by Sharon M. Kimble | 2025-08-06
Updated 2025-08-13 In the vast and ever increasing world of literature, genre writing serves as a beacon that guides readers towards their preferred stories. Conventions and tropes are essential elements that define a genre. They serve as guidelines to help...
by Sharon M. Kimble | 2025-05-14
The term ‘genre’ is a French word; it means a ‘kind’ of something, or a ‘sort’ of something. The idea of sorting art into categories is nothing new: it goes back to the Ancient Greeks where Aristotle categorised literary works into...