30 Days of Fanfic meme: fic genres
Aug. 3rd, 2011 08:57 pmDay 11 - Genre – do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
Definitely, and unsurprisingly, these are the same genres of fic I prefer to read: angst, comedy/crack, porn, and combinations of the above. I once joked that my fic followed a predictable pattern:
... and honestly, if I'm not careful when I'm writing, it still follows that pattern. (As does at least some of my comedy/crack.)
It's very rare for me to write anything in the fluff genre, and I don't think I've ever written H/C. But I do have three pieces of straight-up gen (more if you count some of the Martha drabbles), and that's the one genre I write that I don't often read. In fact, I'd probably write more gen if I were any good at all with coming up with plots, but I am terrible at it. In the time it would take me to come up with a plot worthy of sustaining at least 5,000 words, I could write you that much relatively plotless porn -- and now you know why it's 50% of my output.
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Definitely, and unsurprisingly, these are the same genres of fic I prefer to read: angst, comedy/crack, porn, and combinations of the above. I once joked that my fic followed a predictable pattern:
- angst
- talking
- angst
- more talking
- sex
- still more talking
- angst resolution
- the end.
... and honestly, if I'm not careful when I'm writing, it still follows that pattern. (As does at least some of my comedy/crack.)
It's very rare for me to write anything in the fluff genre, and I don't think I've ever written H/C. But I do have three pieces of straight-up gen (more if you count some of the Martha drabbles), and that's the one genre I write that I don't often read. In fact, I'd probably write more gen if I were any good at all with coming up with plots, but I am terrible at it. In the time it would take me to come up with a plot worthy of sustaining at least 5,000 words, I could write you that much relatively plotless porn -- and now you know why it's 50% of my output.
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