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The Shining as a romcom: notes on genre conventions

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

01/10/2020

When I use examples to talk about writing craft, I really try to stick to books, TV and films that are aimed at a middle grade or YA audience, but…

The MONSTER guide to middle grade and YA genres and subgenres

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

21/08/2020

What genre is your book? Does it matter? What does genre mean? Is it even a word? Genre, genre – it’s starting to sound meaningless to me now so let’s…