Episode 3: Genre and Conventions

A new podcast for writers

Sandra O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Your First Fifteen Pages
3 min readApr 8, 2019

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Every murder mystery has a dead body. Every thriller a villain. Every love story a meet cute. And every genre has elements that readers expect to find in the stories they choose to read. This week we’re talking about genre — what they are, why it’s important to find yours, and the conventions that define genres. Jump over Episode 3: Genre and Conventions of the…

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Sandra O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Your First Fifteen Pages

Writing about life, death and everything In between. Reader of history, memoirs, and the stars. Looking for answers to life’s deeper questions.