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: Detective Fiction Sir Reginald Pinkleton, May 5, 2024 at 10:45 PM

  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: Least Flattering, Worst, Most Embarrassing Royal Nicknames Rath Darkblade, Apr 29, 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. pensmightierthanthesword

    Novel A Set of Compound Works

    pensmightierthanthesword, Mar 5, 2017
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    Misanthropic Imp
    Apr 27, 2024
  2. Not the Territory

    Novel Industrial?

    Not the Territory, Mar 16, 2024
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    366
    Le Panda Du Mal
    Mar 19, 2024
  3. J.T. Woody

    Genres you've never heard of before

    J.T. Woody, Jan 12, 2023 ... 2 3 4
    Replies:
    93
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    3,616
    BenevolentDemons
    Mar 18, 2024
  4. deadrats

    Do you guys write about the same thing over and over? (short stories)

    deadrats, Oct 26, 2023
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    869
    Username Required
    Mar 8, 2024
  5. deadrats

    I'm not writing genre, but...

    deadrats, Feb 24, 2024
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    358
    deadrats
    Feb 28, 2024
  6. niknoc57

    Novel Writing novels for dummies

    niknoc57, May 26, 2023 ... 2 3
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    Views:
    3,175
    Xoic
    Feb 11, 2024
  7. Gravy

    When Should Stories End?

    Gravy, Dec 17, 2023
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    7
    Views:
    411
    Xoic
    Dec 31, 2023
  8. Justin Sundstrom

    I've Been Thinking About Something...

    Justin Sundstrom, Nov 25, 2023
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    510
    Naomasa298
    Nov 25, 2023
  9. deadrats

    let's talk about novels...

    deadrats, Nov 10, 2023
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    12
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    562
    peachalulu
    Nov 21, 2023
  10. BDL

    So, what now?

    BDL, Nov 7, 2023
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    4
    Views:
    315
    Rzero
    Nov 12, 2023
  11. Rad Scribbler

    Novel Prologue for a WIP

    Rad Scribbler, Nov 2, 2023
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    290
    Rad Scribbler
    Nov 3, 2023
  12. J.T. Woody

    Inserting Song Lyrics

    J.T. Woody, Aug 26, 2023
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    526
    Bakkerbaard
    Sep 3, 2023
  13. deadrats

    Novel thinking of switching tenses in my novel

    deadrats, Aug 21, 2023
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    450
    Rzero
    Sep 2, 2023
  14. Xoic

    How are genre fiction and literature different? And what are the similarities?

    Xoic, Jan 27, 2022 ... 4 5 6
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    Xoic
    Aug 11, 2023
  15. deadrats

    using the same title

    deadrats, Jul 23, 2023
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    Views:
    391
    deadrats
    Jul 25, 2023
  16. oraxa

    Novel Novel Title Poll

    oraxa, Jun 4, 2023
    Replies:
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    Views:
    417
    Naomasa298
    Jun 13, 2023
  17. deadrats

    Short Story Why do I still write bad stories?

    deadrats, Nov 5, 2020 ... 2
    Replies:
    41
    Views:
    3,144
    Michael Panetta
    May 28, 2023
  18. deadrats

    Short Story Do you believe?

    deadrats, Mar 21, 2022
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    12
    Views:
    1,182
    Michael Panetta
    May 28, 2023
  19. Thots

    What Style of Writing is This

    Thots, May 25, 2023
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    302
    Thots
    May 25, 2023
  20. Francesca Monseigneur

    Novel What are some "rules" of story genres in novels?

    Francesca Monseigneur, May 17, 2023
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    510
    w. bogart
    May 22, 2023
  21. Francesca Monseigneur

    Short Story What Genres Exist for Short Stories

    Francesca Monseigneur, May 17, 2023
    Replies:
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    885
    w. bogart
    May 19, 2023
  22. Aleksis Dillon

    What to do with a novella

    Aleksis Dillon, Apr 27, 2023
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    10
    Views:
    674
    KiraAnn
    May 8, 2023
  23. HenWii

    Writing a novel by hand (your experiences)

    HenWii, Jan 19, 2023 ... 2
    Replies:
    28
    Views:
    2,129
    DollyMc
    Mar 30, 2023
  24. Not the Territory

    Pulp Successor?

    Not the Territory, Feb 22, 2023
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    678
    Bone2pick
    Feb 23, 2023
  25. ShannonH

    Novel Help Me Come Up With The Title For My Book

    ShannonH, Aug 31, 2022
    Replies:
    24
    Views:
    1,391
    montecarlo
    Feb 22, 2023
  26. Username Required

    Short Story From idea to story

    Username Required, Feb 6, 2023
    Replies:
    15
    Views:
    807
    ps102
    Feb 9, 2023
  27. Birch Anderson

    Online Serial Fiction

    Birch Anderson, Oct 29, 2020
    Replies:
    16
    Views:
    1,968
    lanceschaubert
    Feb 5, 2023
  28. Username Required

    Short Story Short story forms?

    Username Required, Feb 3, 2023
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    583
    Xoic
    Feb 4, 2023
  29. JLT

    Songwriting James Taylor on songwriting

    JLT, May 15, 2020
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    1,039
    Pixit
    Dec 23, 2022
  30. Mahii

    Novel Where to write novels?

    Mahii, Sep 6, 2021
    Replies:
    17
    Views:
    1,633
    badgerjelly
    Dec 7, 2022
  31. Oldmanofthemountain

    Military Veterans here, what are some common misconceptions in fiction about the military?

    Oldmanofthemountain, May 7, 2021 ... 3 4 5
    Replies:
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    Views:
    5,219
    w. bogart
    Dec 7, 2022
  32. hainguyen

    Story Collection – Genre?

    hainguyen, Nov 20, 2022
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    518
    deadrats
    Nov 20, 2022
  33. J.T. Woody

    What to do with a web story?

    J.T. Woody, Dec 22, 2020
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    1,041
    w. bogart
    Nov 13, 2022
  34. InsaneXade

    Novel When is a chapter too long?

    InsaneXade, Nov 5, 2022
    Replies:
    18
    Views:
    1,251
    Homer Potvin
    Nov 9, 2022
  35. Kstaraga

    After Finishing One Story Do You Jump to the Next?

    Kstaraga, Dec 10, 2021
    Replies:
    15
    Views:
    1,291
    Kstaraga
    Oct 22, 2022
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