Christian Authors Business Course Genre
GENRE: A literary genre is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length. The distinctions between genres and categories are flexible and loosely defined, often with subgroups.
What’s Important:
Genre primarily deals with content, tone, and length. Different genres are typically different lengths.
But right now we are going to be looking at content and tone.
Elements of Genres:
Antagonist: Usually villain; One in conflict with the lead character.
Protagonist: The hero/heroine, lead character.
Theme: Underlying idea of the book. Can be multiple, but usually only one.
This is an area that as a writer you will need to keep these in mind. As you gain experience you might discover that the characters will bring the conflicts forward on their own. But you will still need to be in control.
T&R Independent Books will publish a variety of genres.
I have marked with an * those genres we will publish. This is important because the Writers Master Course includes publishing.
Before listing the different types of genres, I want to take a moment to explain a technique of searching for genres and for key words associated with them.
I have marked with an * those genres we will publish. This is important because the Writers Master Course includes publishing.
Before listing the different types of genres, I want to take a moment to explain a technique of searching for genres and for key words associated with them.
Go to your search engine and start typing a genre like Historical Fiction. Before you are done typing a submenu will likely appear with the words historical fiction plus additional words.
For example, it might display historical fiction books.
Do Not Click – just type the additional words.
So, now you will have historical fiction books and another submenu shows up.
Do Not Click
just type in the additional word(s) you want, such as for adults. Let’s say that is what you want.
Now click
and you get a listing of books, websites like Goodreads, and more.
For example, it might display historical fiction books.
Do Not Click
just type the additional words.
Now you have gained key words like:
- Historical fiction
- Books
- adult
Below is a partial listing of Genres and their descriptions.
Apocalyptic* – Differs from Dystopian in that often it is based on biblical end-times scenarios with a positive ending.
Dystopian – This genre can be very dark; thus we generally stay away from.
Historical Fiction* – Relies on historical facts to make the story stand out.
Literary Fiction* – Imaginary people, settings, and events.
Mystery* – Mystery or detective fiction usually involves the reader from the very beginning in trying to solve a crime. The author leaves a trail of clues, both real and fake, to feed the reader. This genre generally crosses all ages.
Romance* – Love story. A love story can be a stand-a-lone story or be part of another genre. Most books have more than one genre and romance often appears.
Science Fiction* – Science Fiction has been known to precede actual scientific inventions.
Speculative* – Very similar to Science Fiction but also has a Christian element in it.
Western* – This genre of the western frontier usually occurs within the nineteenth or twentieth centuries.
Some genres not marked may still be published by us. When a question arises contact us and ask.
