Question

[mrissa]

For non-writers: if someone magically forced you to write something, what would it be and why? Length/category/genre/audience/etc.

For writers: if you could only work in one length/category/genre/etc. ever again, which would it be and why?

Does anybody feel that they aren't covered in either of those two categories, writers and non-writers? If so, can you explain why?

Myself, I think if I had to stick with one thing, it'd probably be YA fantasy novels. I'm glad I don't have to, but if I did....

I'd like to think that whatever I'm working on now will be the best thing I've written to date. But sometimes it's hard to compare adult SF short stories to YA children's novels to adult fantasy trilogies in that regard. Besides, I'm opposed to total orderings in general. We all know that by now, right? Mrissas Don't Like Total Orderings. Rule of life.

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

What brought it up: I'm trying to figure out how my brain compartmentalizes "what I do" and "what I don't do." It knows. I'm not so sure.

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Heh. Really? I know I don't do mysteries. I find them to be the most boring of genres to read; I can't imagine writing them.

(Exceptions have been made for character-driven mysteries: Lord Peter, for example. And I quite like the series about Jane Austen, but frankly, the author (Stephanie Barron) is lifting authentic chatter wholesale from Austen's letters (which I don't blame her for; in fact, I'm sure that's why I'm still reading the series).)

Yes, if you had asked, "What genre would you be willing to never, ever be able to write in?" -- I would have had a more enthusiastic and ready answer. :)

Answering "what I do" is much less simple...