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Post by Valhalla Erikson on May 2, 2024 12:30:37 GMT -6
Is there a particular genre you swore that you never wanted to write but for one reason or another ended up writing it? Then you managed to enjoy the genre that you're writing.
I consider myself as one of those people who find slice of life stories boring. And I would never write one myself. Yet I challenged myself to do a series of short stories set in this fantasy world I am developing as slice of life material. To get a feel of the world and the characters within it. Before I knew it I find myself enchanted towards the characters and the lives they lived.
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Post by Alatariel on May 2, 2024 13:02:37 GMT -6
Is there a particular genre you swore that you never wanted to write but for one reason or another ended up writing it? Then you managed to enjoy the genre that you're writing. I consider myself as one of those people who find slice of life stories boring. And I would never write one myself. Yet I challenged myself to do a series of short stories set in this fantasy world I am developing as slice of life material. To get a feel of the world and the characters within it. Before I knew it I find myself enchanted towards the characters and the lives they lived. Romance  I swore I'd never read or write it. I thought it was corny and full of toxic tropes and the worst genre... MAN was I wrong. So during COVID and the lockdown, I fell into a bit of a mental slump. Not quite a depression, but I couldn't read any of my usual genres. Fantasy felt like it took too much of my mental effort to read. Same with scifi. It all seemed SO heavy but I needed to read. I yearned to read. It always helped in the past and I couldn't just stop. But I craved fluff, something predictable and light and warm. So I chose a romantic comedy recommended by a friend and then proceeded to devour over 100 romance novels over the course of the year. I discovered the authors I loved, the tropes I enjoyed and the ones I didn't, and respect for the genre grew into a burning adoration. I decided I wanted to write a romance novel so I outlined and drafted, then lost interest because my mental health improved enough for me to dip my toe back into fantasy. I read all genres now, and don't judge any because of stereotypes. I learned how to write romance, the structure and expectations, the popular tropes and the icks to avoid. Is there cringy romance? Totally. Is there toxic dark romance? Of course. But there's also romance with SO much substance it'll make your heart glow. Characters who will live with you forever. Plots with intrigue and growth and unique conflicts outside of the relationship. I'd say if you hate romance movies, read a romance novel because they're way better. Movies from Hollywood always stay in the surface or try to subvert tropes the wrong way. I always recommend Emily Henry for those on the fence or who think romance is lame. There's very little smut/spice in her novels. Book Lovers is my favorite, but Funny Story is her newest and a great one to start with as well. |
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Post by Valhalla Erikson on May 2, 2024 13:37:31 GMT -6
Is there a particular genre you swore that you never wanted to write but for one reason or another ended up writing it? Then you managed to enjoy the genre that you're writing. I consider myself as one of those people who find slice of life stories boring. And I would never write one myself. Yet I challenged myself to do a series of short stories set in this fantasy world I am developing as slice of life material. To get a feel of the world and the characters within it. Before I knew it I find myself enchanted towards the characters and the lives they lived. Romance I swore I'd never read or write it. I thought it was corny and full of toxic tropes and the worst genre... MAN was I wrong. So during COVID and the lockdown, I fell into a bit of a mental slump. Not quite a depression, but I couldn't read any of my usual genres. Fantasy felt like it took too much of my mental effort to read. Same with scifi. It all seemed SO heavy but I needed to read. I yearned to read. It always helped in the past and I couldn't just stop. But I craved fluff, something predictable and light and warm. So I chose a romantic comedy recommended by a friend and then proceeded to devour over 100 romance novels over the course of the year. I discovered the authors I loved, the tropes I enjoyed and the ones I didn't, and respect for the genre grew into a burning adoration. I decided I wanted to write a romance novel so I outlined and drafted, then lost interest because my mental health improved enough for me to dip my toe back into fantasy. I read all genres now, and don't judge any because of stereotypes. I learned how to write romance, the structure and expectations, the popular tropes and the icks to avoid. Is there cringy romance? Totally. Is there toxic dark romance? Of course. But there's also romance with SO much substance it'll make your heart glow. Characters who will live with you forever. Plots with intrigue and growth and unique conflicts outside of the relationship. I'd say if you hate romance movies, read a romance novel because they're way better. Movies from Hollywood always stay in the surface or try to subvert tropes the wrong way. I always recommend Emily Henry for those on the fence or who think romance is lame. There's very little smut/spice in her novels. Book Lovers is my favorite, but Funny Story is her newest and a great one to start with as well. Not gonna lie. The toxic dark romance stuff is my jam. Especially if its the kind where two people don't like each other but either through a series of circumstances or a common foe or both they started to develop a bond. I always am a sucker for the childhood friends turned couple as they get older trope. Cliched? Oh hell yeah. But the kind of junkfood I enjoy. I'd recommend Neon Gods as far as dark romance go. It has that bonded due to a common enemy trope that is intriguing. |
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Post by Alatariel on May 2, 2024 15:35:43 GMT -6
Romance I swore I'd never read or write it. I thought it was corny and full of toxic tropes and the worst genre... MAN was I wrong. So during COVID and the lockdown, I fell into a bit of a mental slump. Not quite a depression, but I couldn't read any of my usual genres. Fantasy felt like it took too much of my mental effort to read. Same with scifi. It all seemed SO heavy but I needed to read. I yearned to read. It always helped in the past and I couldn't just stop. But I craved fluff, something predictable and light and warm. So I chose a romantic comedy recommended by a friend and then proceeded to devour over 100 romance novels over the course of the year. I discovered the authors I loved, the tropes I enjoyed and the ones I didn't, and respect for the genre grew into a burning adoration. I decided I wanted to write a romance novel so I outlined and drafted, then lost interest because my mental health improved enough for me to dip my toe back into fantasy. I read all genres now, and don't judge any because of stereotypes. I learned how to write romance, the structure and expectations, the popular tropes and the icks to avoid. Is there cringy romance? Totally. Is there toxic dark romance? Of course. But there's also romance with SO much substance it'll make your heart glow. Characters who will live with you forever. Plots with intrigue and growth and unique conflicts outside of the relationship. I'd say if you hate romance movies, read a romance novel because they're way better. Movies from Hollywood always stay in the surface or try to subvert tropes the wrong way. I always recommend Emily Henry for those on the fence or who think romance is lame. There's very little smut/spice in her novels. Book Lovers is my favorite, but Funny Story is her newest and a great one to start with as well. Not gonna lie. The toxic dark romance stuff is my jam. Especially if its the kind where two people don't like each other but either through a series of circumstances or a common foe or both they started to develop a bond. I always am a sucker for the childhood friends turned couple as they get older trope. Cliched? Oh hell yeah. But the kind of junkfood I enjoy. I'd recommend Neon Gods as far as dark romance go. It has that bonded due to a common enemy trope that is intriguing. Oh I totally understand!! It's an extremely popular part of the genre and it's totally brain candy. It's so funny because IRL those things are so cringy but in book-world it's friggen entertaining. NO JUDGEMENT HERE. There's some really well written dark smutty romance that just makes the BEST vacation books. |
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Post by RAVENEYE on May 4, 2024 10:18:21 GMT -6
Is there a particular genre you swore that you never wanted to write but for one reason or another ended up writing it? Then you managed to enjoy the genre that you're writing. I consider myself as one of those people who find slice of life stories boring. And I would never write one myself. Yet I challenged myself to do a series of short stories set in this fantasy world I am developing as slice of life material. To get a feel of the world and the characters within it. Before I knew it I find myself enchanted towards the characters and the lives they lived. What a fun practice! Hmmm... I should try this with some new characters that are trying to teach me who they are. Um, I guess my answer to the question is horror. Horror totally intimidated me and disgusted me as a genre, not because of the topics covered, but because of my false perception that horror was only about scaring readers and sounded so shallow. Not the case. The more I dived into the genre, the more I realized it dealt with really deep questions and themes. But I still had no interested in writing it, believing (again falsely) that I didn't have horror in my veins. I can't write funny when I try to, so what makes me think I can write "scary" when I try to? But then I gave it a shot, dispensing with the idea that I had to try to scare anyone and instead focused on the grotesque and disturbing, and BAM! I love writing horror so much. |
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Post by saintofm on May 5, 2024 0:44:05 GMT -6
I guess a School for the Special powered people. IN Western Media, we have X-Men for mutants, Enders Game had one for potential military leaders, and dozens if not hundreds of magical schools from Diskworld and D&D, to Harry Potter and The Name of the Wind. In anime its dime a dozen. Play Yu-Gi-Oh? We have a highs school for that. Want to be the kind of chef that would make Chef Ramsey cry tears of joy? We have a School for that. Want to hunt Witches and other monsters? We have a School for that. ANd so on and so on. Somme better than others, but its dime a dozen.
Then I watched Digibro spend four hours ripping Asterisk War a new one on Youtube, and went: Oh there has to be something better than this. Challenge Accepted!
So I have a school with people with abilities post WW3 scientists say is more like magic such as energy blasts or generating arms and armor out of thin air (even mecha to fight in). Lots of Video Game logic when it comes to taking and dishing out damage.
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Post by Valhalla Erikson on May 5, 2024 11:45:27 GMT -6
I've always wanted to do something that is dark romance related. Normally I wouldn't touch any novel that has romance of anykind but I've grown to have a special appreciation of the dark romance genre. It started out as something that's guilty pleasure then grew more into the pleasure category as the years went on.
Yet I'm the kind of person who wants to flip the script on a common trope and the most common dark romance trope is the bulk of the material is mafia related. Why not a dark romance story taking place in a fantasy world? There are a lot of interesting scenarios you can go with on that. So one day I may do a short story that will help scratch that itch.
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