fiction writers
Inventors of tales
Fiction writers are authors who create imaginary narratives—novels, short stories, screenplays.
The term distinguishes them from journalists, historians, and other writers who document actual events.
She dreamed of becoming a fiction writer after college.
Fiction writers may work across genres or specialize in one: romance, mystery, literary fiction.
- short story writerAuthor of brief fiction
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- bookBound written work
- character developmentProtagonist's psychological growth
- point of viewOne's particular outlook
story · foreshadowing · magical realism · narrative voice · penname · writer's block · plot · plot twist · fantasy · pacing · world-building · literary magazine · biographer · symbolism · editors · book deal · bestseller list · publishers
- British LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Austen
- Writing Worldvoice, novelists, style, poets, tone
- literaturebooks, book, poetry, stories, novels
- literary worldauthors, poets, novelists, literary agents, manuscripts
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- German LiteratureGoethe, Mann, Kafka, Franz Kafka, Rilke
truth vs. invention
fiction writersjournalists
News gatherers and writers
historians · reporters · biographers · documentarians · memoirists