Genre

A Genre is a definition of the story's focus and basic writing style.
===General===
A General story has elements of most genres, usually Suspense, Comedy, Action/Adventure and Romance, Drama or Angst (rarely more than one of those three).
===Action/Adventure===
Action/Adventure stories usually revolve around fighting other characters during a journey or quest. However, it can also be solely one or the other as both genres are usually given as one.
===Suspense===
A suspenseful story is a story that focuses on the events leading up to an even greater one, which usually occurs as the climax, or after the ending. i.e. Studying for a test, Training for a race, fighting towards a greater evil...
===Comedy===
A comedy is a story that focuses on humor and makes the reader laugh. 
===Drama===
Drama is similar to angst. However, drama often deals with romance and conflict.
===Romance===
Romance is a story where two or more characters are in love. Usually two or three pairs will come together in love at the end, or are together and tested.
===Angst===
An angstful story is a story that often boarders on Romance where one character is in great emotional pain over a non-romantic problem such as abuse or similar.
===Horror===
Horror stories usually follow characters being terrorized by a killer or creature or some kind of problem which causes the reader anxiety, fear, and ultimately thrills.
===Friendship===
Friendship stories bring two characters together as friends or focus on their friendship.
===Tragedy===
Stories with the genre of tragedy have multiple characters (usually the main characters) die. A great example of this is some of Shakespeare's plays like Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet.
===Sci-Fi===
Sci-Fi usually deals fictional species causing danger or problems to human society, take place in the distant future, or involve space or time travel.
===Historical===
Like the title says, Historical stories deal with real historical moments, such as wars (ex. Civil War) or other big moments in time (ex. death of a political figure).
===Fantasy===
Fantasy usually deals with magic and mystical creatures of some sort.
===Crossover===
Crossovers find characters from different stories, series or films coming together.
===Prequel===
Prequels are usually set before the events of the series.
===Remake/Rewrite===
Remakes are stories that attempt to remake episodes.
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