Is it science? Magic? An ex-boyfriend? A prophecy? A summer tornado? Your main character’s villain may well be a large influencer in which genre you end up writing your story to. When you’re brainstorming characters, if your villain is a witch, then you probably sat yourself squarely in the fantasy genre. If the villain is a rogue cyborg, then hello sci-fi! 

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HOW DO PEOPLE GET SHIT DONE

How do people get things done in your story? Do they use magic? Robots? Mind control? Physical labor? Slave labor? Physical labor lands you pleasantly in the literature or general fiction genres while slave labor could signal historical fiction, fantasy, or sci-fi, to name a few. Think about the day-to-day lives of your characters and the people in your story’s world. This is a good indicator of your genre too.

CREATE TWO MIND MAPS

First, create a mindmap of your favorite genres, or the overarching genre you think your story could belong to. Then break it down into smaller chunks. Do a bit of research online on the different sub-genres of each major genre. Pull out the ones that seem to resonate the most with your story.

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Secondly, create a mindmap of the main plot points, characters, settings, and details of your story. Use this map and the first map to help you pinpoint your story’s genre.

Tell me in the comments how you determine your story’s genre. Does it come easily to you or do you have to do a bit of searching to find it?

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