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What are the expectations of your readers?
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| Sept. 26, 2016
Oakland, California
Hi Friend,
What is genre?
There are many many definitions of genre in fiction, and story telling in general.
I really like how Shawn Coyne states it his blog (and book of the same name, Story Grid), StoryGrid.com:
"A Genre is a label that tells the reader/audience what to expect. Genres simply manage audience expectations."
You probably already know your expectations of your genre. Hopefully, you read what you want to write.
I hope you can join us for our free webinar today on getting ready for Nanowrimo. We have some specific novel planning tips for you and some special goodies!
When: Tuesday, September 27, 2016: 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, 90-minutes
One of the tips we'll share will be about genre.
Ezra and I write genre stories. I write YA fantasy and fantasy romance. Ezra writes suspense, mystery, and thrillers.
Take note of your genre. This will give you a general idea of your story ending. If you're not sure what your genre is, take a guess and start there.
Preparing your novel is just about testing ideas and seeing how they fit together, so you can have the confidence and clarity to write your novel and finish it. What will that experience be like, once you finish your book?
Exercise on Planning Your Novel List the main expectations of your genre. - What are typical beginnings like?
- What are middles like, rising action and conflict?
- What are endings typically like?
- What kinds of characters typically populate these stories?
- What are the main characters generally like?
You may think that genre is about formula, but it's not. It's story structure like any other. And it's about form.
What you do within that form is open to your imagination.
Hit "reply" with your genre and something surprising or fun you discovered in doing this exercise.
We'll share more tips on the webinar tomorrow, Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, 90-minutes.
Do sign up if you'd like the replay.
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Have a Happy and Creative Week!
And thanks for showing up for yourself and doing your creative work!
All our best,
Beth & Ezra
beth@bethbarany.com
Barany School of Fiction
Writer's Fun Zone blog
BTW, If you found this newsletter useful, please forward it to your friends,
writing buddies, and people who you know want to write a novel, but
gosh darn it, haven't yet.
♥
ABOUT US
Beth and Ezra Barany
are award-winning, best-selling novelists, with 20 books and 6 awards to their name. They are teachers who have worked
with over 100 authors to help them get their books written and
published and into the hands of their readers.
♥ Happily married for over 16 years, we’re passionate about writing, storytelling, and guiding authors to achieve their dreams.
♥ We
offer coaching, change work sessions, book marketing coaching (Beth)
and cover design (Ezra), all for genre novelists. More at bethbarany.com.
WHAT I DO + WHY
I support writers and aspiring authors through classes and workshops, articles, books, group programs, and consultations with private clients.
I also help authors because I walk my talk; everything I or my teachers teach is based in real experience and matured through the school of hard knocks.
I believe that the creative life works better with play and love, so with playful joy, I offer you goodies to support you in your writer's adventure.
ABOUT BETH BARANY
An
award-winning novelist, certified creativity coach and Master NLP
Practitioner, Beth runs Writer's Fun Zone, a blog for and by writers,
and her recently launched school for novelists, the Barany School of
Fiction.
In
her downtime, Beth reads, colors, watches movies with her sweetie,
travels, and has coffee with friends and family. And plays with her cat, gardens, and walks. And sleeps. She loves sleep.
Photo Credit: by c. 2014 Vivienne McMaster
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