Literature

Literature

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

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sorcerer’s apprentice’s mop

Literature; Fiction

A device or gadget which, if introduced into a society will spread, become pervasive, and change every aspect of society (cf. the telephone or the nanobots in Greg Bear’s ''Blood ...

space western

Literature; Fiction

A pernicious form of used furniture where every Martian or Jovian town looks and sounds like Dodge City.

staging

Literature; Fiction

The technique of bringing scenes to vivid life, making them so tangible and evocative that the reader is transfixed, bringing out the inherent drama or magnifying it so that it ...

style

Literature; Fiction

Style is using words to create an aura, an effect that permeates the story. Extreme style becomes baroque, obtrusive stylization, but when handled deftly, the words become part of ...

story clock

Literature; Fiction

The pace at which action is internally described. See ''fast forward'' and ''travel time.''

subtext

Literature; Fiction

A secondary level of action or content in a scene. Not stated overtly — that is, not perceived by the characters — and sometimes not even consciously perceived by the author.

texture

Literature; Fiction

Texture encompasses both crispness of prose and efficiency of delivering images to the reader. At one level, it is word choice: at another, image choice. (E.g. when dealing with ...