Novel - An extended piece of fiction, normally at least 40,000 words long

/////////////////////////////NOVELLA - 20 K TO 30 K WORDS LONG

///////////////////////////SHORT STORY UNDER 20 K WORDS


///////////////////////////////SHORT-SHORT STORY  UNDER 1500 WORDS


/////////////////////////////////VIGNETTE- DESCRIBE A PERSON, PLACE OR EVENT, SLICE OF LIFE


///////////////////////////////////////////PROSE POEM UNDER 500 WORDS


/////////////////////////////////ANTI-STORY OR ESSAY


////////////////////////////NOVELETTE-7.5K TO 10K WORDS


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Types of Fiction

Science fiction – fiction story with a science theme, space etc.

Animal Fiction – A main character is an animal

Adventure – exciting and sometimes dangerous plot or setting

Realistic fiction – story that is based on a true story

Historical fiction – fiction story based on a historical event

Mystery – A problem is solved by following clues

Humorous fiction – funny story, characters, setting and or plot

Biography – True story of someone’s life

Autobiography – True story of the author’s life

Fantasy – fanciful fiction, cannot possibly be real

Folktales – stories passed down orally by different cultural groups

Fables – similar to folktales but the characters are animals and there is a moral or lesson

 Gothic- horror+romance

Horror-

Romance

///////////////////////Adventure - stories where there is an element of danger and risk. This category often overlaps the others, so that you have a fantasy novel with lots of adventure, or an adventure story with a mystery.
Comic or Graphic Novel - a fairly new category which includes the art as well as the story writing
Drama - the original term 'drama' meant stage drama, and was divided into comedy and tragedy - now we use the term to refer to any sort of fiction that ... well, that doesn't fit into any of the other categories on this page!
Erotic or Pornography - stories about sex
Espionage or Spy Thriller - stories about spies and international intrigue
Fanfiction - stories about another author's characters, such as Harry Potter fanfiction or Star Trek fanfiction. This sort of fiction cannot be sold!
Fantasy - stories that contain elements of what was once called 'fairy tales.' 

Fantasy can be further divided into alternate universe, bangsian, celtic, comic, contemporary, dark, folktale, heroic, high, historical, juvenile, medieval, myth, prehistoric, romantic, steampunk, superhero, sword and sorcery, urban, and wuxia

Horror - stories dealing with things that frighten us. Horror can be further divided into body-related (disease, mutation, mutilation, etc), holocaust, ghost stories, natural disaster, psychological thriller, and supernatural
Humor or Comedy - stories that make us laugh. Comedy can be further divided into burlesque, comedy of manners, farce, parody, satire, and sentimental
Medical - stories about the field of medicine and the people who work in it
Mystery - stories that contain a crime, puzzle, or confusing situation. Mystery can be further divided into cozy, detective (amateur, hardboiled, private investigator), medical, police procedural, supernatural, and whodunit
Poetry - rhythmic writing that deals with emotion. Poems do not have to rhyme, but they must be concise and emotional. Poetry can be broadly divided into epic, dramatic, lyric, narrative, and satirical. Specific poetry forms include acrostic, canzone, carmina figurata, cinquain, concrete, elegy, fixed verse, free verse, ghazal, haiku, jintishi, minnesang, murabba, ode, pantoum, quatrain, rondeau, ruba'i, sestina, sijo, song, sonnet, stev, tanka, and villanelle
Political - stories about the world of politics and the people who work in it
Romance - stories about love. Romance can be broadly divided into catogory (series) and stand-alone (single title). Romance subgenres include contemporary, erotic, historical, inspirational, multi-cultural, paranormal, romantic suspense, romantic science fiction, and time travel
 Science fiction subgenres include alternate history, apocalyptic, biopunk, cyberpunk, dying planet, gothic, military, pulp, steampunk, time travel, space colonization, space opera, and urban
Stream of Consciousness - also called free-writing - unedited and spontaneous ramblings on any topic
Tragedy - stories that make us cry
War Fiction - stories about war and the military
Western Fiction - stories about the American Old West. 

//////////////////////////////PLOT, EXPOSITION, FORESHADOWING,RISING ACTION, CLIMAX,FALLING ACTION, RESOLUTION

CONFLICT,- 5 TYPES-

PERSON V MACHINE/TECHNOLOGY

PERSON V SELF

PERSON V PERSON

PERSON V SOCIETY

PERSON V NATURE/SUPERNATURAL

CHARACTER-

Point-of-view character: The character from whose perspective (theme) the audience experiences the story. This is the character that represents the point of view the audience empathizes, or at the very least, sympathies with. Therefore this is the "Main" Character.
Protagonist:Hero- The driver of the action of the story and therefore responsible for achieving the story's Objective Story Goal (the surface journey). In western storytelling tradition the Protagonist is usually the main character.

Antagonist

Anti-hero
Static character: does not significantly change during the course of a story.
Dynamic character: undergoes character development during the course of a story.
Foil: The character that contrasts to the protagonist in a way that illuminates their personality or characteristic.
Supporting character: 

Minor character:

///////////////////////////////////SYMBOLISM, METAPHOR

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////////////////////////////TV-NSES- MN OF GD AND SWRD

///////////////////////////TV- EXPLOITATION AND DECEPTION IN NATURAL WORLD

//////////////////////////FICTION- CHRONOLOGY- FLASHBACK

SETTING, THEME,STYLE

///////////////////////////NON FICTION-Essays, journals, diaries, documentaries, histories, scientific papers, photographs, biographies, textbooks, travel books, blueprints, technical documentation, user manuals, diagrams and some journalism

/////////////////////////Almanac
Autobiography
Biography
Blueprint
Book report
Creative nonfiction
Design document
Diagram
Diary
Dictionary
Nonfiction films (e.g. documentaries)
Encyclopedia
Essay
Guides and manuals
Handbook
History
Journal (disambiguation)
Journalism
Letter
Literary criticism
Memoir
Natural history
Philosophy
Photograph
Research paper
Science book
Scientific paper
Statute
Textbook
Travelogue

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