Fiction

What is fiction?

Fiction is a type of writing that comes from an author's own imagination and tells a stor publish fiction across a range of mediums, and fiction stories can be any length—like  and novellas or short stories. There are many types of fiction within the genre of fiction itself, but all types of fiction include basic elements:

  • Plot: All stories contain a plotline, which has a clearly defined beginning, middle and end of story.

  • Characters: There are many characters portrayed in fiction stories, but the narrative generally focuses on a protagonist and an antagonist. The protagonist is the hero of the story who the reader hopes to see succeed, and the antagonist is the villain.

  • Dialogue: Direct back-and-forth conversations between characters happen throughout the story to help progress the plot.

  • Conflict: There may be many instances of conflict throughout the story, but there is usually one major conflict that needs to be solved by the story's end.

  • Setting: Every type of fiction has a setting that explains where and when the story takes place.


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