fiction's
Made-up stories' domain
Fiction's is the possessive form of fiction, indicating something belonging to or associated with fiction as a concept or genre.
It attributes qualities, elements, or effects to imaginative literature: Fiction's power lies in making the impossible feel real.
The form also appears in phrases like fiction's greatest characters or fiction's relationship to truth.
Account of events
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- proseUnversified language
- novelNew and unusual
- short storyBrief prose fiction
imagination · characters · plot · author · creativity · genre · manuscript · publishing
Deliberate untruths
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- inventionNew device or method
- untruthA false statement
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
pretense · illusion · fantasy · make-believe · distortion · exaggeration · concoction · myth
Belief held without proof
- constructBuild systematically
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
statute · device · precedent · interpretation · formality · technicality · convention · stipulation
narrative
Account of events
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- proseUnversified language
- novelNew and unusual
short story · imagination · characters · plot · author · creativity · genre · manuscript · publishing · readership
lies
Deliberate untruths
deception · pretense · illusion · fantasy · make-believe · distortion · exaggeration · concoction · myth · misrepresentation
presumption
Belief held without proof
- constructBuild systematically
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
doctrine · statute · device · precedent · interpretation · formality · technicality · convention · stipulation · imputation
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- fan fictionStories borrowing existing characters
- realistic fictionInvented yet plausible storytelling
- fictional characterImaginary person in stories
- horror fictionWriting intended to terrify
- historical fictionNovels set in actual pasts
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