Weekly Plot Help - Week of November 10th

[alison-sky.livejournal.com]

Got a problem in your NaNo? Who doesn't?! But we've got a way to help!

Post here with your plot problems, and all through the week members of the community will scan through and see if they can help.

AKA - The best way to procrastinate is to help others!

So post your problem. Then take a moment to look at everyone else's and see if you can help them.

People helping people. That's what makes this community great :)

So have at it!

Comments

Genre Problem

[renjiluvah.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone,

I am having trouble with what genre my fiction novel falls into. The plot has futuristic elements like AIs, lots of techy talk and computers, but there's also an other wordly fantasy part to it that goes beyond that, like a paranormal higher being kind of thing. I'm stuck between science fiction or fantasy and there's action in it, too. Do authors pick their genre based on what the novel has the most of?

Re: Genre Problem

[rachel21321.livejournal.com]

i think genres are usually defined by the readers and what spin editors want to put on the book. But from this little description I would call it scifi simply b/c of the futuristic elements.

Re: Genre Problem

[renjiluvah.livejournal.com]

Ah. All right. I was thinking sci-fi, too. Thanks for the tip. :D