Novelcraft

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The art of writing novels. uncountable

    "We hear much of “stagecraft” nowadays, little of novelcraft. Yet I suppose technical dexterity — the choice of an appropriate and significant medium — is as vital to the novel as to the drama."

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"We hear much of “stagecraft” nowadays, little of novelcraft. Yet I suppose technical dexterity — the choice of an appropriate and significant medium — is as vital to the novel as to the drama."

Etymology

From novel + craft.

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