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novelcraft

novelcraft noun: the art of writing novels.

Noun

novelcraft (uncountable)

  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.1921, The Contemporary Review, volume 125, page 59

Origin of novelcraft

From novel + craft.

Questions about novelcraft

What does novelcraft mean?
Novelcraft means the art of writing novels.
What part of speech is novelcraft?
Novelcraft is a noun.

Words near novelcraft in the dictionary

  1. novcics
  2. Nove
  3. novel
  4. novela
  5. novelas
  6. novelcraft
  7. noveldom
  8. novelese
  9. novelesque
  10. novelet
  11. Noveleta

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