Literature

Literature

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

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drabble

Literature; Fiction

A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words in length, not necessarily including the title. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the ...

beta-reader

Literature; Fiction

The beta-reader is a person who voluntarily proofreads fanfics before the original author posts it (sometimes after posting if the author requests it). This is supposed to improve ...

Angst

Literature; Fiction

Angst is a genre of fanfiction stories with prevalent physical or, mainly, emotional torment of characters. Most stories with an angst description contain significant levels of ...

canon

Literature; Fiction

Term canon refers to elements established by the original source material (TV show, book, movie, etc...) itself for either plot, setting, or character developments.

badfic

Literature; Fiction

Term badfic refers to stories written in a deliberately horrible manner, as a special type of Parody story (one usually only done as a Challenge). Badfics tend to use every cliche ...

backstory

Literature; Fiction

Backstory is a fanfiction a story about, or containing scenes of, the past history of a character as set well before the canon's timeline. The character's prior background ...

challenge

Literature; Fiction

Term "challenge" refers to story ideas issued to potential authors by other fans; often involve following specific guidelines or using suggested elements.