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RE: A Day in the Clouds (Chapter 14) - The Hours Between 1800 and 1900 (Part 2 of 2)
Well then, you (and I) are in luck, because I don't write romance haha! I've inserted some romance, but that's just an aside. The most romance I've written was for 3 chapters of my debut novel. That was just so I could get that out of my system and say that I checked that off the list of genres haha!
LoL romance in the story or even as a subplot is fine XD characters might have romantic relationships after all :)
Are you trying out all the genres are you?
You got me! I'm indeed trying out all the genres. I don't want to get pigeonholed into one genre, so I try to flex my literary muscles whenever I can. It's interesting reading, let's say romance written by a horror writer or comedy by a non-fiction author, the different backgrounds add a lot of flavor to the pieces.
Really though, I'm just boxing myself into a corner every time I obfuscate the genres. I'm the one who's having a difficult time labeling my work and losing potential readers by just shelving it under "General Fiction" haha!
I'm not trying all the genres, but I think I'm with you there XD I've been told my stuff is "drama with sci-fi/fantasy elements but I'm not really sure" by someone who is generally very good at categorising things XD
And this particular project of mine I have enough stuff to make most people unhappy I think. Won't stop me from doing it or anything XP
I think Shakespeare was right when he said that everything can be boiled down to tragedy and comedy. Drama will be ever present, so the icing (sci-fi, fantasy, etc) is going to be the one that distinctly classifies something into a specific genre. Don't mind what others think, just write what you enjoy writing :D