fiction

Also known as fictional, fiction form, fictional art form, imaginary genre, imaginary art genre

thumb|upright=1.2|An illustration from Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'']]

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Fiction is literature created from the imagination rather than factual events, such as novels and stories. It matters because it allows authors to explore ideas, emotions, and human experiences in creative ways that can entertain, inspire, and help readers understand themselves and the world.

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Research

7,648 papers

[Fiction versus fiction].Sante publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France) · 2024Ledun MDOI: 10.3917/spub.pr1.0027
The Spanish flu and the fiction literature.ReviewRevista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2020Vázquez-Espinosa E, Laganà C, Vázquez FDOI: 10.37201/req/049.2020
[2022, a year of fiction, but a year of progress].Bulletin du cancer · 2022Bay JO, L'Allemain GDOI: 10.1016/j.bulcan.2021.12.008
Science fiction and ELSI: three thoughts.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Greely HTDOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1270590
Cognitive effects and correlates of reading fiction: Two preregistered multilevel meta-analyses.Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2024Wimmer L, Currie G, Friend S et al.DOI: 10.1037/xge0001583
Imagining Education Futures: Researchers as Fiction Authors.Postdigital science and education · 2023Hrastinski S, Jandrić PDOI: 10.1007/s42438-023-00403-x
Alcoholism between Fiction and Reality.ReviewFrontiers of neurology and neuroscience · 2013Carota A, Calabrese PDOI: 10.1159/000343259
Autobiographical phenomenology of memories of fiction.Memory (Hove, England) · 2024Çetin OG, Gülgöz SDOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2348154

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Commons category: Fiction
exact match: cv.iptc.org/newscodes/subjectcode/01010001
hashtag: fiction

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Contents

Definition and theory
Fiction and reality{{anchor|Reality_and_fiction}}
Fiction versus non-fiction
Speculative versus realistic fiction
History
Elements
Formats
Fiction writing
Literary fiction
Genre fiction
Types by word count
Process of fiction writing
Fictionalization as a concept
See also
Notes
Citations
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|upright=1.2|An illustration from Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'']]

Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with fact, history, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, fiction refers to written narratives in prose often specifically novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games.