Literature

Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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freeze-frame

Literature; Fiction

Adapted from the movies, a brief pause for description of a new person, thing, or event.

gag detail

Literature; Fiction

Unnecessarily unrealistic detail that blows the credibility of the story. “I can accept a Neanderthal going to Harvard, but a Neanderthal with a middle name? Gag.”

shadow staging

Literature; Fiction

Presenting a crucial event (such as an out-of- whack event) by its consequences rather than showing it directly. In ''Sophie’s Choice,'' for example, Sophie’s choice is ...

simile of action

Literature; Fiction

Metaphors or similes can be considered as a means of coining adjectives by repackaging nouns: “He was as strong as a bull, rosy-fingered dawn, it was as easy as pie.” Metaphors ...

scene outline

Literature; Fiction

A blow-by-blow description of the onstage events. It covers everything the action outline covered, but also (1) segregates background information from the narrative flow, (2) ...

segue

Literature; Fiction

Another term for bridge: a phrase or sentence which links two different scenes. In general, the smoother and less obtrusive the segue, the better.

smart subconscious

Literature; Fiction

Term used when a critic (or the author) reviews text in light of a new approach or theory and discovers, much to his or her surprise, that within the previous text are a whole ...