Story genres. Not that hard.
Taken from the writing section; I didn't write the descriptions.
Action - characterized by a greater emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling.
Adventure - in which the protagonist or other major characters are consistently placed in dangerous situations, and a character who lives by their wits and their skills is often called an adventurer.
Alternate Reality - a story which transplants familiar characters into situations totally different from canon [fact].
Example: Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe partners in a law firm.
Alternate Timeline - Altering the timeline from fact/canon.
Example: Making Billie Joe seventeen in 2005. Making Gerard graduate three years before he actually did. Making World War II happen present-day.
Alternate Universe - in which canonical facts of setting or characterization in the universe being explored or written about are deliberately changed. Basically, changing things we know are true.
Example: Changing characters ages, where they grew up, making Gerard and Mikey not brothers.
Angst - confusion and anxiety within the self, extreme depression. May contain things such as cutting, eating disorder, drugs, suicidal thoughts, etc. The tone is dark, sometimes bleak.
Example: Billie Joe's cutting problem told through a dark tone. Gerard's eating disorder told through a dark tone.
If you need a better example read my story 'Like An Angel'.
Autobiography - A biography written about yourself by yourself. The factual story of your life [or a certain part of it].
Biography - The factual story of another person's life [or a certain part of it]. A biography is more than a list of impersonal facts like birth, education, work, relationships and death. It also delves into the emotions of experiencing such events.
Comedy - the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general. Funny.
Crime - deals with crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives.
Crossover - An overlapping of fandoms within one story. My Chemical Romance/Fall Out Boy. Green Day/Blink 182. Harry Potter/My Chemical Romance. If another band is mentioned in your story, that does not make it a crossover. So if Gerard says hi to Pete Wentz as he passes him, that is not a crossover.
Deathfic - A fic where one or more characters die or have just died, usually written to focus on how the remaining characters cope with the loss.
If you want the death at the end of your story to be a shock, I wouldn't check this box. But that's me personally.
Drabble - According to my sources, a short piece of work exactly 100 words long, but fan fiction generally accepts it as something under 500 words. Similar to a one-shot, there is only one part or chapter.
Drama - depends mostly on in-depth character development, interaction, and highly emotional themes. Involves conflict and/or contrast.
Fan Fiction - a broadly-defined term for fiction about characters or settings written by fans of the original work [or person/band]. My Chemical Romance stories are fan fiction.
Fantasy - uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. So if Gerard can cast spells or Ryan Ross has a pet dragon or Ville sees Bam's ghost or your characters are vampires, this is that genre.
Femmeslash - Tales regarding romantic or sexual relationships between female characters. Female/female.
Fiction - something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story.
For purposes of Mibba, I would say not to genre fanfiction as fiction even though it technically is. I think that would keep them separate for people who don't read fanfiction. [I'm guilty of this and I'll be changing mine.]
Future - the portion of the time line that has yet to occur. If you are writing a story about something that happens after present-day, like a story about Mikey's teenage daughter that he hasn't had yet, this is the right genre.
Gothic - This actually is not a genre of stories about Goth people.
Gothic stories combine elements of both horror and romance. The horror can be the supernatural, haunted houses, ghosts, werewolves, the madman in the attic, the Devil, etc.
Examples: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Fall of the House of Usher, Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Heterosexual - a romantic or sexual relationship between opposite genders. Male/female.
Horror - intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme has come to be called "horror".
Mystery - the plot involves a crime or other event that remains puzzlingly unsettled until the very end
Non-fiction - an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact.
Examples: biographies, editorials, journals of personal experiences.
One-shot - A story which has only one part or chapter. It has more length than a drabble.
Parody - When you make fun of a specific story, movie, play or a particular type of work. Think Scary Movie, Austin Powers, etc. Satire and parody are not the same thing. A parody has to do with the work, a satire has to do with the individual.
Past - the portion of the timeline that has already occurred. If you want to write about Billie and Mike in high school during the 80s, that's past fiction. If you want to write about World War II or the Roaring 20s, that's past fiction. A story set two days ago is not past fiction.
Religious - a story involving religion in it's plot. If your character mentions going to church once, your story is not religious. If your character talks about God or Allah or Wicca a lot, then it's religious fiction.
Romance - should place its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people.
Satire - in which human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, sometimes with an intent to bring about improvement. Satire and parody are not the same thing. Satire is concerned with the individual. A parody makes fun of a work [movie, book, story, play, etc.]
Sci-fi - the setting differs from our own world and is explained in scientific [as opposed to supernatural] terms. Stories that feature authentic scientific knowledge and depend upon it for plot development and plot resolution [hard science fiction].
Slash - focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between male characters. Male/male.
Slash does NOT have to feature male/male sex to be slash. It can be simply a relationship.
Songfic - a work of fiction set to the lyrics of a particular song. [You can have a non-fiction story set to song lyrics and I'm sure you can classify it as songfic here, but "fic" does stand for fiction.]
Suspense - the feeling of uncertainty and interest about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work.
Example: Every chapter there is a discussion about what is making that noise in Gerard's closet. This discussion continues for several chapters with or without clues given, but without us knowing what's making the noise.
Teen - Written for teens, generally about teens or young adults. Think high school. She's All That, 10 Things I Hate About You, American Pie, Bring It On. Basically, the stories where your characters are teenagers.
Thriller - characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings, and cliffhangers are used extensively.
Tragedy - A story with a sad and unfortunate outcome.
A tragedy must also have a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character in a work of fiction (often the protagonist) who exhibits a tragic flaw, also known as fatal flaw, which eventually leads to his or her demise.
War - Fiction involving or about a war. Mentioning the war in Iraq or your character doing a paper on World War II for two paragraphs does not make it a war story.
Example: Writing a story about the "Ghost of You" video. A story about World War III. A story about the war in Iraq. A story about a Marine.
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How hard is it to put your story under the correct genre(s)? You trying to get more readers? Chances are if someone is searching under 'heterosexual', they aren't looking for slash, so you putting your Frerard under that genre isn't going to help anything. Same the other way around.
All you're doing is wasting space and people's time. I think people here are smart enough to know what genres they're writing. If not, you might not need to be writing. If you must though, check under the writing section.
It's so tiring to go under one-shots and see stories with 30 plus chapters. I hate going clicking 'Hetersexual' and seeing 15,000 Frerards/Rydon's listed. I'm sure I'm not the only having these sorts of problems.
It's not Rocket science people. It's simple.
Action - characterized by a greater emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling.
Adventure - in which the protagonist or other major characters are consistently placed in dangerous situations, and a character who lives by their wits and their skills is often called an adventurer.
Alternate Reality - a story which transplants familiar characters into situations totally different from canon [fact].
Example: Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe partners in a law firm.
Alternate Timeline - Altering the timeline from fact/canon.
Example: Making Billie Joe seventeen in 2005. Making Gerard graduate three years before he actually did. Making World War II happen present-day.
Alternate Universe - in which canonical facts of setting or characterization in the universe being explored or written about are deliberately changed. Basically, changing things we know are true.
Example: Changing characters ages, where they grew up, making Gerard and Mikey not brothers.
Angst - confusion and anxiety within the self, extreme depression. May contain things such as cutting, eating disorder, drugs, suicidal thoughts, etc. The tone is dark, sometimes bleak.
Example: Billie Joe's cutting problem told through a dark tone. Gerard's eating disorder told through a dark tone.
If you need a better example read my story 'Like An Angel'.
Autobiography - A biography written about yourself by yourself. The factual story of your life [or a certain part of it].
Biography - The factual story of another person's life [or a certain part of it]. A biography is more than a list of impersonal facts like birth, education, work, relationships and death. It also delves into the emotions of experiencing such events.
Comedy - the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general. Funny.
Crime - deals with crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives.
Crossover - An overlapping of fandoms within one story. My Chemical Romance/Fall Out Boy. Green Day/Blink 182. Harry Potter/My Chemical Romance. If another band is mentioned in your story, that does not make it a crossover. So if Gerard says hi to Pete Wentz as he passes him, that is not a crossover.
Deathfic - A fic where one or more characters die or have just died, usually written to focus on how the remaining characters cope with the loss.
If you want the death at the end of your story to be a shock, I wouldn't check this box. But that's me personally.
Drabble - According to my sources, a short piece of work exactly 100 words long, but fan fiction generally accepts it as something under 500 words. Similar to a one-shot, there is only one part or chapter.
Drama - depends mostly on in-depth character development, interaction, and highly emotional themes. Involves conflict and/or contrast.
Fan Fiction - a broadly-defined term for fiction about characters or settings written by fans of the original work [or person/band]. My Chemical Romance stories are fan fiction.
Fantasy - uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. So if Gerard can cast spells or Ryan Ross has a pet dragon or Ville sees Bam's ghost or your characters are vampires, this is that genre.
Femmeslash - Tales regarding romantic or sexual relationships between female characters. Female/female.
Fiction - something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story.
For purposes of Mibba, I would say not to genre fanfiction as fiction even though it technically is. I think that would keep them separate for people who don't read fanfiction. [I'm guilty of this and I'll be changing mine.]
Future - the portion of the time line that has yet to occur. If you are writing a story about something that happens after present-day, like a story about Mikey's teenage daughter that he hasn't had yet, this is the right genre.
Gothic - This actually is not a genre of stories about Goth people.
Gothic stories combine elements of both horror and romance. The horror can be the supernatural, haunted houses, ghosts, werewolves, the madman in the attic, the Devil, etc.
Examples: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Fall of the House of Usher, Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Heterosexual - a romantic or sexual relationship between opposite genders. Male/female.
Horror - intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme has come to be called "horror".
Mystery - the plot involves a crime or other event that remains puzzlingly unsettled until the very end
Non-fiction - an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact.
Examples: biographies, editorials, journals of personal experiences.
One-shot - A story which has only one part or chapter. It has more length than a drabble.
Parody - When you make fun of a specific story, movie, play or a particular type of work. Think Scary Movie, Austin Powers, etc. Satire and parody are not the same thing. A parody has to do with the work, a satire has to do with the individual.
Past - the portion of the timeline that has already occurred. If you want to write about Billie and Mike in high school during the 80s, that's past fiction. If you want to write about World War II or the Roaring 20s, that's past fiction. A story set two days ago is not past fiction.
Religious - a story involving religion in it's plot. If your character mentions going to church once, your story is not religious. If your character talks about God or Allah or Wicca a lot, then it's religious fiction.
Romance - should place its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people.
Satire - in which human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, sometimes with an intent to bring about improvement. Satire and parody are not the same thing. Satire is concerned with the individual. A parody makes fun of a work [movie, book, story, play, etc.]
Sci-fi - the setting differs from our own world and is explained in scientific [as opposed to supernatural] terms. Stories that feature authentic scientific knowledge and depend upon it for plot development and plot resolution [hard science fiction].
Slash - focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between male characters. Male/male.
Slash does NOT have to feature male/male sex to be slash. It can be simply a relationship.
Songfic - a work of fiction set to the lyrics of a particular song. [You can have a non-fiction story set to song lyrics and I'm sure you can classify it as songfic here, but "fic" does stand for fiction.]
Suspense - the feeling of uncertainty and interest about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work.
Example: Every chapter there is a discussion about what is making that noise in Gerard's closet. This discussion continues for several chapters with or without clues given, but without us knowing what's making the noise.
Teen - Written for teens, generally about teens or young adults. Think high school. She's All That, 10 Things I Hate About You, American Pie, Bring It On. Basically, the stories where your characters are teenagers.
Thriller - characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings, and cliffhangers are used extensively.
Tragedy - A story with a sad and unfortunate outcome.
A tragedy must also have a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character in a work of fiction (often the protagonist) who exhibits a tragic flaw, also known as fatal flaw, which eventually leads to his or her demise.
War - Fiction involving or about a war. Mentioning the war in Iraq or your character doing a paper on World War II for two paragraphs does not make it a war story.
Example: Writing a story about the "Ghost of You" video. A story about World War III. A story about the war in Iraq. A story about a Marine.
__________________________________________
How hard is it to put your story under the correct genre(s)? You trying to get more readers? Chances are if someone is searching under 'heterosexual', they aren't looking for slash, so you putting your Frerard under that genre isn't going to help anything. Same the other way around.
All you're doing is wasting space and people's time. I think people here are smart enough to know what genres they're writing. If not, you might not need to be writing. If you must though, check under the writing section.
It's so tiring to go under one-shots and see stories with 30 plus chapters. I hate going clicking 'Hetersexual' and seeing 15,000 Frerards/Rydon's listed. I'm sure I'm not the only having these sorts of problems.
It's not Rocket science people. It's simple.
Posted on May 23rd, 2008 at 03:15am
I wrote that. :cute:
druscilla; contrast., May 23rd, 2008 at 06:08:49am
lmfao exactly.
i have one story that I'm pretty sure I set as oneshot. But, its like, a bunch of oneshots...
i dont really pay much attention to the genres when reading/writing. When I post a story, I put the basic fanfiction, romance, fiction stuff... i dont go all into detail about everything else...unless its like a deathfic or something...
Tre the Cool., May 23rd, 2008 at 03:23:29am
OMFG You have no idea how it annoys me too. Frerard is not a het! :cheese:
Though it's cause people want their stories to be shown everywhere. :cheese: I don't even use the genre tag anymore for those reasons.
Synyster Lisa, May 23rd, 2008 at 03:20:48am