novelcraft

noun

Etymology

From novel + craft.

  1. inherited from *kraftuz — “strength, power
  2. inherited from *kraftu
  3. inherited from cræft — “strength, skill
  4. inherited from craft — “strength, skill
  5. inherited from craft
  6. compounded as novelcraft — “novel + craft

Definitions

  1. The art of writing novels.

    • We hear much of “stagecraft” nowadays, little of novelcraft. Yet I suppose technical dexterity — the choice of an appropriate and significant medium — is as vital to the novel as to the drama.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for novelcraft. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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