novelist's
Belonging to storyteller
Novelist's is the possessive form of novelist, indicating something belonging to or associated with a writer of novels.
It typically modifies nouns describing the tools, techniques, or qualities of novel writing: a novelist's craft, the novelist's imagination, her novelist's eye for detail.
The form can indicate literal possession the novelist's manuscript or more abstract attribution a novelist's sensibility for character development.
Original text before publication
- proseUnversified language
- narrativeAccount of events
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- fictionImagined narrative work
drafts · revisions · chapters · dialogue · characterization · plot · voice · style
Blank pages for jottings
- journalRecord of daily events
- outlineSummary of key elements
- notesBrief written records
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
laptop · pen · drafts · sketches · index cards · files · archives · library
Noted perceptions
- insightsPenetrating understandings gained
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- sensibilityRefined emotional responsiveness
vision · eye · interpretation · perception · experiences · memories · research · empathy
First public appearance
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- publicationIssued written material
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- agentOne who acts independently
editor · publisher · contract · advances · book tour · readings · signings · interviews
manuscript
Original text before publication
- proseUnversified language
- narrativeAccount of events
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
fiction · drafts · revisions · chapters · dialogue · characterization · plot · voice · style · pacing
notebook
Blank pages for jottings
research · laptop · pen · drafts · sketches · index cards · files · archives · library · references
observations
Noted perceptions
- insightsPenetrating understandings gained
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
sensibility · vision · eye · interpretation · perception · experiences · memories · research · empathy · curiosity
debut
First public appearance
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- publicationIssued written material
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
agent · editor · publisher · contract · advances · book tour · readings · signings · interviews · awards
novelist'shistorian's
Of one documenting past
journalist's · biographer's · reporter's · chronicler's · scholar's
novelist'sreader's
Belonging to one absorbing text
critic's · reviewer's · editor's · publisher's · audience's
- romance novelistAuthor of love stories
- mystery novelistAuthor of whodunits
- crime novelistAuthor of detective fiction
- popular novelistWidely-read fiction writer
- graphic novelistCreator of illustrated books
- Victorian novelist19th-century British fiction writer