Novel Kicks Writing Room: One Sentence In Different Genres

Published February 4, 2026 | By Laura

Welcome back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.

It’s all about trying different genres today.

We are going to begin with this one sentence –

He/She/They/I walk into a room. Everything stops. Silence falls.

Starting with that one sentence, we are going to write something within four different genres.

Historical Fiction

Crime Fiction

Contemporary Fiction and/or Romance

Horror

We are going to write at least three hundred words in all four of the genres above.

Try not to think about the quality of what you’re writing. Just write and see.