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reigningcatsndogs
07-11-2007, 09:13 PM
Jen D claims to have Multiple Genre Disorder (love it!!!):) . So, how many of us suffer from MGD? Is it difficult to change gears or therapeutic for you? Are your genre's somehow compatible or on opposite ends of the spectrum, and which do you like more!!!! (I know, it's like asking which of your kids is your favorite, but when someone asks you what you write, you know you have one that always comes first in the answer!!!)
maestrowork
07-11-2007, 09:17 PM
I don't think I "suffer" from it - I enjoy writing different genres, whatever the story calls for. I guess I get bored with one thing if I stay with it for too long -- same with genres.
Willowmound
07-11-2007, 09:23 PM
I'm genre blind.
Jamesaritchie
07-11-2007, 09:23 PM
I do love reading and writing in several genres, but I don't think I suffer from it. If I absolutely had to choose, I suppose I'd say mystery is my favorite, but I don't know how true it is. Ask me tomorrow, and I'll almost certainly say a different genre is my favorite.

Least favorite, however, is easy. That would be fantasy.
III
07-11-2007, 09:24 PM
I don't drink MGD. Bud.
JoNightshade
07-11-2007, 09:46 PM
I don't have MGD, I have NGD (No Genre Disorder). I don't fit anywhere. ::Sob::
NeuroFizz
07-11-2007, 09:52 PM
"Disorder" implies there is something wrong with writing (or even reading) in more than one genre. Next I suppose a bottle of pills, with some Amazonian root extract, will appear at the local heath food stores to deal with this dastardly disorder. Oh, yeah. And the pills will help us all lose weight as we sleep as well...while bolstering memory and the size of our genitals.
Azraelsbane
07-11-2007, 09:56 PM
I don't have MGD, I have NGD (No Genre Disorder). I don't fit anywhere. ::Sob::

I'm somewhat with Jo on this one. While a few of my novels do have a specific genre, a lot of my short stories and my first novels are cross-genre. They just don't really fit anywhere, and so I have a problem deciding where to query. Slipstream ftl. :(
BardSkye
07-11-2007, 10:19 PM
I read lots of different genres. It never struck me as unusual to write in different genres.
Jen_D
07-11-2007, 10:35 PM
I was making fun of myself. I was getting frustrated that I couldn't figure out which genre AICCT(formerly known as Kayla) belonged in. But I think I finally tamed it down enough to say that it is, with only little doubt, a YA novel.
kristie911
07-11-2007, 10:46 PM
I read and write several genres...it only seems natural for me. Though some come easier than others. Thrillers, romance, erotica...why choose just one?! :)
catephoenix
07-11-2007, 10:53 PM
I don't have MGD, I have NGD (No Genre Disorder). I don't fit anywhere. ::Sob::

I know how you feel Jo.
reigningcatsndogs
07-11-2007, 11:03 PM
That's usually the problem I have -- deciding which pigeonhole the story belongs in. But I also know some people who right specifically in one genre only.
NeuroFizz
07-11-2007, 11:17 PM
My guess is you can narrow it down to two, or at the most three genres, and that should be enough to give that basic framework for writing. Stop worrying about it and write the best story you can. Let an agent or editor figure out the best place to list it.
stormie
07-11-2007, 11:25 PM
Actually, look at my profile. :D I've used the term MGD for a few years. Glad to know some others have it now. I don't feel so all alone....
Soccer Mom
07-11-2007, 11:40 PM
The only cure is PHENTERMINE.

Yeah, I've got MGD, but I'm unrepentent. So there.
Jen_D
07-11-2007, 11:46 PM
A least I'm not alone in my troubles. I have decided to stop worrying about it, it was just helping my procrastination anyway.
Esopha
07-11-2007, 11:46 PM
"Disorder" implies there is something wrong with writing (or even reading) in more than one genre. Next I suppose a bottle of pills, with some Amazonian root extract, will appear at the local heath food stores to deal with this dastardly disorder. Oh, yeah. And the pills will help us all lose weight as we sleep as well...while bolstering memory and the size of our genitals.

Perhaps MGS (multiple genre syndrome) would be more appropreate? Of course, that would mean sacrificing Amazonian pills and eyebrow-raising gentials, but...

;)

I've always written whatever I like. On the most part, I tend to write smooshes of sci-fi, fantasy and paranormal. Para-fitasy. Or...something.
stormie
07-11-2007, 11:57 PM
You know, Esopha has a point. "Syndrome" sounds so much better and positive than "disorder." Very PC.

But I've used MGD for too long. Think I'll stick with it.

Okay, this thread can continue now.
Dave.C.Robinson
07-12-2007, 12:15 AM
I have MGD, and it's deliberate. Admittedly, I do write in closely related genres, but still multiple. I'm working on novel #3 and it's in my third genre (well maybe sub-genre). Novel #1 is heroic fantasy, novel #2 is space opera, and novel #3 which is in the early stages is urban fantasy.
crowlett
07-12-2007, 01:10 AM
I write in multiple genres. Today it is a French knight’s tale; yesterday it was poetry, later today I will pin out two business articles. Next week I will find my self deep in an espionage tale that threatens to over throw all of democracy and then I’ll find myself with a space pilot who is on Argon 5. Soon I plan to start on a book called who come first the customer or the employee. I like to mix things up.

crowlett
Spiny Norman
07-12-2007, 01:45 AM
No one wants to hammer a nail into their foot and then stomp around in a circle for the rest of their lives.
Zoombie
07-12-2007, 01:50 AM
I write a very specific genera. Romantic comedy fantasy sci-fi horror action adventure epic ass kicking awesomeness.

I currently think the only real disorder I have is the fact that I have an N'sync song stuck in my head.

That can't be healthy.
thepainpasses
07-12-2007, 01:54 AM
I have the problem of a story that has a splash in a bit of every genre, so it's pretty hard to place.
stormie
07-12-2007, 01:54 AM
I currently think the only real disorder I have is the fact that I have an N'sync song stuck in my head.

That can't be healthy.
We're writers. Who said we're mentally healthy? :D
Zoombie
07-12-2007, 01:57 AM
But I mean...

N'Sync! Come on!

Why can't have some Stravinsky or Mozart stuck in my head? But no, it has to be some crappy boy band I'm sure 95% of everyone doesn't even remember.
Dave.C.Robinson
07-12-2007, 02:42 AM
But I mean...

N'Sync! Come on!

Why can't have some Stravinsky or Mozart stuck in my head? But no, it has to be some crappy boy band I'm sure 95% of everyone doesn't even remember.

It's not that they're not remembered, but the respect and affection in which they are held by those who do remember them.

I would have figured you for something more like Warren Zevon's Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner or maybe some Blue Oyster Cult (any of Don't Fear the Reaper, The Black Blade or Veteran of the Psychic Wars.)
TheIT
07-12-2007, 02:45 AM
I write fantasy, but I've been tempted to try my hand at mystery.
ChunkyC
07-12-2007, 02:56 AM
Science Fiction and Fantasy here. Though I do have a mainstream novel in the very early planning stages and have written a thriller-type story in collaboration with two other fantastic writers.

Not that I'm saying I'm fantastic. They are. :D

Anyway, this was totally for a lark. We ended up trying to write each other into a corner to see if the next person up could write us back out again. Never laughed so much while writing in all my life....

Where was I?
TheIT
07-12-2007, 02:59 AM
Where was I?

Writing your way out of a corner, perhaps? ;)

Sounds like fun!
Zoombie
07-12-2007, 06:14 AM
I would have figured you for something more like Warren Zevon's Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner or maybe some Blue Oyster Cult (any of Don't Fear the Reaper, The Black Blade or Veteran of the Psychic Wars.)

Who, who and who?

Well I got N'sync out with an extra amount of Weird Al.

POLKA!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpL9FLIfXIM)