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What is Fiction Writing?
What are the basics of Fiction Writing?
The uses of Fiction Writing
Basic rules of Fiction Writing
Different types of fictional writing that Authors Practice.

What is Fiction Writing?

Fiction writing is the act of putting words on a page in order to tell a story. It’s the art of telling a story through words, inventing characters and situations that ultimately create a fictional world.

Fiction writers are a type of artists that create works of fiction— stories or tales that describe imaginary events or people created within the writer’s own imagination. Fiction writing is also known as creative writing as it requires creativity to develop ideas that become characters within a story for others’ enjoyment.

It is the field of writing that deals with narratives that are mostly made up by the writer. It’s a story that’s only limit is the imagination and creativity of the author. Fiction writing is often seen as a genre all its own, but in the end, it’s just a form of creative self-expression.

This form of writing has been around for thousands of years, and stories have been traced back to ancient times when people would tell tales to entertain, teach lessons, or share opinions in a non-invasive manner with each other. These stories were passed down orally through generations until man learned the art of the written word.

What are the basics of Fiction Writing?

The basics of fiction writing is a story or narrative with a setting, plot, characters, and conflict.

A story is any account or narration about past events that are written for entertainment or educational purposes and often presented in prose form. The word may also refer to a long-written poem or play about fictional events (such as the plays of William Shakespeare). A plot is a series of events that create an action-filled storyline. To have a plot, there must be a conflict between two opposing sides who have different goals and desires that they try to achieve through various actions over time.

A character is a person, animal, or imaginary being that takes part in the action of a literary work. Most stories contain at least one main character along with several minor characters who provide additional information about other aspects of life during those times (or places). Characters can range from animals like dogs who talk like humans do today all the way back into our history where people believed dragons existed, to warlocks, mages, or humans alike – the character potential is only limited by the writer themselves.

There must be some kind of conflict between at least one main character(s) for it to move a story toward an appealing endpoint and be of value – whether for teaching, sharing, or merely entertaining others.

The uses of Fiction Writing:

Fictional writing often is produced as a story meant to convey an author’s point of view or an expression of their creativity and is often used to educate, inform or entertain the reader. It is the creation of the author’s imagination even though it may reference or be based on real events or people. Fiction writing is a broad term that encompasses any writing of imagined events and characters.

Basic Rules of Fiction Writing:

Fiction writing is the process of creating works of imagination and can be defined as any story that doesn’t claim to be true but is still believable to the reader.

In general, fiction has three requirements:

• There must be made-up (i.e., not real) elements.
• It must be presented as being true
• It must produce some emotional response in the reader or viewer.

The result of this may be a short story, novel, novella, screenplay, or drama — which are all types (though not the only types) of fictional writing styles.

Each piece of fiction is also a story, but not all stories are considered fiction. For example, biographies and autobiographies contain factual information about real people, while novels or short stories do not have to but can.

The term fiction refers to the written word, while nonfiction refers to any form of writing that is not fictional. Nonfiction includes memoirs and autobiographies, as well as essays, articles, and academic works.

Basically, anything that relies on imagination and not solely facts is considered Fiction.

Different types of fictional writing that Authors Practice.

There are many different types of authors who practice fictional writing, including novelists, playwrights, short story writers, and screenwriters. Each type of author has a distinct writing style and audience in mind.

For instance, Novelists may write for a wide audience that includes both casual readers and avid fans; playwrights generally write for theatre audiences; short story writers tend to aim their stories at specific publications or anthologies, and screenwriters focus on creating narratives that will be filmed by directors and enjoyed by people who consume information through a more visual means.

Though they all tell tales with words and/or pictures, each type has its own set of tools:

• Novelists use adjectives to describe characters’ emotions in detail
• Playwrights rely heavily on dialogue to convey action onstage
• Short story authors choose words carefully so as not to overwhelm their audience with descriptions while still communicating everything they need to say about the character or setting.
• Screenwriters script out conversations between characters before moving on to descriptions of the setting or background information (such as what happened before the scene).

Even though there are many differences between all these authors one thing remains true to all, each uses Fiction writing to weave their story into existence. It is a learnable skill that can be enjoyed and developed by anyone. You don’t have to have a degree in creative writing or even be a natural storyteller. It doesn’t matter whether you write for fun or make money from it, either—the most important thing is that you enjoy yourself and love what you do while expressing your innate authentic creativity!