Anyone else have trouble staying in genre?

Stlight · Apr 9, 2008

When I intended to write an aventure story it turned into a love story.
When I intended to write a romance it was so flat N&D couldn't finish reading it - and this is a person who read all of Faulkner, a bunch of philosophy and dozens of tech mannuals.

Does this happen to anyone else? Is my writing controled by my shadow self rather than my conscious mind? Jung did say the creativity, as well as other things came from the shadow part of our minds. (this is the part that if you see its reflection in anothe person you don't like them and what does that say about creativity?)

Maybe what I'm really saying is AUWK - AUWK!

or sigh.

Stlight

mscelina · Apr 9, 2008

Happens to me all the time. I make a hobby of genre twisting and love doing it. So, even when I sit down to write a frivolous fantasy story, I end up with a paranormal-fantasy-romance-G/L/B/T-horror adventure.

And my muse is happy.

Don't worry about it. Write the story as it comes out. You can worry about the genres later.

Inky · Apr 9, 2008

I sat down to write paranormal romance, tired of stories that were predictable.
Instead, I ended up with epic fantasy...which turned into dark fantasy...romance was still there--at least I got THAT part right.

Don't fret. Look at it as your subconscious taking over and forcing you to write what you're REALLY good at--listen to the voice within.

Zelenka · Apr 9, 2008

I bounced around all sorts of genres before settling on the first one I'd tried in the end. Now a lot of the other genre ideas give me things to work into my fantasy stories; 'Villain in the Dust' actually started out as an idea for a political thriller, James Patterson style, but it was just not working. Then later on I had the idea to just try it as a fantasy and see what happened. It worked. More and more ideas started to migrate towards fantasy so that now I figure that's my genre and that's where I'm most comfortable.

So don't worry. Could be your natural instincts are leading you towards your 'place'.

rhymegirl · Apr 10, 2008

I thought Office Party was for non-writing stuff.

Shouldn't this be in the Roundtable thread?

Stlight · Apr 10, 2008

Sorry if it's in the wrong place. Like the genre twisting, it was cought between writing and psychology. But maybe it's over now.
Stlight

Silver King · Apr 10, 2008

rhymegirl said:
I thought Office Party was for non-writing stuff.

Shouldn't this be in the Roundtable thread?

Ever since Kathy started wearing that fur coat, she's been very demanding. But she's right, so we'll give Roundtable a try.

rhymegirl · Apr 10, 2008

You're welcome.

I've got your back, Silver King.

ishtar'sgate · Apr 10, 2008

I don't PLAN to write in a specific genre. If my idea happens to fit into a particular genre niche that's great but I know my wretched characters are going to do as they please anyway and I love to let them have their head.
Linnea

bluntforcetrauma · Apr 10, 2008

Mine is a cross genre thing. A cross between fiction and non-fiction. Woe be unto the editors!

Phaeal · Apr 11, 2008

Actually it's Nyarlathotep who controls the creative genius, and He ate Jung (with a side of fries) long ago.

My WIP will be dark urban fantasy or horror or superscience fiction, depending on the agent of the moment.

Anyone else have trouble staying in genre?

Stlight

ideas are floating where they will

mscelina

Teh doommobile, drivin' rite by you

Inky

Eat, Sleep, Write...

Zelenka

Going home!

rhymegirl

It's a New Year!

Stlight

ideas are floating where they will

Silver King

Megalops Erectus

rhymegirl

It's a New Year!

ishtar'sgate

living in the past

bluntforcetrauma

Esquire

Phaeal

Whatever I did, I didn't do it.