Day 7 of NaNoWriMo
“So there’s nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who’s cool hates – and then making it cool.” ~Lady Gaga
Genre’s have branches on branches on branches with leaves fluttering in all directions. I just listed a few of those genres.
The sky is the limit on types of Genre.
- Adventure
- Chit lit
- Classics
- Contemporary fiction
- Diaries
- Dystopian
- Family
- Horror
- Historical fiction
- Mystery
- Poetry
- Paranormal
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Steampunk -is a sub-genre of science fiction
- Verse novels
- Ya –young Adult
“My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe that genre exists as a marketing tool to tell you what to avoid.” ~Neil Gaiman
- Middle-Grade
- Women’s fiction
- Afro-American
- Christian
- LGBT
“To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness” ~The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
The list of Genre’s has blown up. Here are just a few of the ‘Humor’ genres:
- Alternative comedy:
- Anecdotal Comedy”
- Anti-humor
- Dark comedy
- Blue comedy
- Character Comedy
- Cringe Comedy
- Deadpan Comedy
- Heritage Comedy
- Improvisational comedy
- Insult comedy (which nowadays can get you fired)
- Mockumentary
- Musical
- Obersavational
- On-line-joke
- Physical
- Prop
- Sketch
- Spook
- Surreal
- Satire
- Word play
“But when I hear a great song, I can’t help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.”~ Taylor Swift
Genre links -Here is a few more
https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/rl/litrlgenres.asp
https://reelrundown.com/animation/Anime-Genre-List