Genre Writing
📋 What it is
Genres (fantasy, mystery, sci-fi) each have conventions readers expect.
🗣️ Coach says
A genre is a story family with its own rules. Mystery needs clues and a solution; fantasy needs a believable magic system; sci-fi extrapolates from science. Knowing the conventions lets you meet — or cleverly break — reader expectations.
🧠 Memory hook
Each genre has conventions: mystery = clues, fantasy = magic rules, sci-fi = "what if?" science.
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Why was the backstory always behind?
Because it happened before the main story!
😲 Whoa!
Genres blend all the time — "sci-fi mystery" or "fantasy romance" — creating fresh new story types.
✅ Quick check: A story with clues, a crime and a detective solving it belongs to which genre?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Mystery.
Clues, a crime and a solution are the conventions of the mystery genre.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Pick a genre and list two things readers expect from it (e.g. mystery: a puzzle + a reveal).