So, yeah... I'm not sure what genre to put my story under... any help? Here's the synopsis:
In a future where gaming and virtual reality have become honed into a perfect combination, a girl's parents are on the verge of divorce, arguing constantly, abusing each other verbally and physically, and sometimes sixteen-year-old Angel gets caught in the middle. She escapes the woes of life, delves into a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), and begins to lose touch with her own reality. There she has friends, good friends, who listen to her. She has a loving boyfriend, who is always there for her. However, when her friends begin to quit the game and her boyfriend mysteriously stops logging in, how does she cope?
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Oct 11, 2009 - 17 01
I would place it in science fiction, since true sci-fi speculates not only on the technological issues, but the social issues surrounding them as well. Or if that doesn't feel right to you, maybe just general fiction?
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Oct 12, 2009 - 04 43
That's kind of what I thought. I had asked one of my friends and he said the same thing. I was just iffy cause I've never written sci-fi (I associate it with like, all those old shows).
Thanks a lot~ ^-^
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-James Michener
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Oct 19, 2009 - 08 20
Personally, I think Country and Western.
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Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I know of no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot…
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Oct 29, 2009 - 05 17
I was thinking alternative folk...
But in all seriousness, Renren, you're pretty squarely in soft sci-fi, maybe bleeding a bit over into mainstream speculative fiction depending on how you work it out in text. Sci-fi is a very expansive genre, and you're going to to be very focused on the game then, yes, it is in fact sci-fi.
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Oct 29, 2009 - 12 59
RYAN!!!!! RYAN?!?! HOMGWTFBBQ!!!
*ATTACK*
Totally didn't expect did see you posting here! Heeey!!!
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-James Michener
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Oct 29, 2009 - 16 37
*Attacked*
Yeah. I've decided I'm going to actually do nano this year after 'trying' the past two years.
After finding Statesboro didn't have a Region I just went to Augusta and then I saw a Renren.
And then I saw you were writing scifi.
And then I was like "My god; I'm even more attracted to that girl now."
And then I was like "Well I just typed way to much information."
And... now I'm gonna stop typing.
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Oct 30, 2009 - 10 16
Ahaha xD I seem to have that effect on guys. My boyfriend had a similar reaction when he found out I play Blizzard games (Starcraft/Diablo). He could hardly believe it!
There are such things as girls on the internet! T_T
----------"I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions."
-James Michener