- 2026 Writing/Activity Vault -

Task 4: February 12th - February 25th

For this round of paycheck earning activity, we are required to report on a genre we’ve yet to tackle and why we are yet to do so.

Funny enough, as I went through the list, I realized I’ve written something that could fit into most of them! Fancy that.
/pats self on back/

However, there are a couple that have me stumped, and one of them is this:

Genealogy.

Hm.

According to The Google:

         Genealogy:
         noun
         - a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.
         - the study and tracing of lines of descent.
         - a plant's or animal's line of evolutionary development from earlier forms.

So, based on that – are we to assume that writing in this genre would require one to focus on tracing a character’s roots or perhaps something non-fiction based – which would then cover the ‘Research’ genre, wouldn’t it?

Either way, this is a genre that’s not really crossed my mind as much. The way I see it, dabbling into this genre would require something more than just a flash fiction or 1000-word story. I could delve into it, if I wanted to churn out a novel that looked back on a family’s history and create my own genealogy tree for said characters, however, this is something that would require time and patience – something I do not have at this time in my life, unfortunately.

On the non-fiction side of things, someday it would be nice to do a deep dive into my family’s roots. My father was a treasure trove of history, but with his passing, it’s become harder to gather up material to know where to even start.

(haha! As I type this, guess what commercial just showed up on my television screen – ANCESTRY.COM! you cannot make this up! )

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