Suggestions for new forums

[Xenophile]

I think it would be great if the site could have separate forums within the workshop forum for each of the major genres of fiction: SF, fantasy, horror, humor, mystery, realism, romance, Western, chick lit, etc. (Hope I haven't left anything out).

As someone who doesn't read much fantasy or romance, for example, I am probably not too qualified to comment because such genres don't really appeal to me, and I also wouldn't know as much about the necessary elements of such fiction as a fan or writer of it would. Also, writings would not get bumped to the bottom so quickly and more people could see them.

[Sam Winchester]

People generally post stuff all over this site, so I don't think there's much chance of them posting their work in separate forums. After all, some of them mightn't know whether their work is SF, fantasy, horror... etc. The chances of this being successful are slim and none. Also, the amount of work needed to keep it working that way would be huge. The moderators would be moving files constantly. I think it's fine as is.

Sam.

[Non Serviam]

Trouble is, some of us don't write material that's easily-labelled. Me, I tend to write stuff and decide what genre it is later.

Where you DO know what you've written, or what you intended to write, it might help to label it in the thread title, though. So you might get: "[Tall tale] Aunt Davinder's Donkey (1,300 words)" or "[Speculative fiction/Epistolary] 34 Unread Messages (1,200 words)".

[Mike C]

The big drawback with segregating genres is they become ghettoised. People tend to only read and critique within their own chosen genre, which I think is artistically stifling.