What is Genre and is it important?

1. A Novel Idea
Pick a number from 1 – 6
This is the cover of your book
What’s the name of the book?
What’s the name of the author?
What genre is it? Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Fantasy, Crime…?
Write the blurb – what’s the book about?

3. Book Title Author?

4. Book Title
Author?

5. Book Title
Author?

6. Book Title
Author?

7. Book Title Author?

8. Book Title
Author?

9. What is Genre?
Name as may genres as you can.

10. Genre
Fiction
• Action/Adventure
• Classics
• Graphic Novel/Comic Book
• Detective/Murder/Mystery
• Fantasy/Sci-Fi
• Historical
• Horror
• Literary Fiction
• Romance
• Thriller/Suspense
• Children's/YA (Young Adult)
Non-Fiction
• Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoir
• Cookbooks
• Essays
• History
• Poetry
• Self-help
• True Crime
• Travel
• Art

11. The Genre Game

12. Tropes
• What is a Trope?
• A theme, rule or concept within a Genre
• Each Genre has a set of core Tropes
• Tropes may be shared across Genre
• Genres do not have to have all the Tropes
• Story's may span more than 1 Genre

13. Examples of Tropes

14. Expectations of Genre
• What is the use of Genre if it is so loose and amorphous?
• It helps Readers choose titles they might like based on similarity's.
• It aids marketing and placement in book stores.

15. Know Your Genre
• Know your Genre or Genre’s
• Know the Tropes
• Avoid the Clichés!