Note: this is an expanded version of the Appendix included in The Art and Craft of Storytelling.

FROM ROMANCE TO LITERARY

THEN AND NOW: 

Back in the day, there were five basic forms of fiction: historical, detective, romance, general and literary. Today, genres—or more accurately, sub-genres—are multiplying faster than fleas on a dog. Much of this is due to the hybridization of primary genres.