This document provides an introduction to fiction by defining it, discussing its qualities and types. It notes fiction is imaginative narrative, especially in prose form, and involves made-up stories or imaginary events. Good fiction requires a writer to engage the reader, develop believable characters and compelling plots through their use of elements like setting, dialogue and theme. Fiction comes in forms like novels, short stories, plays and poetry and genres like realistic, non-realistic and semi-fiction.
2. Quick Write: (WNB) Think of the best story you’ve ever heard. In writing, do your best to describe this story. Why did you like it so much? What did the writer do well?
5. “Official” Definitions (Dictionary.com) imaginative narration, especially in prose form something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation
6. Qualities of Good Fiction On the next page of your notebook, please.. Title it: A writer of good fiction has to… Then, brainstorm as many qualities of good fiction as you can by creating a bulleted list. I’ll ask everyone to share at least one in a moment.
8. Types of Fiction Realistic Fiction Could actually happen in real life, but is not based on true events Non-realistic Fiction Could not actually happen in real life because they involve some sort of supernatural aspect or impossible technology or alter history in some way. Semi-fiction fiction implementing a great deal of non-fiction i.e. “based on a true story”
10. Fiction is harder to write [than nonfiction] because it’s an act of invention, vs. description, but I think the satisfaction at the end is well worth the challenges.
