What I Like to Write, What I Don't Like

February 25th 2017

Dark

I know what dark means when it comes to the dark aka the night and colors. But not exactly sure about as a genre. Yes, I know it’s connected to other genres like Fantasy. Supernatural, Gothic, Horror/Scary, and the occult. Probably a few others, but Fantasy is the one that’s used the most.

What is the Dark genre? That’s one question that I can’t answer. I know what it sounds like. But not what it really is. It sounds like the bad side of itself or another genre. Am I right about that? If you are a Dark genre writer maybe you can tell me if I’m right. You can also tell me what the Dark genre is all about.

A few months ago, I tried my hand at writing Dark Fantasy. At least I think it was Dark Fantasy. It was definitely Fantasy. But I’m not sure about the Dark part. I’m not even sure how long ago I wrote this. It could be, and probably is, longer than a few months.

I also don’t remember the title of it. I’m not even sure if it’s in this portfolio. It could be in my PureSciFi account. I think it’s in this one. But I don’t know for sure without doing a search for my handles in the Dark genre category. You can do that for me. It will give you a chance to review it. I would really like to know if it was Dark Fantasy or just Fantasy.

Some of my Horror/Scary Short Stories I have written maybe Dark. I haven’t written too many of them. But I have written several. Most of them I would consider more scary than horror. I have written one or two, three at the most, that are horror. And they might be Dark too.

Only one of my stories that I have written so far is probably categorized as Dark. And that’s the one I mentioned above. I’m sure it was in the first genre category in my Item. But it could have been in the second one. And Fantasy could be in the first.

Will I write anymore Dark genre stories? I’m sure I will. In fact, I am about to work on one or more that are a part of Novel Challenge I’m going to be hosting in a few months. I don’t think any of them will be Dark genre related. But there is one of them that it could be. If not, it’s going to be as close as you can get without it not being one.