The Genre Dilemma

'What are you thinking about?' asked Thomas as he came up behind me and sat on the step next to me. I looked up from my notebook and looked into his eyes. 'Im entertaining a story idea.' I responded. 'I don't know how you do it.' he said. 'Do what?' I asked. 'Come up with so many different stories.' He replied. 'I wouldn't even know how to pick the genre.' He said. 'I always use the same genre.' I said in more of a matter of fact way than I meant. 'What genre?' he asked. 'Historical fantasy.' I said.

'And why's that?' He asked. 'Well, it combines the two best genres of historical fiction and fantasy.' I responded. 'And why are they the best?' he asked. 'Well, historical fiction you can make the most of.' I responded. 'How so?' he asked. 'Well you can extract any genre from it like romance, adventure, war, mystery and so on they can all fit not to mention that you have thousands of years worth of cultures and civilisations to set your story.' I explained. 'And what about fantasy?' He asked. 'Well, fantasy is the most limitless of all the genres there's no limit to what you can create and no limit to what creatures or mediums you can incorporate for example dragons, fairies, and magic and with fantasy you can create your own culture, language, and weaponry.' I responded. 'And how do they work combined?' he asked. 'Well, fantasy gives you the freedom to edit the historical time period of your choice to your liking to a certain extent.' I responded. He looked at me smiled and nodded. I opened my mouth and said. 'And together these genres give one the biggest amount of creative freedom.'