Literature

Literature

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

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grouper effect

Literature; Fiction

Named after the grouper, which eats by opening its capacious mouth and swallowing a huge volume of water, toothlessly capturing its prey in the resulting suction, the specialized ...

handwaving

Literature; Fiction

Distracting the reader with verbal fireworks to keep him from noticing a severe logical flaw.

head fake

Literature; Fiction

A plot action that appears to be significant but is rapidly proved to be a net null, leaving the plot moving in exactly the same direction. Excessive head fakes undermine the ...

here-to-there mistake

Literature; Fiction

Over-describing interim stages because of a mistaken belief that the reader will not infer them. A writer whose character’s eyes are closed, for example, wants to describe ...

homoism

Literature; Fiction

Similar to ''Nowism,'' the mistake of making aliens behave in inappropriate human ways, use inappropriate humanoid gestures or facial expressions, or generally manifest their ...