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What's your favourite prose genre?



Your favourite genre?

Action / Adventure
23
11%
Fantasy
100
47%
Historical
8
4%
Horror / Thriller
12
6%
Mystery
8
4%
Sci-fi
24
11%
Romance
19
9%
Other
20
9%
 
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:50 am
Zolen says...



Sci-fi rules
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:51 am
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PeanutPhoebe says...



My fave to read is fantasy, but I love historical fiction, plain old fiction, action, (sometimes romance, if there's more than that in it) and mystery
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:19 am
TriSARAHtops says...



Even though I don't tend to write it much (I want to, but it just doesn't happen), fantasy's probably my favourite - but not so much high-fantasy as fantasy set in the modern world.
I also love historical, and don't mind a bit of sci-fi from time to time.
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Griffinkeeper says...



My favorite genre is YWS Fan-fiction.
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:35 pm
SirenCymbaline says...



I'll read almost any genre as long as I like the writing style and the characters are well-rounded.
That said, I was a really big fantasy fan back in the day.
Now I'm flexible on the genre (fantasy, science fiction, historical, steampunk, satire, a mix) as long as I like the writing style, characters, and as long as all romance is a subplot and not the only reason anything happens.

Though I have my limits on horror and explicit romance.
I can handle blood and a few broken bones, even a fatal gash, as long as there's no more description than necessary. No need to get into juicy adjectives to make the readers throw up on your book.
And when the romance gets really physical... anything more serious than hugging and kissing and I don't want to know about it.

This is all just a matter of personal taste of course.
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Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:02 pm
Sylar says...



Sci-Fi all the way. I think it's the easiest to write.

It's also easy to write as a screenplay, but it's hard to shoot. Believe me, as a screenwriter, I KNOW
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:24 am
rikkidas says...



Where are genres like betrayal, unfaithfulness,torture ,murder,violence?
Are they part of romance?
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:32 pm
steward says...



Everyone loves fantasy., :D
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:00 pm
Cole says...



@rikkidas

rikkidas wrote:Where are genres like betrayal, unfaithfulness,torture ,murder,violence?
Are they part of romance?


Those aren't really genres. Those are more likely to be considered themes or motifs, and they can be present in any of the genres listed in the poll.
  





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Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:11 am
Jonathan says...



FANTASY!!!!

(Did I spell it right?)
There seems to be nothing written here. :shock:
  





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Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:54 pm
RainbowPowerPonies says...



GO CREEPYPASTAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smt003 :smt003 :smt003 :smt003 :smt003 lol
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Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:45 pm
Magenta says...



I like them all. How could I possibly choose one over the other. Genres!
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Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:33 am
TinkerTwaggy says...



I like books in general, but my favorite genre would definitely be Fantasy. Fantasy is, to me, a way to explore foreign worlds, and I always loved that idea.
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