Writers: What is your genre? Do you read the same genre you write or do you read other types of books also?

Question

I have eclectic tastes. I write primarily fantasy novels but I read fantasy, mystery, nonfiction, classics, and the list goes on....

Answer 1

I read everything. A prof' in one of my creative writing courses once told me to read everything. He said, “You will find inspiration in the oddest places.”

He was an agnostic but was currently reading the bible and some motorcycle repair manuals. He published his third novel later that year. It was a young adult novel about a boy and his motorcycle. Not sure if the bible got in there anywhere or not. :-)

Answer 2

I love fantasy the most, and I write fantasy. But I also read other genres like mystery, horror and romance.

Answer 3

Reading: I prefer contemporary fiction with coming of age or melodramatic themes. I also like classics. Paradise Lost, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Moll Flanders are a few of my favorites. I'm currently reading A Million Little Pieces.

Writing: I'm pretty much dabble in a lot of different genres including chick lit, horror, crime drama. I'm currently working on a coming of age drama, but have horror work, crime drama, and chick lit that i've put on the backburner for now.

Answer 4

My genre is murder mystery with the occasional supernatural flair and a healthy does of the erotic sometimes tossed in. I read many things - I do love murder mysteries but I am apt to read almost anything. Pax - C

Answer 5

Oh my, definite i like the fable variety and there are nonetheless some extremely stunning fable books obtainable. It does look that they are drowned by using the myriad of corny supernatural erotica, outlandish fantastical worlds, and hardcore sci-fi at circumstances, yet once you look previous the cheesy hide paintings and study some pages of a few fable books you will locate that writers in this variety are very nearly held to bigger time-honored _by_its_ followers. no longer basically do fable writers have the activity of coming up supernatural/fantastical worlds yet they're tasked with making them plausible as nicely to adhering to the consumer-friendly policies of reliable writing. fable, whilst alluring, tackles societal dysfunctions, politics, faith, and so on by using allegory and symbolism which different variety's won't be able to continually seize. It helps the suggestions to concern sparkling up with out over-loading with direct suggestions. maximum circumstances, I comprehend a theory greater valuable whilst i'm left to decipher it myself extremely than in basic terms being informed. fable does this for me-- whether the author wasn't inevitably proceeding there to be an even bigger image-- i could nonetheless make a connection to a minimum of something and suddenly a easy bulb blinks on above my head. a million. definite-- i myself love thoughts that draw from mythology and nicely-conventional legends. I additionally relish imprecise legends as nicely. See, I study a lot approximately fantasy and legend by way of fact it fascinates me and that is exciting for me to nicely known lesser conventional myths and that i'm getting exhilaration from the author for the attempt. 2. a reliable bildungsroman in no way harm all people =) 3. definite, yet I additionally does no longer inevitably evaluate that fable, could the different characters be "particular"?- as you place it.

Answer 6

I write science-fiction/fantasy, horror, and now erotic romance. Or at LEAST a hybrid combination of them all. :0)

My reading tends to be what I write--but I don't write what I read. (Namely anything mainstream. I write outside it.)