You’ve got a great story idea, characters your readers will love, and a fantastic surprise twist. You can’t wait to start writing and lead your readers along the path of suspense that builds up to the big reveal at some point late in the story. Most of all, it tickles your stomach to think of […]
Write what the market wants? from author Jennifer Slattery
Writers, do you write what the market is looking for? Or do you go off in some other direction? Author Jennifer Slattery has some thoughts. Jennifer Slattery writes soul-stirring fiction for New Hope Publishers, a publishing house passionate about bringing God’s healing grace and truth to the hopeless. She also writes for Crosswalk.com, Internet Café […]
Sub-Genres – MYSTERY
Next up on our list of sub-genres is Mystery, a well-known and well-established genre. You will probably recognize most of the sub-genres and even be able to give examples of either books or TV series that fall under them. Caper Comic (Bumbling Detective) Courtroom Drama Cozy Mystery Crime Detective Forensic Hard Boiled Mystery Historical Mystery […]
SUB-GENRES: Literary Fiction
Next up in our look at genres is Literary Fiction. This genre is different from the others in that it is defined by its writing style rather than the subject of its content. Below is the definition I used in our List of Genres: LITERARY FICTION – The writing style in this type of novel is generally […]
SUBGENRES – Historical Fiction
Next on our list of genres to look at is Historical. For more information on all genres, check out our List of Genre Descriptions, posted several weeks ago. A predominant feature of any historical novel is that it takes place at some point in history. Since it is the setting that determines whether a novel is historical rather than the topic, […]
Sub-genres – FANTASY
Next up in our look at fiction sub-genres is Fantasy. The fact that Fantasy novels create their own world leads to a long list of sub-genres, as you can see below. And don’t forget about Castle Gate Press’ very first book give-away. Time is running short. You have a little more than 24 hours left to enter […]
Sub-Genres – CHICK LIT
Continuing our stroll through the list of fiction genres, today we are taking a more in-depth look at Chick Lit. This is a newer addition to the list of genres, and became popular in the 1990s. So for those of you familiar with the more traditional genres, I’d like to add the definition from my […]
Sub-Genres – ACTION/ADVENTURE
As I created the list of genre descriptions for last week’s Writing Wednesday post, I noticed that the list of sub-genres for each stretched quite long. Rather than extending the description of each genre to mention the vast array of sub-genres, I decided to list each separately. Going alphabetically, we will start today with Adventure. […]
Definitions of Fiction Genres
On Castle Gate’s Facebook Page, we’ve been talking about genres for the last couple of weeks. So we thought we’d add to the discussions here on the blog. ADVENTURE –The plot involved an exciting undertaking of some type which involves physical danger, generally revolving around the exploration and conquests of the protagonist. The key element […]