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The science fiction genre, along with the pulp detective and crime novel, is easily one of the most stereotyped and clichd genres in literature. Science fiction is populated with stock heroes and villains. The majority of the characters in an average sci-fi novel are flat and one dimensional; they do not exist in the novel [...]

One of the most important things that any writer can do to add an authentic period feel to their western novel is to research the setting and historical events that the novel will take place around. As far as the setting goes, if the novel is supposed to take place in the southwest then read [...]

Jane Austen: Required Reading For Every Aspiring Romance Novelist. Jane Austen has been viewed in various lights depending on the period in literature. Being a woman novelist and born of the time period when this was still a stigma, she suffered the unbalanced views of her works that were unduly prejudiced. Although she failed to [...]

When writing different genres, writers employ different skills. For example, writers who are inclined towards romance concentrate on the emotional connections and love towards one another. Writers of action concentrate on the tempos of the story and the situations that they present. Finally, writers of horror find themselves concentrating more on the reader, trying to [...]