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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 ...
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