A hundred years ago, World War 1 was being fought. Now there are thousands of books being published about that war. These come in the form of picture books, chapter books, non-fiction books, short stories, poems, plays. Some are on the history of the war, some are realistic stories, some are fantasy stories. Some are relationship stories about friendships among the soldiers or between soldiers and their families back home. It can be hard deciding what sort of story or poem or book you want to write. But don't worry that there are so many types of writing and don't worry that writing for young readers means that you may have to choose whether you're writing for a four year old or a 16-year-old or some age in between. Go for whatever you like writing. In this module we're going to use three key words, genre, form, and audience. There'll be a video about each one so you'll have plenty of time to get to know them. In this video I'll just introduce you to all those three words. Genre is a word that describes the topic of your writing or what you are writing about. So there's a fantasy genre with magical people, animals, and events. There's a realistic genre, where the story or poem usually deals with real life things that happens to real life people. There's a historical genre, where your book, play or article is set in the past. Is the romance genre, love stories and such. There's an adventure genre, where exciting things happen to the characters. And there are more genres which we'll talk about in the next video on genre types. Form refers to the sort of writing you hope to produce. A poem, a play, a chapter book, a story, a magazine article, a picture book and so on. And audience refers to the age group you are writing for. And sometimes, their interests. Your audience could be very little children or 10 year olds or teenagers. So you might write a poem, that's the form, about a fantasy animal, that's the genre, which is meant for seven to eight year olds. That's the audience. Or you might write a story, the form, set in historical times, the genre, aimed at older teenagers, the audience. As we see it, don't worry that there are so many types of genre form and audience. Feel pleased that there are such a lot they give you more ways to write. As you start to write, you will find the ones you enjoy most. The books and stories you like reading may also have given you an idea of which genres, forms, and audiences appeal to you. And remember that you can always use the same idea for a poem and a story or a picture book and some non fiction. There's a wide, wonderful world of writing ahead of you. What if you're stuck and can't decide on your genre or form or audience? And every writer gets stuck sometimes. I do, about three times every day. Then you read. Take a book or a story you like. Read it slowly. What's it about? What's it's genre? What form is it? Is it a picture book, a poem or a story? What age group or audience does it seem to be aimed at? As we've said, reading is always a great help to writers.