30 Days of Fanfic meme: fic genres

Day 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:

1. angst


2. talking


3. angst


4. more talking


5. sex


6. still more talking


7. angst resolution


8. 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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