Literature

Literature

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

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rules of engagement

Literature; Fiction

An element of overhead: the definitions of permissible and impermissible contact and behavior of a fictionally-created device or being. Aliens are most real when they have ...

unperceived source

Literature; Fiction

An inspiration for an author’s creation which the author does not recognize until it is pointed out to him. Many authors resist acknowledging their unperceived sources. (Geoff ...

unreliable narrator

Literature; Fiction

A storyteller who is eventually revealed to have been concealing the truth, or even mis-stating it (unintentionally or deliberately). A development of twentieth-century literature ...

unstage

Literature; Fiction

To destage something intentionally. Often used as a rewrite term.

stalling

Literature; Fiction

When an author, knowing a big scene or crucial event is upcoming, writes desultory here-to-there scenes as a means of deferring the more difficult (and emotionally charged) task ...

stapledon

Literature; Fiction

A character prone to holding forth, at length and without interruption, while various info dumps are unloaded on the helpless reader. Often surrounded by sycophantic peripheral ...

storyboard

Literature; Fiction

Adapted from the movies, a visually-oriented simple description of the events in a scene. Often useful for authors wishing to structure or restructure their plots and separate ...