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 […]