If a novel was about martial arts yet had fictional characters with fight/training scenes etc. would this be classified as a thriller?
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Yeah, just based on what you've posted I'd say it would probably be an action novel. That's not saying that you couldn't write a thriller with martial arts in it, it's just that the fight scenes wouldn't be the central focus anymore.
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There's a martial arts thriller out there now. I don't recall the title, but I did find it at the library. Think it was called Sensei or something like that.
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Is there a plot? I think the plot would determine what the genre is, not just that it has martial arts in it.
And I guess it would depend on the martial arts. If it was an entire novel of Tai Chi, then it would be inaction fiction.
exactly what shadow ferret said. You can have a romance with martial arts. You can have a women's fiction with martial arts. Martial arts doesn't determine the genre. I believe Eric Von Lustbader wrote several martial arts books. I'm only guessing on that one. long time ago that i saw them. Good luck with your story.
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