Genre

I've been looking at genre and have begun to make notes. Here are snippets.

Romance

From "Romance: Find your pigeonhole" Jess Morency, Writing Magazine" (March 2022) -

• "Regency romance is a complete genre in its own right ... and there's now comedy Regency too" - Linda Hill
• "I think [chick lit] died in the 1990s" - Anne Williams. Others say it's contemporary romance with fewer characters and themes
• "All romance is women's fiction" - Jess Morency
• "all rom-coms are chick lit; not all chick lit has romance" - Lisa Firth
• In the 1990s, "publishers were asking authors to transcribe books from first to third person as the former was seen as 'too chick lit'" - Jenny Bent

Historical

"The historical novel flourished in the mid-20th century but it went completely out of fashion", Alison Weir, "Writing Magazine (June 2018)"

"it's easier than any other genre. The research gives you so much. Place, time, events. You have to move your characters on the stage you've already built" - Isabel Allende

Myth, Legend, Fairy Tale

Myths have gods and deal with cosmic Good/Evil. Legends have superheroes and deal with culture/society. Fairy Tales deal with personal happiness at different stages of life – defeating evil parents (i.e. Kings/Queens), finding a partner (a Prince/Princess), or preserving family life.

fan-fic

• NSFW - not safe for work
• PWP - porn without plot
• #Drarry - Draco and Harry Potter relationship
• #crossover