wayjor Frippery
    Mar 5, 2016
  2. DeadMoon

    Short Story Lester Dent

    DeadMoon, Feb 29, 2016
    Replies:
    1
    Views:
    1,018
    NiallRoach
    Mar 1, 2016
  3. Ms. DiAnonyma

    Novel Twenty Years, One Book

    Ms. DiAnonyma, Feb 24, 2016
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    6
    Views:
    988
    AASmith
    Feb 26, 2016
  4. ZYX

    Novel Chat logs

    ZYX, May 7, 2015
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    Views:
    2,663
    carsun1000
    Feb 25, 2016
  5. Boger

    Are you a versatile writer? What genre is hard/easy for you and which do you write the most in?

    Boger, Feb 14, 2016 ... 2
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    2,658
    ddavidv
    Feb 16, 2016
  6. thatoneauthor

    Novel Finishing my first novel.

    thatoneauthor, Feb 13, 2016
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    5
    Views:
    1,155
    peachalulu
    Feb 13, 2016
  7. sprirj

    Short Story Dinner Party Invite

    sprirj, Jan 14, 2016 ... 2
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    26
    Views:
    1,802
    sprirj
    Feb 13, 2016
  8. muckzulo

    What would be the Genre?

    muckzulo, Feb 6, 2016
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    848
    Sack-a-Doo!
    Feb 6, 2016
  9. Ripkord

    Ceating the next trend genre?

    Ripkord, Jan 11, 2016
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    13
    Views:
    1,452
    Ripkord
    Jan 29, 2016
  10. Tenderiser

    Novel Using side characters from one novel in another?

    Tenderiser, Jan 27, 2016
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    14
    Views:
    1,276
    KevinMcCormack
    Jan 28, 2016
  11. GoldenFeather

    Flash Fiction Do the same overall principles apply to flash fiction as regular fiction?

    GoldenFeather, Jan 20, 2016
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    833
    GoldenFeather
    Jan 20, 2016
  12. GoldenFeather

    Short Story When in doubt...rewrite?

    GoldenFeather, Jan 19, 2016
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    7
    Views:
    1,100
    Cave Troll
    Jan 19, 2016
  13. Ghost in the Shell

    Short Story Stories Don't Even Read Like Stories: Rewrite or Scrap?

    Ghost in the Shell, Jan 14, 2016
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    Views:
    1,366
    jannert
    Jan 16, 2016
  14. paul fisher

    Novel prologues needed in serialized novels

    paul fisher, Jan 11, 2016
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    13
    Views:
    1,454
    BayView
    Jan 12, 2016
  15. DeathandGrim

    Short Story Intentional Deception

    DeathandGrim, Jan 11, 2016
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    0
    Views:
    1,151
    DeathandGrim
    Jan 11, 2016
  16. sprirj

    Novel How to write a novel?

    sprirj, Dec 6, 2015 ... 2
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    39
    Views:
    3,232
    IlaridaArch
    Jan 11, 2016
  17. Annihilation

    Novel What are the worse mistakes in novels to you?

    Annihilation, Jan 2, 2016 ... 2 3 4
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    86
    Views:
    4,855
    jannert
    Jan 7, 2016
  18. AASmith

    Novel Nearing the End

    AASmith, Dec 28, 2015
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,187
    Tenderiser
    Jan 6, 2016
  19. stormr

    I can't figure out what genre I'm in anymore

    stormr, Jan 3, 2016
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    5
    Views:
    1,310
    NeighborVoid
    Jan 3, 2016
  20. Hubardo

    How much needs to be realistic in fiction?

    Hubardo, Dec 27, 2015
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    7
    Views:
    2,051
    BayView
    Dec 30, 2015
  21. Lea`Brooks

    Short Story Two stories and two questions

    Lea`Brooks, Dec 25, 2015
    Replies:
    11
    Views:
    1,289
    psychotick
    Dec 28, 2015
  22. ILaughAtTrailers

    Novel Where can I vent about my writing woes?

    ILaughAtTrailers, Dec 14, 2015
    Replies:
    18
    Views:
    1,559
    stevesh
    Dec 25, 2015
  23. Ryan Elder

    Does my story synopsis switch genres too much?

    Ryan Elder, Nov 21, 2015
    Replies:
    3
    Views:
    1,043
    WriterMMS
    Dec 22, 2015
  24. Prett

    What genre is my novel (WIP)

    Prett, Dec 20, 2015
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    1,309
    peachalulu
    Dec 20, 2015
  25. Kit Carruthers

    Short Story How long does a story have to be to be considered a novella?

    Kit Carruthers, Dec 20, 2015
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    1,353
    Kit Carruthers
    Dec 20, 2015
  26. Mr. Galaxy

    Novel A Question of Pages

    Mr. Galaxy, Dec 17, 2015
    Replies:
    21
    Views:
    1,264
    Mr. Galaxy
    Dec 18, 2015
  27. Annihilation

    Novel What if a novel has too much sadness?

    Annihilation, Dec 14, 2015
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    1,114
    Link the Writer
    Dec 14, 2015
  28. radkovelli

    Novel How to handle writing about serious topics?

    radkovelli, Dec 7, 2015
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    3,234
    Jeff Countryman
    Dec 12, 2015
  29. theoriginalmonsterman

    A Short Yet Empowering Speech?

    theoriginalmonsterman, Dec 7, 2015
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    1,099
    Shadowfax
    Dec 7, 2015
  30. archerfenris

    Genre Expertise

    archerfenris, Apr 13, 2015
    Replies:
    8
    Views:
    1,837
    Simpson17866
    Dec 3, 2015
  31. Lea`Brooks

    Short Story Using the same idea in two different stories?

    Lea`Brooks, Nov 28, 2015
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    1,474
    Siena
    Dec 3, 2015
  32. John Franklin Dandridge

    Novel two volume novel lengths

    John Franklin Dandridge, Nov 28, 2015
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,286
    EdFromNY
    Dec 2, 2015
  33. Karone_Kurami

    Screen Writing- Originality

    Karone_Kurami, Nov 30, 2015
    Replies:
    0
    Views:
    754
    Karone_Kurami
    Nov 30, 2015
  34. KhalieLa

    Novel When a book writes itself

    KhalieLa, Nov 23, 2015
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    934
    DeadMoon
    Nov 23, 2015
  35. adamjones703

    Novel Starting my first novel...

    adamjones703, Nov 20, 2015
    Replies:
    6
    Views:
    917
    qWirtzy
    Nov 20, 2015
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