Your Definitive Guide to Novel Genres

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Determining your book’s genre can be tricky — but knowing how to categorize and label your book is crucial if you want it to reach the right literary agents and readers. In this video, I’m going to break down the various genre terms and categories used in the publishing industry and provide a clear framework for determining the genre of your book.
 
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HOW TO DETERMINE YOUR BOOK’S GENRE:
01:37 – Age category
03:49 – Setting  
04:36 – Prose style
07:34 – Most common fiction genres
10:23 – Your genre template
 
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My name is Alyssa Matesic, and I’m a professional book editor with nearly a decade of book publishing and editorial experience. Throughout my career, I’ve held editorial roles across both sides of the publishing industry: Big Five publishing houses and literary agencies. The goal of this channel is to help writers throughout the book writing journey—whether you're working on your manuscript or you're looking for publishing advice.
 
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