Monday, September 18, 2017

More Than One

An author may be famous because of the particular genre they write. William Shakespeare is mostly known for his plays. He also wrote sonnets. Beat writer Jack Kerouac is famous for his novels. How people knew that he wrote poetry and haiku? Sylvia Plath is famous for her poems. She wrote one novel titled 'The Bell Jar' ( a great novel in my mind).

I wonder if writing more than one genre helps a writer? I switched to poetry four years ago and believe that it has improved my development of characters for short stories. I can't speak for others but I find that the challenge of a different genre stimulates the mental processes of my creativity. I have written a few plays and some horror stories. I'm curious to see if another genre comes up.

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