It is well known that there are the basic genres, horror, comedy, romance, but the genres have only been developed over years of responses. Dirk states that Bitzer claims that there has to be a model for a response to a never before encountered dilemma. Once that response is wide-spread, it will become the normal response to that well known dilemma. Genres may seem repetitive, but it is because if we kept having to create new experiences and new responses, story telling would slow down to a crawling pace. An interesting bit of information that I did not realize was that in the writing world, genre used to have a negative reputation. This is due to writers thinking that genre referred to form, and when writing in a genre they were simply “filling in the blanks” for that genre. It is with the genre theory by Bitzer about responses that began to erase the negative reputation for genre and made writers begin to view it as a classification rather than an unoriginal writing tool. This was further broken down when Devitt stated that a genre is basically used to help accomplish goals, whether in writing or in the real world. People tend to subconsciously categorize tasks into different classifications which help us feel less overwhelmed and once categorized, we formulate a plan on how to tackle any obstacles ahead of us. As well as, even though we have been taught an almost algebraic formula on how to write a proper essay, we do not approach texts the same way. Genres shape our lives everyday and it is through genres that we know how to approach problems and they are what help our imaginations run wild.