Tuesday, August 21, 2012

What's the genre?

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Our prompt for today is 'genres' which, according to Wikipedia   HERE  ~
"is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or entertainment, e.g. music, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented and the use of old ones are discontinued. Often, works fit into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions."
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A list of genres may be found   HERE  which includes literature, films {movies}, music... even televisions and video games. The most common are:
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In Literature and Films ~
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Action / Adventure
Comedy
Crime
Documentary
Erotic
Fantasy
Film Noir
Historical/Period Pieces
Horror
Mystery
Philosophical
Romance / Romantic Comedy
Satire
Science Fiction
Thriller
Urban
Westerns
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In Music ~
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Bluegrass
Classical
Country & Western
Heavy Metal
Gospel
Pop
Punk Rock
Rap
Rock & Roll
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Today's prompt is Genre ~
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  • Write a poem or song lyrics or a scene in a specific genre
  • Mix it up ~ write using more than one genre in the same piece
  • Make up your own genre ~ name it, describe it, write in that style
  • Write about if a specific genre has had a strong influence on your writing
  • Write about an author, poet or musician who is known for a particular genre
  • Define a genre or write about their similarities or differences or which ones you like or dislike
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Please write a new poem for this prompt; link it in with Mr. Linky; leave us a comment below; visit as many other participants as you can. { Please leave them a comment, too! }
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I hope you can find something in this week's prompt to inspire you.
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Thank you for jamming with us!
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dani
my heart's love songs
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{the above images are in the public domain.}



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18 comments:

  1. well now...that is rather interesting...will have to give that some thought...

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  2. This is a GREAT prompt! got to get my thinking cap on

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  3. thank you, Brian & Helen! i really hope to see you back! {smile}

    my piece is fantasy though i thought it was going to be fantasy and horror. the characters thought otherwise.

    ♥
    dani

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  4. hehe i went a little morbid ...maybe...

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  6. Interesting prompt, Dani. I wrote my poem on "poetry," one of the genres of literature. Looking forward to what you all contribute this week.

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  7. Very interesting prompt. I chose a book and movie from the book. Thanks Dani and all at PJ

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  8. A wide open and interesting prompt ~ Thank you Dani ~

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  9. Dani, I bring you the wonderful world of melodrama, complete with heroine, villain, and hero. It's an oldie, but one that is almost new through revision and a little loving. Very fun prompt.

    I had to look this up for the right words, but here is the garrulous Polonius (in Hamlet Act 2, Scene 2): "The best actors in the world, either for tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited. Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light. For the law of writ and the liberty, these are the only men."

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  10. Hello, Dani, thank you for a thought-provoking prompt. I just posted my poem inspired by my photographs from a recent trip. Enjoy! I will visit everyone in the next few days. <3

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  11. Ann Savage can come to my church social any time! Love that pic.

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  12. This prompt couldn't be more timely:
    It found right in the middle of a genry change in today's poem, which I didn't know how to accommodate. Thank you for this great post and the prompt.

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  13. This prompt did not take me anywhere near where I thought it would...I ended up going a little bluegrass style with this one, the simple lyrics of reliance on family and faith found in so many bluegrass songs seemed so appropriate right now. This has ended up being the third year in a row we've had to help a friend say goodbye to an infant, and much of that emotion came out in this one. Oh yeah, I cried my eyes out writing it, you may need a tissue for this one.

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  14. i just finished reading everyone's poems to this point ~ thank you all for such amazing poetry! the variety is stunning and i am grateful to you all for participating!

    and i love the quote from Hamlet, Susan! {smile}

    ♥
    dani

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  15. done and done. phew. at least it gave me a bit of a kick up the arse. Hello everyone! I can't believe I haven't come back since January.
    I wander.

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  16. Off the top of my head:

    Why don’t men like romcom -
    those light and fluffy novels they deplore?
    Is it that they feel inadequate
    beside those hunky heroes girls adore?

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  17. haha....i have no problem with rom com....viv...smiles.

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