Literature

Literature

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

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conflict

Literature; Fiction

The opposition of forces between focus characters and their surroundings: either other focus characters or ‘natural forces’ (which include, in addition to the elements, peripheral ...

cookie

Literature; Fiction

An element, not necessary to the plot, which rewards the reader who has been paying careful attention. Ideally, a cookie is a clever turn of phrase, an image, an allusion, or some ...

countersinking

Literature; Fiction

Expositional redundancy, usually performed by an author who isn’t confident of his storytelling: making the actions implied in the story explicit. “‘Let’s get out of here,’ he ...

dare to be stupid

Literature; Fiction

An exhortation by a critic to an author whom the critic thinks is not stretching enough. Authors grow by daring to write bolder, more imaginative, more personal, or more ...

destage

Literature; Fiction

To move offstage action which has been shown onstage. Things can be intentionally destaged (when they’re undramatic) or unintentionally (when the author’s staged the wrong ...

destination

Literature; Fiction

The emotional endpoint of a story: where the author’s intent coincides and rings with the action in the story, where the experiential contract between writer and reader is ...