fictionist

noun

Definition of fictionistnext
as in novelist

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  1. novelist
  2. storyteller
  3. fabulist
  4. essayist
  5. autobiographer
Noun
  • Apps for novelists and book authors typically go for between $50 and $60 for a one-time license or per year as a subscription.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Mann was aiming at his brother Heinrich, a novelist and an essayist of nearly equal renown, whose liberal politics led him to support Germany’s enemies, France and Britain.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of novelist
Noun
  • Earlier this year, on July 13th, the sonic storyteller took over one of the largest stages at one of the biggest music festivals in Serbia, Exit Festival.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Read more Christa Joanna Lee is a writer, editor, and storyteller across editorial and brand spaces.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of storyteller
Noun
  • Another guest was Alex Jones, the keening fabulist whom Carlson once considered beyond the pale and now treats as a prophet.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Based on Daniel Wallace’s novel, the movie stars Ewan McGregor as a boyish fabulist and Billy Crudup as his son who, years later, tries to understand who his father really was.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of fabulist
Noun
  • Comics essayist and Batman historian Chris Sims offers a theory.
    Abraham Josephine Riesman, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The latter film looks at a seminal period in the life of James Baldwin, the extraordinary essayist, novelist and playwright who was born 100 years ago this year.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of essayist
Noun
  • The author of that book, Memoirs 1925-1950, was Kennan himself, as self-critical and personally reflective an autobiographer as his century had seen.
    Nicholas Thompson, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2011
  • Still, for Beyoncé the filmmaker and autobiographer, one narrative-building feat seems to remain out of reach.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
Definition of autobiographer
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