Novelist
noun
A person who writes novels.
J.K. Rowling is a famous novelist known for the Harry Potter series.
Often appears as...
- famous novelist
- best-selling novelist
noun
Someone who creates fictional characters and stories in novel form.
As a novelist, her imagination is her biggest asset.
Often appears as...
- prolific novelist
- aspiring novelist
noun
A person who writes novels.
J.K. Rowling is a famous novelist known for the Harry Potter series.
Often appears as...
- famous novelist
- best-selling novelist
noun
Someone who creates fictional characters and stories in novel form.
As a novelist, her imagination is her biggest asset.
Often appears as...
- prolific novelist
- aspiring novelist
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Impact
Novelists often capture and influence the culture and society in which they write.
George Orwell was a novelist who influenced political thought with his book '1984'.
Pro Tip 2/3Genre Variety
Novelists can specialize in various genres, like romance, science fiction, or mystery.
Agatha Christie was a novelist famed for her mystery novels.
Pro Tip 3/3Not All Writers
Remember, not all writers are novelists; 'novelist' specifically refers to those who write novels.
Though she writes great poetry, she wouldn't be considered a novelist.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Impact
Novelists often capture and influence the culture and society in which they write.
George Orwell was a novelist who influenced political thought with his book '1984'.
Pro Tip 2/3Genre Variety
Novelists can specialize in various genres, like romance, science fiction, or mystery.
Agatha Christie was a novelist famed for her mystery novels.
Pro Tip 3/3Not All Writers
Remember, not all writers are novelists; 'novelist' specifically refers to those who write novels.
Though she writes great poetry, she wouldn't be considered a novelist.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Impact
Novelists often capture and influence the culture and society in which they write.
George Orwell was a novelist who influenced political thought with his book '1984'.
Pro Tip 2/3Genre Variety
Novelists can specialize in various genres, like romance, science fiction, or mystery.
Agatha Christie was a novelist famed for her mystery novels.
Pro Tip 3/3Not All Writers
Remember, not all writers are novelists; 'novelist' specifically refers to those who write novels.
Though she writes great poetry, she wouldn't be considered a novelist.
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The Power of Simple...
When it comes to words, bigger isn't always better. Ten-dollar words are rendered worthless if they're not understood. That's not to say every piece of literature should be written at a fourth-grade reading level, but it is important to know your audience. If you're a novelist, your audience is probably expecting
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3 clues to understanding...
Synesthesia runs in families, so Galton said this is a hereditary basis, a genetic basis. Secondly, synesthesia is about -- and this is what gets me to my point about the main theme of this lecture, which is about creativity -- synesthesia is eight times more common among artists, poets, novelists
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Abha Dawesar: Life in...
The self as we once knew it no longer exists, and I think that an abstract, digital universe has become a part of our identity, and I want to talk to you about what I think that means. I'm a novelist, and I'm interested in the self because the self and fiction have a lot in common.
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What fear can teach us -...
much more than the other looked at from this angle there's becomes a story about reading the novelist glad ran a book off said that the best reader has a combination of two very different temperaments the artistic and the scientific a good reader has an artist's passion a
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Paper towns and why...
And this is of course a completely irresistible metaphor to a novelist, because we would all like to believe that the stuff that we write down on paper can change the actual world in which we're actually living, which is why my third book is called "Paper Towns".
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How Webtoons Are...
to see how it goes. This new model also helps with the media industry’s notorious problem with diversity. Anyone can be a writer in a web story platform, from a fresh grad cartoonist to a housewife, to who, you know, who dreamed of being a novelist one day.
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Why should you read...
She wrote, "When one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we're on the track of a lost novelist, a suppressed poet,
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Why invest in the...
I so passionate about the creative economy well in all my experience as a copywriter a novelist a playwright a poet a filmmaker a festival director and the teacher I have come to realize that the creative economy is one of the key
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Every Day in Tuscany PIPE...
influenced me quite a bit I think it's opened up my writing quite a bit it gave me the confidence to try to write a novel which I had never quite had the nerve to do because I was so intimidated by the great southern novelist but
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Lemn Sissay: A child of...
in our midst? It's not our pity that they need. It's our respect. I know famous musicians, I know actors and film stars and millionaires and novelists
Video examples
The Power of Simple...
When it comes to words, bigger isn't always better. Ten-dollar words are rendered worthless if they're not understood. That's not to say every piece of literature should be written at a fourth-grade reading level, but it is important to know your audience. If you're a novelist, your audience is probably expecting
Video examples
3 clues to understanding...
Synesthesia runs in families, so Galton said this is a hereditary basis, a genetic basis. Secondly, synesthesia is about -- and this is what gets me to my point about the main theme of this lecture, which is about creativity -- synesthesia is eight times more common among artists, poets, novelists
Video examples
Abha Dawesar: Life in...
The self as we once knew it no longer exists, and I think that an abstract, digital universe has become a part of our identity, and I want to talk to you about what I think that means. I'm a novelist, and I'm interested in the self because the self and fiction have a lot in common.
Video examples
What fear can teach us -...
much more than the other looked at from this angle there's becomes a story about reading the novelist glad ran a book off said that the best reader has a combination of two very different temperaments the artistic and the scientific a good reader has an artist's passion a
Video examples
Paper towns and why...
And this is of course a completely irresistible metaphor to a novelist, because we would all like to believe that the stuff that we write down on paper can change the actual world in which we're actually living, which is why my third book is called "Paper Towns".
Video examples
How Webtoons Are...
to see how it goes. This new model also helps with the media industry’s notorious problem with diversity. Anyone can be a writer in a web story platform, from a fresh grad cartoonist to a housewife, to who, you know, who dreamed of being a novelist one day.
Video examples
Why should you read...
She wrote, "When one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we're on the track of a lost novelist, a suppressed poet,
Video examples
Why invest in the...
I so passionate about the creative economy well in all my experience as a copywriter a novelist a playwright a poet a filmmaker a festival director and the teacher I have come to realize that the creative economy is one of the key
Video examples
Every Day in Tuscany PIPE...
influenced me quite a bit I think it's opened up my writing quite a bit it gave me the confidence to try to write a novel which I had never quite had the nerve to do because I was so intimidated by the great southern novelist but
Video examples
Lemn Sissay: A child of...
in our midst? It's not our pity that they need. It's our respect. I know famous musicians, I know actors and film stars and millionaires and novelists
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombian Novelist
I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams.
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Julia Child
American Chef
I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.
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Graham Greene
British Novelist
A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.
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Zal Batmanglij
American Director
Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists.
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Frank Norris
American Novelist
The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it.
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John Updike
American Novelist
A Christian novelist tries to describe the world as it is.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese Author
I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.
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Stan Brakhage
American Director
Novelists and poets have existed side by side forever.
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Jared Kushner
American Businessman
Every 'Observer' writer wants to be a novelist.
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Jane Fallon
English Author
My whole life, I've wanted to be a novelist.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombian Novelist
I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams.
Quote examples
Julia Child
American Chef
I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.
Quote examples
Graham Greene
British Novelist
A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.
Quote examples
Zal Batmanglij
American Director
Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists.
Quote examples
Frank Norris
American Novelist
The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
A Christian novelist tries to describe the world as it is.
Quote examples
Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese Author
I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.
Quote examples
Stan Brakhage
American Director
Novelists and poets have existed side by side forever.
Quote examples
Jared Kushner
American Businessman
Every 'Observer' writer wants to be a novelist.
Quote examples
Jane Fallon
English Author
My whole life, I've wanted to be a novelist.
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