Elemental Genre becomes particularly useful when you start blending the elements for sub-plots, character arcs, or even mash-ups.
Tools, not rules. For writers, by writers.
The word “genre” has a lot of weight to it. Arguments about whether a particular work is, or is not, part of a given genre are long, and tedious. Season Eleven will not be engaging in those arguments. We’re giving all that a wide miss by adding an adjective, and defining…