19 Terms
Contributors in Fiction
Fiction
Underserve
Literature; Fiction
When an author gives an element less stage time than it deserves. Most often underserved are peripheral characters or those for whom the author feels little sympathy. storeys are strong in proportion ...
Tuckerizing
Literature; Fiction
Named after Wilson Tucker, the practise of introducing as peripheral characters, or offstage icons, names recognisable to the reader. (For example, naming the Moon's capital Heinlein and its main ...
Trope
Literature; Fiction
A figure of speech, usually used to describe overworked images, literary or dramatic conventions, or stale ideas borrowed from other authors. See ''Used Furniture.''
Red velour shirt
Literature; Fiction
A character (usually a ''ficelle character'') whose sole purpose is to die or otherwise be abused as a means of demonstrating that a situation is dangerous. Usually used in indicate that the ...
Replacement principle
Literature; Fiction
The axiom that, in the future, everything we know now will be replaced with something more technological and better. Often an important means of avoiding nowism, it can sometimes be taken to absurd ...
Protagonist
Literature; Fiction
The central character of a story. Often the protagonist is a POV character or the sole POV character, but not necessarily (Sherlock Holmes is the protagonist, but Doctor Watson has the POV ...
Plot-driven
Literature; Fiction
An action which occurs, not because the characters are motivated to make it so, but because the author wants to yank the storey in a particular direction. Usually manifests by the characters refusing ...
