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Okay, so did I miss the day in editor school where they decided that “fictional novel” is the correct term? Last time I checked, a “fictional novel” is one that doesn’t exist because, hey, it’s fictional. “Fiction novel” is a little better, but not much.
According to Answers.com…
nov·el (n?v’?l)
n.
A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
The literary genre represented by novels.
Do you not get that “fiction novel” is redundant? Who are you trying to impress by calling it a “fiction novel”? It doesn’t impress me. It makes me think you don’t understand the basic premise of what a novel is.
End rant.
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Another novel blog post from Kristen ;-)
Yer funny. :]
kk
Truth be told, there are so many variations to the words FICTION and NOVEL, that the definition of being LITERARY has lost all meaning in the face of commercial publishing.
I agree completely. They call stuff “literary” to make reading it sound cool, the same way they call totally NOT PUNK bands “punk” to make listening to sound cool. Yes, Blink 182, I’m talking to you.
Kristen