Brad asks: “What’s the deal with westerns? They used to be everywhere, so where’d they go?”
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Questions 704: How to Mix Genres
Charla asks: How do you mix genres without leaning too much on one genre over the other?
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Questions 643: Creating Genre
Robert asks: “Are new genres created by innovative authors, marketing, social trends, or something else?”
Resources Mentioned:
Nancy Drew
The Hardy Boys
The Secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Suave Rob’s Double-X Derring-Do by J. Daniel Sawyer
Tom Swift Jr.
Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
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Questions 381: Iterating Ideas Through Genre
Chris asks: “How do I know if I’ve picked the right genre for a particular idea?”
Resources Mentioned
By His Bootstraps
All You Zombies
Predestination
Door Into Summer
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Questions 251: Standalones or series?
Dan Dan the Art Man asks: “Would it be better for a new writer to write lots of short standalone novels in multiple genres, as a opposed to committing to a series?”
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Questions 212: Stretching Into New Genres (Writing Instruction Series 6)
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In this sixth installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks:
“How do I get my students to expand their reading tastes so they can write in multiple genres?”
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Books Discussed:
Tales from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Lie Down with Lions by Ken Follett
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