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  2. Wikipedia:Myth versus fiction - Wikipedia

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    The recipients of fictional works are for the most part well aware that the work is fictional, but they like fiction because it is entertaining, and potentially also inspiring and illuminating. Myth , on the other hand, is usually of uncertain origin and authorship, and in many cases, seems to have developed in layers over long periods of time.

  3. Fictive kinship - Wikipedia

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    Fictive kinship (less often, fictional kinship [1] [2]) is a term used by anthropologists and ethnographers to describe forms of kinship or social ties that are based on neither consanguineal (blood ties) nor affinal ("by marriage") ties.

  4. Fiction - Wikipedia

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    Fiction writing is the process by which an author or creator produces a fictional work. Some elements of the writing process may be planned in advance, while others may come about spontaneously. Fiction writers use different writing styles and have distinct writers' voices when writing fictional stories. [38]

  5. ‘A Complete Unknown’ Fact vs. Fiction: Bob Dylan ... - AOL

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    Says Browne, “In talking with people from the scene and reading first-hand accounts from those who have since passed, I was struck by how jarring Dylan’s voice, guitar playing and early ...

  6. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    Literary fiction is a term that distinguishes certain fictional works that possess commonly held qualities to readers outside genre fiction. [ citation needed ] Literary fiction is any fiction that attempts to engage with one or more truths or questions, hence relevant to a broad scope of humanity as a form of expression.

  7. Character (arts) - Wikipedia

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    In fiction, a character is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). [1] [2] [3] The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be made. [2]

  8. List of narrative forms - Wikipedia

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    Realistic fiction – stories which portray fictional characters, settings, and events that could exist in real life. Screenplay – a story that is told through dialogue and character action that is meant to be performed for a motion picture and exhibited on a screen. Short story – a brief story that usually focuses on one character and one ...

  9. Fictitious persons disclaimer - Wikipedia

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    A fictitious persons disclaimer in a work of media states that the characters portrayed in it are fictional, and not based on real persons. This is done mostly in realistic films and television programs to reduce the possibility of legal action for libel from any person who believes that they have been defamed by their portrayal in the work ...