How To Pick A Genre To Write In
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Hello its Peter here came from a
writer's life and today how to pick a
genre to writing many writers don't
consider the genre they are writing it
until their book is written it's easy to
believe that once you've finished
writing your novel that it will become
immediately obvious which category it
falls into and when you are undertaking
tasks such as submitting to editors or
selecting the genres where your book
should City Amazon that it will be easy
to define your writing in such a way
however only considering your genre
after you have finished your story can
lead to some problems there are perhaps
some stories that are easier to define a
classic romance thriller or horror story
for example with many contemporary
fiction books it can be a little more
tricky and in fact you can find your
story crosses the boundaries of many
different genres a little bit of romance
but mostly a thriller a ghost story with
some comedy thrown in and so on the
trouble with not being able to clearly
define your genre is that you then
cannot clearly define your audience one
of the most important things you should
be able to do and submitting your novel
to publishers and agents or when
marketing it yourself is to be able to
define who your audience is to be able
to prove that there is a market for your
book out there that there are readers
ready and waiting to devour it if you
are vague about your genre agents of
publishers will have a harder time being
convinced they can sell your book where
will it sit in a bookstore will readers
be annoyed if they pitch it as a romance
novel when actually perhaps it is more
of a fantasy book it's the same when you
come to choose where to place your book
if self-publishing on sites such as
Amazon if readers disagree with your
could end up with negative reviews
readers do not like to be mislead after
all so how do you choose a genre to
write it first of all right with an
audience in mind you should always
consider your reader when you write
before you start why not try to identify
who your target audience is sketch out
an idea of what they like get to know
them what motivates and inspires them
what makes them tick what you understand
your reader you'll have a better idea of
the types of books they read and
therefore the genre you should place
your book into next read many genres and
see what resonates writing in a genre
you love to read will make your life so
much easier if you love romance novels
but try to write a hard-boiled detective
story you might find yourself in trouble
so read lots and lots of different books
and then shape your story to fit which
genre you like best and next go to a
bookstore look at the books in each
section where do you see yours going if
you have already written your novel or
have your story already mapped out in
your head go to a book store to try and
help clarify which genre it fits into
look at books by other authors and see
which ones have similar things to yours
this is also a great way of getting
inspiration for your book synopsis and
cover to our next step is to create a
marketing plan if you pick a genre that
is really obscure you might find it
difficult to know how to market your
book saying that a niche genre could
help you really focus on specific
readers creating a marketing plan could
or another as you decide what is best
for your book at the end of the day when
it comes to picking of genre to write it
sometimes it's simply a good idea to go
with your gut instinct if you are
talking between two you could even make
a pros and cons list to help you choose
whatever you do make sure you have a
clear idea of a genre you are writing it
ideally before you start to write if you
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