I read many articles online which say that readership for genre fiction has sharply declined over the years. Many say that TV, movies, and the...
Hello everyone, I've been very apprehensive about posting to these forums. There's something nerve-racking about writing amongst writers. I've...
Trying to understand the distinction between these genres. My work is not genre. I love to write (and read) a good origin story -- sometimes the...
I've given a few genres a try, and I just don't think it's for me. I don't seem to be able to write true genre stories. I don't know why this is...
Basically, first novel is a satirical superhero book It's a reality-based book, where pretty much everything goes wrong. No sci-fi or fantasy...
Yesterday, for the first time in a long time, I tried myself at some writing again using prompts. Since it came from a prompt and there was no...
This has came up as a problem before in other posts I've made, but since I'm trying to write a query, I'm now at the point where I really need to...
Say a setting looks cyberpunk it has everything from androids, low life and massive corporations dominating the world but it is runned by magic...
So, One of my more significant projects isa hidden world type urban fantasy thing. Although I define it more as "paranormal" because I'm deriving...
I've been pondering mixing a few horror genres: a serial killer who, after killing people, infects them with something that turns them into...
I’ve been doing some research and trying to figure out where to take my book to publishers. Only thing is, it’s a novella and I consider it a...
Hello~ I'm new to the community and I'm a casual writer. I just finished my first novel and am looking to get it published, but one thing I am...
I completed my rough draft of my book and doing editing on it. I don't know what section was best for this post. Today I was spoke with one of the...
So, I'm currently writing a story that I just realized will genre shift from horror to urban fantasy and... Well, I realized that I'm not...
I'm sure this has been discussed before but I didn't see anything that sounded like my book so I'm reaching out for a little help. The MC is a...
Sounds like a no-brainer... BUT when I write short stories, I don't have a genre in mind. I just write. Most of my short stories and flash fiction...
Lucky me, I've spent my whole life being different, and lo and behold, I have also done it with my novel. I've never been much for classifying...
I'm preparing to write a query letter for my novel and I'm not exactly sure what genre it is. At first, I qualified it as fantasy, then as magic...
So, yesterday was a pretty big writing day for me. I was talking over an idea for a pilot with my lover since I have a friend who has had quite a...
So the way that I generally distinguish between Action and Horror is that Action is where you want the protagonists to face the obstacles because...
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