forms of literature

• novel - long fictional story (40k + words)
• novella - longer than a novelette, shorter than a novel (17k+ words)
• novelette - shorter than a novella, longer thana short story (8k+ words)
• short story - shorter than a novelette (under 8k words)
• poem
• drabble - exactly 100 words long
• six word - six words long

genres: fiction

• Adult
• Adventure
• Americana ~ midwestern US towns, small towns, early 1900s
• Children's
• Contemporary ~ set in present day
• Crime
  • Crime Mystery
  • Gangster ~ bsp. the godfather
• Erotic
• Fantasy
  • Arabian Fantasy ~ takes place in north africa/middle east
  • Arthurian ~ takes place in camelot
  • Bangsian ~ takes place in the afterlife
  • Celtic
  • Christian
  • Dark ~ mixes horror and fantasy
  • Gaslamp ~ has a victorian/edwardian setting
  • High Fantasy ~ bsp. a song of ice and fire
  • Historical
  • Medieval ~ x
  • Mythic ~ based on fairytales, folklore & myths
  • Urban
  • Wuxia ~ martial arts
• Historical
  • AU ~ what if? question in regards to historical events and how they affected the future
  • Period Piece
  • Slave Narrative ~ bsp. 12 years a slave
• Horror
  • Gothic ~ bsp. edgar allen poe
  • Haunting
  • Noir
  • Paranormal
• Political
  • Dystopian
  • Utopian
• Punk
  • Clockpunk ~ clockwork & gears, steampunk-ish
  • Cyberpunk ~ intelligence, cyberworld, near-future
  • Dieselpunk ~ aesthetics & technology between wwI & wwII
  • Splatterpunk ~ extremely graphic & bloody
  • Steampunk ~ steam-powered technology, victorian & industrial
  • Western Steampunk ~ steampunk. but western.
• Science Fiction
  • Apocalyptic
  • Astrobiology ~ alien life
  • Kaiju ~ japanese genre that involves a monster
  • Lost Worlds
  • Robots
  • Space Opera ~ star wars, firefly, star trek
  • Time Travel ~ doctor who, the time travelers wife, outlander
  • Western SciFi ~ firefly
• Southern Gothic ~ american south, true detective, true blood, louisiana, plantations, abandoned places, voodoo
• Thriller
• Western
• Young Adult