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I'm trying to specify a genre for my stories, but I have no idea how to categorize a story about a polar bear.
          	
          	I went with Social Themes, Immigration and Refugees. 
          	
          	That makes no sense, but that's the closest thing I can find.

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@adelineday Seriously? That feels like a big genre to overlook.
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adelineday

@Ornacopa I've had a similar experience trying to classify a story as Humour and finding that it's not on the list, which is strange when Wattpad itself has an ambassador profile for that genre.
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I'm trying to specify a genre for my stories, but I have no idea how to categorize a story about a polar bear.
          
          I went with Social Themes, Immigration and Refugees. 
          
          That makes no sense, but that's the closest thing I can find.

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@adelineday Seriously? That feels like a big genre to overlook.
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adelineday

@Ornacopa I've had a similar experience trying to classify a story as Humour and finding that it's not on the list, which is strange when Wattpad itself has an ambassador profile for that genre.
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I wrote a novelette.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/336545535-mythscape-collection

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@adelineday Thank you. Just a heads up, but you'll need an hour since it is about 10,000 words.
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adelineday

@Ornacopa I might read it when I have a free afternoon.
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So I've been reading my own story, and the number of things I want to change is adding up in my head.
          
          It's just a constant barrage of, "Wait a minute, that doesn't match my current ideas at all."
          
          I knew this would happen on a reread, but it's long overdue.

adelineday

@Ornacopa I can understand that.
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I plan to continue writing once I finish rereading my own story. 
          
          The long hiatus periods between writing sessions have, unfortunately, resulted in my losing track of my own plot. 
          
          So I'm going to reread the entire thing from the beginning.

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@adelineday Thank you.
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adelineday

@Ornacopa Best of luck.
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Forebears is a really neat site because it has data showing the popularity of forenames and surnames in different countries. 
          
          So, just to verify, I looked up the surname Kitsunezuka. The data shows that 2,116 people bear this surname. 2,114 in Japan. 1 in Thailand. And 1 in the United States.
          
          There's even subnational data. Within Japan, the surname Kitsunezuka is most frequent in Tochigi Prefecture.

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And just to check a different surname, unsurprisingly de Beaumont is way more common in Quebec, with an incidence of 144 compared to an incidence of 3 in Ontario.
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I just read a Filipino discussion where they discuss the status of the Tagalog language, making the exact same comparison I used when I mentioned Ireland's struggle to maintain its native language.
          
          Is this what it feels like to have the gift of foresight?
          
          Thematically resonant once again.

adelineday

@Ornacopa I've never thought of that similarity.
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