I'm going to post my notes, the ones I wrote in my little composition book, from the League of Utah Writers, henceforth called, LUW.
I went Friday and Saturday; heard good advice; remembered why I like writing; meet awesome people; renewed friendships; ate horseradish sauce and other good food. I believe it was worth my time and money.
I hope to post my notes every Monday so check back and see if you learn anything :)
LuAnn Staheli-Know your Genre
What is genre? It is literary technique, tone, content, length etc.
Fiction is the hardest genre to break into.
- Realism-Plausible story about people and events that could really happen. Romance, thriller, historical, sports all fit under realism.
- Fantasy-Fantastical elements in traditional or modern fantasy.
- Traditional fantasy follows the quest.
- Modern fantasy has elements of magic in the human world. Horror and sci-fi are sub genres of modern fantasy.
- Biography-needs more factual support.
- Autobiography-Bigger piece of time
- Memoirs-Small part of life
- General non-fiction (Dewey decimal)-Different stories from life in one book
Speciality books are manga (graphic novels), cookbooks etc
What are the target audiences?
Picture book: 1-3 pages
Chapter book: Max 100 pages
Middle grade: 100-200 pages
Young Adult: 150-300 pages
Adult: 150-several hundred pages, 70,000-90,000 words max
4 comments:
Yea, my agent told me about the NF thing when we signed - she said that was why she specialized in NF, easier to sell right now.
But what to right in NF?? Oh wait! For got a few coming out! Go Christine!
Sounds like a great conference! I tend to steer clear of NF. I just can't get into reading it, let alone writing it. I'm glad people can though! I'm just a fantasy lover I guess. :)
Ok! My reply did not make since LOL.
I have no ideas for NF because I also like fantasy. Christine has a couple of NF's coming out this year. I'm going to review one of her books in a couple of weeks!
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