Writing genres

Genres of books simply specify what categories or sub-categories does a book belong to. Here is the list of different genres of books with brief discriptions and examples.

Learning how to create tension in writing is important whatever your genre. Read more on writing a page-turning novel.

The Obligatory Scenes of the Horror Genre: The 6 Key Scenes Every Horror Novel Needs | Savannah Gilbo - Are you writing a horror novel? Looking for some horror writing tips? Learn how to write a horror novel (and which key scenes you need to include in your story) in this post! #amwriting #writingtips #writingcommunity

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A Rough Guide to Castle Design Part 3 – The Floorplan by Jon Roberts To collect and transform the room list into a sensible layout I make a flowchart, finding this to be a simple way to list …

The first understandable definition of "dystopia" I've seen. Followed by the definition of "apocalypse" and the difference between the two.

Genres at a glance for reader's notebook

I’m very good at coming up with story “sparks” – too good, in fact – but I always find it a trial to develop those ideas into fully-fledged stories. One technique I use is to create mind-maps. I thought I would share my genre mind maps in case they can help you in your hour…

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