This year, I want to mainly talk about genre, and specifically about the different types of genres, as well as what isn’t genre. There is a lot to learn this year can be useful to you in regard to genre, so please stay tuned.
If you want to follow along, you can download a free pdf at the end of the blog post that outlines not only the main genres, but the little intermediate genres that the main genres encompass. So let’s dive in.
Let me outline the rest of the year. We will go in-depth all year into these in future posts, so if any of this seems unfamiliar to you, don’t worry about it.
What this year will entail, assuming everything goes as planned:
January:
What Genre Is
February:
What Genre Isn’t
What Makes Genre Important?
5 Types of Genre
Folktale Genre Overview
March:
Tall Tale Genre
Myths Versus Legends
Genre of Myth
April:
Legends as Genre
Fairy Tales Versus Fables
Fairy Tale Genre
The Fable Genre
May:
Poetry Genre Overview
Lyric Poetry Genre
Narrative Poetry Genre
Dramatic Poetry
June:
Drama as a Literary Genre
Tragedy as a Literary Genre
Comedy as a Literary Genre
July:
Farce as a Genre
The Nonfiction Genre Overview
Narrative Nonfiction
Expository Nonfiction
August:
Descriptive Nonfiction
Persuasive Nonfiction
Overview of Fiction as a Genre
The Romance Genre
September:
The Crime Genre
The Historical Fiction Genre
The Inspirational Fiction Genre
October:
The Western Fiction Genre
The Science Fiction Genre
The Horror Fiction Genre
The Fantasy Fiction Genre
November:
Expect NaNoWriMo content all month, including How to Write a Novel in a Month
December:
Things that Aren’t Genre
Year of Genre Recap
This year is going to be a fun ride, and I hope you will come along for the journey. If you want your very own PDF to follow along, you can grab those pages totally for free by clicking the link below!
