Well, it’s actually not simply a list. It’s really my list, ’cause this is my newsletter. You’ll see selection bias below, heavy on the horror and mystery, two of my favorites. You might have to fill in the gaps, but where else are you going to find a rhyming, illustrated list of possible fiction genres with pithy (meaning short and to-the-point) definitions?
I’m just pointing out that you have choices. Use the following to spread your wings and imagine just what it might be that you’ll write next.
I snuck a vocab word in at the beginning, which you may or may not have known already. Hint: whenever I write a Tweet (or a “Post,” as they are now called), this one describes my goal for that Tweet.
What is pithy?
This word’s a good one for fiction or non-fiction writing. Hold onto it, if you can.
Action Plan
Those of you new to Writing Rhythm may not have sampled my fiction writing. Here’s a freebie: a short mystery story originally published in Mystery Weekly Magazine. Click here.
Next up:
In Issue #9) Good Books, Bad Books and Your Ideal Reader, we’ll switch roles and become our own readers, so we can get the effect of looking at our own fiction through different eyes. See you in two weeks!
Craig
Hey, what do you have against anti-romance and magical realism? Their friendly!