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September 2, 2022
Crime as a Literary Genre
Definition – Examples – How to Write
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Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. Last week, we started learning about the fifth Pillar of Genre, Fiction. We went over a definition for Romance, and we talked about some examples and how to write it. This week, I want to dive deeper into the next of those subgenres, that of Crime. Let’s get started.
Crime DefinitionCrime fiction is the genre of fic...
August 28, 2022
Romance as a Literary Genre
Definition – Examples – How to Write
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Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. Last week, I gave you an introduction to the fifth Pillar of Genre, Fiction. We went over a definition, and we briefly talked about the loads of Fiction subgenres. This week, I want to dive deeper into the first of those subgenres, that of Romance. Let’s get started.
Romance DefinitionThe romance genre in literature...
August 18, 2022
Introduction to Fiction as a Literary Genre
Fiction – Romance – Crime – Historical – Inspirational – Western – Science – Horror – Fantasy
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Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. Today we are going to talk about the fifth and final Pillar of Genre, and I am finally getting to introduce you to Fiction as a Literary Genre. There are a ton of subgenres that fall under the fiction category and I am so excited to go over them all and find out your...
August 11, 2022
Farce as a Literary Genre
Definition – Examples – How to Write
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Hey, Hi, Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. Last week, I mentioned that I had made a mistake in my posting schedule and that normally we’d start the final Pillar of Genre this week, however, I had some backtracking to do. As much as I’d love to say that this is a farce, I did not actually skip the post on farce as a literary genre intentionally! So let’s di...
August 7, 2022
Persuasive Nonfiction Genre
Definition – Examples – How to Write
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Persuasive Nonfiction DefinitionPersuasive Nonfiction are nonfiction books in which the author intends to convince readers to believe in an idea or opinion and to do an action. Keep in mind that many writings that aren’t books, such as criticisms, reviews, reaction papers, editorials, proposals, advertisements, and brochures, also use different ways of persuasion ...
July 31, 2022
Descriptive Nonfiction Genre
Definition – Examples – How to Write
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Descriptive Nonfiction DefinitionDescriptive Nonfiction, also called Creative Nonfiction, is a type of nonfiction that uses all five senses to help the reader get a visual of what the writer is trying to describe. Sensory details, rich imagery, and figurative language, while also attempting, in good faith, to provide accurate information regarding a real-world top...
July 21, 2022
Expository Nonfiction Genre
Definition – Examples – How to Write
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Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. Today we’re talking about the fourth Pillar of Genre. We’re talking today about the Nonfiction genre, and specifically, about the Expository Nonfiction genre.
Expository Nonfiction DefinitionExpository Nonfiction are books that attempt to explain or inform the reader about a certain topic, including what something i...
July 14, 2022
Narrative Nonfiction Genre
Definition – Examples – How to Write
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Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. Today we’re talking about the fourth Pillar of Genre. We’re talking today about the Nonfiction genre, and specifically, about the Narrative Nonfiction genre.
Narrative Nonfiction DefinitionAlso called creative nonfiction, narrative non-fiction is just like the name suggests. It is nonfiction that is written in a nar...
July 10, 2022
Introduction to Nonfiction as a Literary Genre
Nonfiction – Narrative – Expository – Descriptive – Persuasive
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Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. Today we are going to talk about the fourth Pillar of Genre, and I am introducing you to the concept of Nonfiction as a Literary Genre.
If the thought of Nonfiction as a literary genre catches you by surprise, I must admit that I was initially surprised as well. I used to think of genre as bein...
July 2, 2022
2022 Q3 Goal Setting
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It’s a new quarter, which means it’s time to set some new goals, so let’s jump straight in.
Here we are back at the Kanban-style Trello Board. If you’ve been here a while, you’ll already be familiar with this, but for those that aren’t, I use Trello as a digital sort of Kanban board. I still have categories for my tasks, but I don’t use the “to do, doing, done” modifiers. They all just stay on their lists and I modify the cards within them ...
