I am trying my hand at writing fiction
The result of this may be a short story, novel, novella, screenplay, or drama. Which type will you be looking to write?
I am thinking along the lines of a novel
That sounds good! What genre will you look to be writing?
I think modern day fiction
, is written to appeal to a large audience and it sells more primarily because it is more commercialised. An example is the "Twilight" series which may sell more than Herman Melville's "Moby Dick", because the "Twilight" novels deal with elements of pop culture – romance and vampires.
Categories of prose fiction Literary fiction.
Literary fiction is fictional works that hold literary merit, that is to say, they are works that offer social commentary, or political criticism, or focus on aspect of the human
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