![]() ![]() ![]() My favorites of realism are too numerous to list but include Pride and Prejudice, David Copperfield, Gilead, and War and Peace. (For the record, we listened to Trollope’s novel of that title on audiobook and concluded that no, we could not forgive her it was a tedious story told in a tedious way. The compelling question is more like, “What will she do next?” or “Can you forgive her?” ![]() When writing realistic fiction, though, character tends to be central. Most of us have at least a few examples of realistic fiction that fulfill this criterion, too. Some of my favorite genre novels are Fahrenheit 451, The Long Goodbye, Red Harvest, The Lord of the Rings, The Pendragon Cycle, and The Dark Knight Returns. When we write genre fiction, we center the plot and rely on raising the question, “What’s going to happen next?” When we think of “page turners,” we often think of genre fiction-you know, spy thrillers, horror, adventure, mystery, etc. Tragedy and comedy masks (Public domain via Wikicommons) ![]()
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