21ST CENTURY MAJOR GENRES
BLOG or WEBLOG
1. FLASH FICTION
 It is a medium of brief and enclosed stories.
 Its average word count ranges anywhere from five to 1,500 words,
but the consensus is that the maximum tops out at 2,000.
 Also called short shorts, nanotales, micro-stories, postcard fiction.
 Characteristics of Flash Fiction
a. Brevity. Regardless of the specific word count, flash fiction
attempts to condense a story into the fewest words possible. To
look at it another way, flash fiction tries to tell the biggest, richest,
most complex story possible within a certain word limit.
b. A beginning, middle, and end. In contrast to a reflection, most
flash fiction tends to emphasize plot. While there are certainly
exceptions to this rule, telling a complete story is part of the
excitement of working in this condensed form.
c. A twist or surprise at the end. Again, there are plenty of
exceptions to this rule, but setting up expectations and then
turning them upside down in a short space is one hallmark of
successful flash fiction.
 6 Categories
a. Flash fiction: Max 1500 words.
b. Sudden fiction: Max 750 words.
c. Drabble, or microfiction: Max 100 words.
d. Dribble, or minisaga: Max 50 words.
e. Twitterature: Max 280 characters.
f. Six-word story: Any story with a single-digit word count is a
category unto itself.
2.
 It is an online journal or informational website displaying
information in the reverse chronological order, with the latest
posts appearing first.
 It is a platform where a writer or even a group of writers share
their views on an individual subject.
 The main purpose of a blog is to connect you to the relevant
audience.
 Common Features
a. Header with the menu or navigation bar
b. Main content area with highlighted or latest blog posts
c. Sidebar with social profiles, favorite content, or call-to-action
d. Footer with relevant links like a disclaimer, privacy policy,
contact page, etc.
3. HYPERPOETRY
 This genre is also called cyberpoetry.
 Hyperpoetry works on the web.
 It is basically just traditional work uploaded.
 Hypertext poetry is the new genre of literature that use the
computer screen as medium, rather than the printed page.
 This literary work relies on the qualities unique to a digital
environment, such as linked World Wide Web pages or effects
such as sound and movement.
4. MOBILE TEXTULA
 Textula is a poetry genre mastered by Frank Rivera.
 Entire poems are written and read on mobile phones.
  Traces its origins to traditional tagalog form of poetry called  Sometimes called “what-if” books, speculative literature changes
Tanaga. the laws of what’s real or possible as we know them in our
 Text tula or Textula employs communication technology in the current society, and then speculates on the outcome
sharing of tanaga.  The terms was largely associated with only the science fiction
 A short poetry in a form of tanaga, dalit, and diona that is sent genre in the late twentieth century, as science fiction is a widely-
through SMS on mobile phone with your friends, families, loved read genre that contains speculative elements.
ones, and through netizens.  The term expanded in the twenty-first century to encompass
 It consists of 4 lines with 7 syllables each. more subgenres beyond just science fiction, like fantasy and
dystopian literature. Today, speculative fiction is a blanket term
5. CHICK LIT for the stories that take place beyond our known world.
 A genre of fiction concentrating on young women and their
emotional lives.
 Women’s fiction is a wide-ranging literary genre that includes
various types of novels that generally appeal more to women
than men.
 They are usually written by women, are addressed to women,
and tell one particular story about women.
 The genre description is an umbrella term that covers main
stream novels, romantic fiction

6. SPECULATIVE FICTION
 The term “speculative fiction” was used for the first time by
Robert Heinlein in 1947.
 Speculative fiction is a literary “super genre,” which
encompasses a number of different genres of fiction, each with
speculative elements that are based on conjecture and do not exist
in the real world.