How To Pick A Genre To Write In

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

choice then you

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

help sway you one

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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