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* {{Novelization}}: A book adaptation of a work that wasn't a book.* {{Omnibus}}: A collected edition of a book series containing (almost) the entirety of the series.

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* {{Novelization}}: A book adaptation of a work that wasn't a book.book.
* {{Omnibus}}: A collected edition of a book series containing (almost) the entirety of the series.

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* AirportNovel: A thick but pulpy novel that one buys for cheap at the airport to kill time on the plane.



* ClandestineCover
* ExtrudedBookProduct



* {{Feghoot}}
* FlashFiction



* {{Novel}}
* {{Novelette}}
* {{Novella}}
* {{Omnibus}}: A collected edition of a book series containing (almost) the entirety of the series.

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* {{Novel}}
* {{Novelette}}
* {{Novella}}
{{Novelization}}: A book adaptation of a work that wasn't a book.* {{Omnibus}}: A collected edition of a book series containing (almost) the entirety of the series.



* RoundRobin



* VanityPublishing: This publisher will publish anything... as long as you pay them.



* GenerationalSaga



* InfectiousEnthusiasm



* MostWritersAreWriters: Writers have characters who are writers.



* {{Riddle}}: A word puzzle with logical but non-intuitive answers.



* SliceOfLife: The story is strictly about the characters dealing with mundane, everyday problems.
* SpellMyNameWithABlank: Removing or blanking names to avoid lawsuit.




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* AirportNovel
* ClandestineCover
* ExtrudedBookProduct
* {{Feghoot}}
* FlashFiction
* GenerationalSaga
* InfectiousEnthusiasm
* MostWritersAreWriters
* {{Novelization}}: A book adaptation of a work that wasn't a book.
* {{Riddle}}
* RoundRobin
* SliceOfLife: There are no villains and the story is strictly about the characters dealing with mundane, everyday problems.
* SpellMyNameWithABlank
* VanityPublishing
* TheWalrusWasPaul

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\n[[AC:Unsorted]]\n* AirportNovel
* ClandestineCover
* ExtrudedBookProduct
* {{Feghoot}}
* FlashFiction
* GenerationalSaga
* InfectiousEnthusiasm
* MostWritersAreWriters
* {{Novelization}}: A book adaptation of a work that wasn't a book.
* {{Riddle}}
* RoundRobin
* SliceOfLife: There are no villains and the story is strictly about the characters dealing with mundane, everyday problems.
* SpellMyNameWithABlank
* VanityPublishing
* TheWalrusWasPaul
TheWalrusWasPaul: The author's explicit intent was to not make sense.

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[[AC:Books as media]]



* AirportNovel
* TheAllConcealingI: A story uses a first-person narrative so that the protagonist's true identity can be revealed in a twist ending.



* ClandestineCover



* ExtrudedBookProduct
* {{Feghoot}}
* FirstPersonPerspective
* FlashFiction



* GenderConcealingWriting
* GenderInclusiveWriting
* GenerationalSaga



* InfectiousEnthusiasm
* InWhichATropeIsDescribed
* {{Kishotenketsu}}
* LeftFieldDescription: Describing important bits in unconventional ways that don't necessarily jump out to the reader.
* LittleDidIKnow: Foreshadowing life-turning events by mentioning the character's initial ignorance of them.
* MillsAndBoonProse
* MostWritersAreWriters
* MultipleNarrativeModes



* NonPOVProtagonist



* {{Novelization}}: A book adaptation of a work that wasn't a book.
* {{Omnibus}}: A collected edition of a comic or book series that contains the entirety of the series or at least a significant portion of it.
* OneParagraphChapter: A chapter that's only a paragraph long.
* PageTurnSurprise: A CliffHanger's resolution is on the next page.
* PointOfView
* PresentTenseNarrative

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* {{Novelization}}: A book adaptation of a work that wasn't a book.
* {{Omnibus}}: A collected edition of a comic or book series that contains containing (almost) the entirety of the series or at least a significant portion of it.
series.
* OneParagraphChapter: A chapter that's only a paragraph long.
* PageTurnSurprise: A CliffHanger's resolution is on the next page.
* PointOfView
* PresentTenseNarrative
PictureBooks



* {{Riddle}}
* RoundRobin
* SaidBookism: The narration avoids the "said" tag by replacing it with any other word.
* SecondPersonNarration



* SliceOfLife: There are no villains and the story is strictly about the characters dealing with mundane, everyday problems.
* SpellMyNameWithABlank
* TextualCelebrityResemblance
* TomSwifty: A {{pun}}ny adverb sprung from the line of dialogue it tags.



* UnconventionalFormatting
* VanityPublishing
* TheWalrusWasPaul



* YoungAdult

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[[AC:Narrative techniques]]
* YoungAdultTheAllConcealingI: A story uses a first-person narrative so that the protagonist's true identity can be revealed in a twist ending.
* FirstPersonPerspective
* GenderConcealingWriting
* GenderInclusiveWriting
* InWhichATropeIsDescribed
* {{Kishotenketsu}}
* LeftFieldDescription: Describing important bits in unconventional ways that don't necessarily jump out to the reader.
* LittleDidIKnow: Foreshadowing life-turning events by mentioning the character's initial ignorance of them.
* MillsAndBoonProse
* MultipleNarrativeModes
* NonPOVProtagonist
* OneParagraphChapter: A chapter that's only a paragraph long.
* PageTurnSurprise: A CliffHanger's resolution is on the next page.
* PointOfView
* PresentTenseNarrative
* SaidBookism: The narration avoids the "said" tag by replacing it with any other word.
* SecondPersonNarration
* TextualCelebrityResemblance
* TomSwifty: A {{pun}}ny adverb sprung from the line of dialogue it tags.
* UnconventionalFormatting


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* AirportNovel
* ClandestineCover
* ExtrudedBookProduct
* {{Feghoot}}
* FlashFiction
* GenerationalSaga
* InfectiousEnthusiasm
* MostWritersAreWriters
* {{Novelization}}: A book adaptation of a work that wasn't a book.
* {{Riddle}}
* RoundRobin
* SliceOfLife: There are no villains and the story is strictly about the characters dealing with mundane, everyday problems.
* SpellMyNameWithABlank
* VanityPublishing
* TheWalrusWasPaul

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* DoubleSidedBook

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* DoubleSidedBookDoubleSidedBook: A book with two flipped sides.


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* SaidBookism: The narration avoids the "said" tag by replacing it with any other word.

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* TomSwifty: A {{pun}}ny adverb sprung from the line of dialogue it tags.
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Better describes the trope.


* LeftFieldDescription: Describing something in unconventional ways and still getting the point across.

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* LeftFieldDescription: Describing something important bits in unconventional ways and still getting that don't necessarily jump out to the point across.reader.
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* LeftFieldDescription: Describing something in unconventional ways and still getting the point across.

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* GenderNeutralWriting

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* GenderNeutralWritingGenderConcealingWriting
* GenderInclusiveWriting
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* LittleDidIKnow

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* LittleDidIKnowLittleDidIKnow: Foreshadowing life-turning events by mentioning the character's initial ignorance of them.
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''Tropes to do with writing [[{{Literature}} books]]''.

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''Tropes -> ''"I've written. And rewritten. Deconstructed. Reconstructed. Experimented with different voices. Changed the style. Changed myself. Forgotten the language. Relearned the language. Have I been here before? Gone down this path before?"''
-->-- '''Alan Wake''', ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'', "Hotline: On Writing the Manuscript"

Tropes
to do with writing [[{{Literature}} books]]''.
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+ BookishTropes



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* {{Kishotenketsu}}
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* {{Bad Writing|Index}}
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* TheAllConcealingI

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* TheAllConcealingITheAllConcealingI: A story uses a first-person narrative so that the protagonist's true identity can be revealed in a twist ending.



* {{Novelization}}
* {{Omnibus}}
* OneParagraphChapter

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* {{Novelization}}
{{Novelization}}: A book adaptation of a work that wasn't a book.
* {{Omnibus}}
{{Omnibus}}: A collected edition of a comic or book series that contains the entirety of the series or at least a significant portion of it.
* OneParagraphChapterOneParagraphChapter: A chapter that's only a paragraph long.



* SliceOfLife

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* SliceOfLifeSliceOfLife: There are no villains and the story is strictly about the characters dealing with mundane, everyday problems.

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