Genre Guide — Fantasy

You should consider writing litRPG if… You love reading them You like epic fantasy but you love RPGs You enjoy the risk of a brand …

If you want to write in a genre, you have to read that genre. Experts in the industry are consistent with their advice that you must be an avid reader of a genre to write well in it. There are only two books here, as I have not read widely in this genre.

With so few books here, it is incredibly important for you to do your own research. Search for litRPG books…

LitRPG is a very new genre, the term only being coined in 2013. As such, it doesn’t have an official category on Amazon, and unlike grimdark, I don’t think it has enough mainstream support that it will get one. However, you will find plenty of self-published fantasy books with litRPG as part of their title or subtitle. It’s a sought after keyword, and you’ll find litRPG titles in high spots of other fantasy genre’s

If you want to write in a genre, you have to read that genre. Experts in the industry are consistent with their advice that you must be an avid reader of a genre to write well in it. Depending on what kind of grimdark novel you’re writing, you’ll want to look at the instructional and informational books in the epic fantasy, military fantasy, and gene

You should consider writing grimdark if… You love reading them You love writing bad guys The lack of face tumors, gruesome wounds, and corrupt officials …

If you want to write in a genre, you have to read that genre. Experts in the industry are consistent with their advice that you must be an avid reader of a genre to write well in it.

If you like your urban fantasy with a side of romance; if you like Twilight or True Blood; if you think werewolves are underrepresented in modern fantasy; then paranormal might be a good fit for you.

The real thing to figure out is do you like romance? Because most of what is referred to as paranormal is actually paranormal romance.

Paranormal is a subset of intrusion fantasy that gets its own page here as it is unique in both its popularity and the fact that it’s almost never written except in genre combinations.

There is some confusion/discussion about what paranormal fiction actually is.

If you want to write epic fantasy, you must read epic fantasy. Experts in the industry are consistent with their advice that you must be an avid reader of a genre to write well in it. The books listed below will teach you about the genre and help you get a feel for all the different things you can do with it. 

Books to Read There are only a few books noted here, because most likely your portal fantasy will owe more to its genre combination than …