Genre

[sunstruckdream]

What's your favorite genre to write?

Do you always stick to this genre?

What attracts you to your genres?

Ever have a hard time fitting your work into a 'genre'?

Do the genres you like to write typically line up with the ones you like to read?

Discuss. The Writer's Guild is too quiet for my tastes

 

[Tariel]

lol - I write almost solely in the fantasy genre. Even when I do try to write outside of it, my stories end up with some fantastical element. I'd say about 80 percent of what I read is fantasy. The other 20 is Contemporary Christian Fiction (I review it). I don't know why I love it so much, but I do.

The only place I have a difficult time placing my work is in the subgenre.




And be grateful - the Writer's Guild is one of the most active subforums on here

 

[sunstruckdream]

And be grateful - the Writer's Guild is one of the most active subforums on here

...Really? :o

I always found the topic of genre interesting because I like different genres. I usually favor a blend of fantasy with reality, but as of late I've tried some realism and had a lot of fun with it. My novella is pure realism (though an extreme case of it), and writing it was one of my favorite writing experiences.

 

[AFallingStar]

What's your favorite genre to write? Poetry

Do you always stick to this genre? Not always, but if I write for fun, I usually do.

What attracts you to your genres? I love reading it, so writing poetry naturally attracted me. I love words, imagery, etc.

Ever have a hard time fitting your work into a 'genre'? Not really

Do the genres you like to write typically line up with the ones you like to read? Yes

How about you, SunStruck? What do you like to write?

 

[Kokopelli]

What's your favorite genre to write?

Science fiction, with a splash of dystopia.


Do you always stick to this genre?

Most of the time, though I have done fantasy in the past.


What attracts you to your genres?

I'm a geek that's into that stuff.


Ever have a hard time fitting your work into a 'genre'?

I have a hard time fitting facts into a stupid term paper...


Do the genres you like to write typically line up with the ones you like to read?

For the most part, though I am a fan of the Patrick O'Brien, which is primarily historical fiction.

 

[sunstruckdream]

How about you, SunStruck? What do you like to write?

My favorite genre is usually a mix of realistic characters with more fantastical elements. I don't always stick to this, however - some of my stuff is realism. I like to read almost everything, but ironically I don't read much fantasy. I have trouble fitting my work into a genre sometimes because of my fantasy-reality tendencies. I won't want to call it fantasy, but because of the premise or some of the elements, it's sure as heck not realism.

 

[NeoScribe]

Favorite Genre: Fantasy

Stick to it: I sometimes do science-fiction and christian fiction, but not a whole lot.

Attraction: fantasy allows for more creativity then other genres, I can make almost anything I want without being bound by the more grounded genres. Not saying they're bad, but suspension of disbelief goes only so far in westerns, historicals, romance, or even action/thrillers.

Hard time fitting into the genre: Nope, the hard part is keeping it out of the genre! Several of my unfinished stories (including my big one) started out as science-fiction but somehow turned into fantasy stories as time went on.

My writing and my reading: they're pretty much the same.

 

[flying_kiwifruit]

What's your favorite genre to write?
Real Life Drama, is what people call my writing don't know if thats a genre or not.


Do you always stick to this genre?
I do that and bits of pieces of poetry, also script writing for drama.


What attracts you to your genres?
It is what I know, I write about issues that my self or people close to me have dealt with.


Ever have a hard time fitting your work into a 'genre'?
Yes



Do the genres you like to write typically line up with the ones you like to read?
Yes, but I read a lot of books, my favourites being true stories and RLD

 

[Doubtless]

I don't really stick to any genre. Fantasy is by far my favorite, but I don't write much of that anymore. :o Hopefully, that will change soon.

Mostly, though, my stories are action dramas. As long as they have action and strong character, everything else is just setting (I could tell the same story in a Fantasy, a romance, or a die-hard shooter).

Sadly, I don't read much anymore. I just got two good fantasy books from the library today, though, so I'm hoping to pick that, and fantasy-writing back up.