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fictionist

7.3

A person who writes novels or short stories that are made up

noun
/ˈfɪkʃənɪst/

: escritor de ficción

The young fictionist spent years perfecting her novel before seeking publication.

Examples

As a seasoned fictionist, he often explores complex themes in his short stories.
Any fictionist knows that one event, even if poorly executed, can make another happen, the slightest authenticity creating a path to the hidden.

Fiction book (1997)
Likewise, the reader is invited to intuit that "Riding Off in All Directions" entails the range of experience that accounts for Bellow, the fictionist.

Academic text (1997)
Every aspiring fictionist dreams of seeing their book on the bestseller list.

Synonyms

writer

vsfictionist

∞ 1.0

A person who creates books, articles, or stories

applies specifically to fiction writing rather than all text types

author

vsfictionist

∞ 2.0

A person who writes books or articles

focuses on invented narratives rather than all kinds of writing

novelist

vsfictionist

112 3.4

A person who writes long made up stories for a living

writes fiction more broadly including short stories too

fictioneer

vsfictionist

Informal

8.8

A person who invents stories for books or to mislead people

writes invented stories in a neutral professional style

scriptor

vsfictionist

Archaic

9.1

A person who writes books, articles, or reports

focuses on creative invented stories rather than scholarly or journalistic texts

texter

vsfictionist

5.4

A person who writes words for adverts or websites

focuses on creative fiction rather than commercial or practical writing

How Imaginative

fictionist

7.3

storyteller

64 2.3

novelist

112 3.4

writer

∞ 1.0

reporter

Literature

∞ 1.1

Surface Forms

fictionist singular

fictionists plural

Morphology

fictionist = fiction (transparent) = fiction + ist

Standard agentive derivation indicating a person who writes or practices fiction; the sense is the unmarked, expected meaning.

Etymology

The word fictionist comes from fiction, which means 'made-up story'. Think of a fictionist as a 'story-maker' who shapes worlds and characters, so this word can mean a writer of novels and short stories.