My stories barely fall into genres. They're basically the thinnest plot imaginable, wrapped in stylish equivocation and intense characters, with some space ships to keep the viewer nice and grounded.
But I adore writing character pieces. I often just base my stories around an idea like a lonely, insecure jerk and how he ruins everything that he touches, or how a dude was, er-hem, groomed by a prodigy voodoo master and tried to escape him by moving to a backwater planet so he could spend his days growing space carrots. Booyah.
Generally, I write sci fi - a really soft strain that could easily not be sci fi at all - and action. I wrote a few Unreal Tournament fan fictions which were really action heavy and they worked out okay, and I've written a few funny stories. Humour is pretty easy for me. A strong suit, even.
I guess my real strength is just laying down what's in someone's head, and making it kind of interesting. A bit of angst along the way, nothing too dramatic, and themes which aren't seen very often. I used to use female protagonists like, every single time, but I've recently gone back to male leads.
I'm way better at them, and exchanges with the opposite sex are way less cheesy and constrained. Also, the action sequences come more naturally and are more realistic when it comes to slinging punches. I mean sure, girls can be extraordinarily brutal and competent fighters but without a weapon or serious technique they're less well-equipped to deal with scaly behemoths with claws and tusks. Since I usually want a human character who goes from zero to a hero with their fists, I like to make it as believable as I can.
I'm no good at legitimate drama, though - like when your whole family was blown up or your best friend was gored by a rhino monster. Pondering the implications of forfeiting your days to a experiment in recreating your species from a lab which is a renovated toilet block? That's much easier.
An editor reviewed an original work of mine pretty highly. Nice lady. I'd relay the gist of her praise but I'm not a complete arrogant asshat.
Did I just type this whole thing off-subject?