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title: Genre Conventions
description: Genre conventions are the specific tropes, structures, and audience expectations associated with different film genres. Learners will understand how to identify these patterns and use or subvert them to write effective horror, comedy, sci-fi, or drama scripts.
category: literature-writing
subcategory: creative-writing
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/genre-conventions
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# Genre Conventions

Genre conventions are the specific tropes, structures, and audience expectations associated with different film genres. Learners will understand how to identify these patterns and use or subvert them to write effective horror, comedy, sci-fi, or drama scripts.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 2 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Bang2Write Genre Guides

Practical breakdowns of genre tropes and how to subvert them

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://bang2write.com/category/genre/

### 2. scriptmag.com

Script Magazine is an online publication for screenwriters featuring craft-focused articles, interviews with industry professionals, and practical resources like sample scripts and market news to help you write, develop, and pitch your projects.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://scriptmag.com

**Tags:** websites, personal-development, communication

## Books

### 1. The Writer’s Journey

**Author:** Christopher Vogler

Christopher Vogler's adaptation of Joseph Campbell's monomyth for storytellers, laying out the twelve stages of the hero's journey and eight recurring character archetypes, illustrated with film examples. Readers can map a story's structure onto these stages and diagnose where a plot stalls.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0941188132?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, screenwriting

### 2. Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies

**Author:** Blake Snyder

Blake Snyder's companion to Save the Cat!, breaking down fifty films into beat sheets organized under his ten story genres such as Monster in the House and Buddy Love. Readers learn to recognize each genre's required elements and apply them to their own scripts.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1932907351?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, screenwriting

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