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comedy/mystery/adventure/sci-fi (science fiction)
Horror or suspense

A genre is a category of fiction writing. This link goes into details about different genres or categories for a story:
http://teenwriting.about.com/library/weekly/aa111102j.htm

Forms of writing

These categories can be written in various forms:

comic book writingnovels
short stories

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Also think about form and stucture when decided on the structure of your story. It could be written in the form of journal entries, letters, or even a series of e-mails between characters.

Other forms:

poetry
play or screenplay(this type of writing has to be in dialogue form with the character speaking being identified with each parts spoken in quotations).

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Parts of a story

When writing fiction, close attention must be given to the parts of a story in a fictional work:

character development

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setting

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plot

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narrative voice and point of view (first person, third person)

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Types of stories:

plot-drivencharacter-drivenidea-drivenmilieuevent story
combination
- http://teenwriting.about.com/cs/plotting/ht/BuildBetterPlot.htm
- http://teenwriting.about.com/library/weekly/aa111102i.htm
This site reviews different helpful categories to be a good fiction writer:
- http://teenwriting.about.com/od/writingfiction/
This site gives the basics for getting ideas on writing fiction:
- http://teenwriting.about.com/library/weekly/aa111102a.htm

There is also non-fiction, which is not a made up story, but based on true events. Some types of non-fiction include biographies that are written about someone by another person. An autobiography is where the person writes about his or her own life. An essay is generally writte about a topic that is discussed in some way. It may be an analogy or a comparision-contrast type of essay. Non-fiction can also be writings that look like a novel, but are true. This is called Journalism. Written on actual news stories but in an interesting way as if you were reading a book. You may find these kinds of writings in a journal type magazine or an editorial in a newspaper.