GENRE FICTION WRITING GROUP

Mission Statement
To promote genre fiction writing and genre fiction writers. To exchange information and insights aimed at helping participants improve as genre fiction writers.

What is Genre Fiction?
Writing that falls into marketing categories such as science fiction, mystery, historical, fantasy, and romance. This type of writing is usually focused on the craft of the storytelling. Stories that have cross-genre influences, such as historical romance or science fantasy are also welcome.
Writing that falls into sub-categories, such as contemporary fantasy or mystery suspense fiction are also welcome. While the writing can be somewhat experimental, experimental writing is not the focus of the Genre Fiction Writing Group.

Guidelines
1.  The focus is genre fiction, e.g. science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, historical.
2.  The group reads and writes both short fiction and novels.
3.  Each submission is limited to a maximum of 5,000 words.
4.  Each member will submit at least 3 stories or novel sections a year for review.
5.  The group is for beginning, intermediate, and advanced writers.
6.  Each review will have a written part to it so that the writer can have something to refer to when reworking the genre fiction piece.
7.  We will be honest, but diplomatic, with the goal of helping each other improve.
8.  We will not make ourselves feel better by making others feel worse.
9.  If the group gets too large, say 8 people or more, we will need to adjust the way the group operates or consider breaking into two groups.
10. All Genre Fiction Writing Group members have to be current dues-paying members of the Knoxville Writers' Guild.