Writing Tips

Put Your Work in the Correct Genre

Just came up with this while browsing some books I can binge read in bed at night and...

I found fan fiction in the werewolf, vampire, paranormal, and historical fiction categories when I filtered it to "new".

If you are writing fan fiction, put it in the Fan Fiction category here on Wattpad. We have genres for a reason.

I mainly say this as a reader here, not as a fellow author. Why?

Well, when I find stuff in the wrong genres, I report it saying it's in the wrong genre. 

Idk if Wattpad fixes the genre tag on it or does worse, but I'm hoping it's just changing the genre tag.

I'm sorry if your story does get deleted or something happens to your account. I just want stuff in the right categories so I can not have the searches for stuff I want to be diluted with content not supposed to be there. 

So... how to place your book in the right genre?

If you are writing about your favorite k-pop stars, something about the tv show Supernatural, something about Danny Phantom, or anything else pertaining to something in entertainment or fantasies you want of celebrities, it goes in Fan Fiction.

Maybe you have a book focusing on many mythical creatures? Faeries, vampires, werewolves, witches, etc., it goes in Paranormal.

I know faeries and witches also fall into fantasy and maybe even historical fiction, so here comes my next part in picking the genre category for your book.

Do what seems to fit best for your story.

If you have a world where vampires are in it but it's also a high magical world with dragons and mermaids, it may fit better in Fantasy instead of Paranormal.

Have a witch in your kingdom that your hero comes to for a potion? If it's a small chance, or even if the witch is a prominent character with no other magical stuff in the story, you can categorize it as Historical Fiction.

Most books have their main genre and sub-genre (which I think Wattpad used to have back when I was a young teen). Here on Wattpad, we only have one genre choice at the moment, so do the MAIN genre of your book, if it isn't fan fiction.

If it is Fan Fiction, that will always be your main genre. When I'm looking for my next favorite paranormal book, I don't want to see a Little Nightmares fanfic or a Damon Salvatore fan fiction in the genre's "new" section or even the "popular" section. Those belong in the Fan Fiction category.

I hope this helped you guys out!