GENRE

• Identifying the genre of your screenplay [Anon - from Screenwriters & Playwrights Home Page]
• Identifying the genre of your screenplay [Robert Kosberg - from Screenwriters & Playwrights Home Page]
• Genre - It may be a familiar formula, but you can make it into a knockout new recipe - notes on the thriller. [Crawford Kilian]
  

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SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

• What makes a Story Science Fiction? [S. Andrew Swann]
• Writing science fiction screenplays [Alex Epstein]
• Writing fantasy/sci fi screenplays [Alex Epstein]
• Science Fiction Don'ts [Alex Epstein]
• Heroes in contemporary works of fantasy literature (part one): The hero myth [John Flynn]
• Heroes in contemporary works of fantasy literature (part two): Heroic fantasy [John Flynn]
• Heroes in contemporary works of fantasy literature (part three): Sword and fantasy [John Flynn]
• Time-travel literature [John Flynn]
• fictional characteristics of magical realism [Michael Walthius]
• On thud and blunder: creating the hero's world in heroic fantasy [Poul Anderson]
• sci-fi world-building [Stephen Baxter]
  Constructing an SF Universe
• - What is Science Fiction? [S. Andrew Swann]
• - Underst and how your world is different. [S. Andrew Swann]
• - Develop your world consistently. [S. Andrew Swann]
• - Evoke a sense of complexity. [S. Andrew Swann]
• - Make your world essential to your story. [S. Andrew Swann]
• - Special cases to consider. [S. Andrew Swann]
• - Three exercises in worldbuilding and extrapolation. [S. Andrew Swann]
• General writing advice, especially for fantasy and horror writing [George Scithers and Darrell Schweitzer]
• overdone story lines in fantasy/horror [Kyle Phillips]
• The Lesson of the Struldburgs: The Human Component in Fantasy [Sharron Riesberg]
  

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HORROR/THRILLERS

• Horror and Thriller Don'ts [Alex Epstein]
• Breaking into TV writing and TV sitcom format [Chuck Atkins]
  
• "The Cinematic Eye, #"8 [Charles Shelton]
• "The Cinematic Eye, #"2 [Charles Shelton]

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ACTION-ADVENTURE

• Writing action for the global market [Sharon Cobb and Neil Hicks]
  
• "Writing Action/Adventure" [Christopher Wehner - from Action/Adventure Screenwriting Page]

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PERIOD PIECES

• Some thoughts on Period Pieces [Alex Epstein]
  

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ROMANCE

• Why not write sensuous romances [Lori Foster]
• How to tell whether you might be a romance writer [Rosalyn Alsobrook]
• What Are Editors Buying, and Why? [Linda Hyatt]
• In Defense Of Violence [Jennifer Blake]
• Gothic Romance [Lori Ball]
  

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DETECTIVE STORIES

• Why Police Stories [Bill Johnson]
  (Explores why detective stories are popular. Reviews Lethal Weapon.)
• Five Essential Clues For Authors On Correct Police Procedures [Dan Byram]
  

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COMEDY/HUMOR

• Writing comedy screenplays [Alex Epstein]
• Setting Up the Comedic Style [Linda Seger]
• Theories of Humor [Richard Michaels]
• Humor and Emotion [Richard Michaels]
• Categories of Humor [Richard Michaels]
• The Art of the Romantic Comedy [Bill Johnson]
  (A review of Sleepless in Seattle that explores how this film structures its scenes to create a particular dramatic effect.)
• Serious Comedies & the Reverse: Mixing Humor and Tears [Playwriting Seminars]
  

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DRAMA

• Writing dramatic screenplays [Alex Epstein]
  

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