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mbj451
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« on: July 07, 2012, 12:04:02 AM »
May be wrong place, but what is the difference between contemporary and literary fiction?
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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2012, 12:17:49 AM »
Okay, deffinetely the wrong place--I've been drinking, but anyway. Question still stands.
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2012, 03:31:41 AM »
never the wrong place mbj. contemporary I think is set in modern times and literary fiction is far more serious. Google should give you plenty of answers if you go there.
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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2012, 11:59:54 AM »
Good Grief!  It's not enough that you all never write or post about fiction. Here Anne makes a fiction post in a forum thread specifically labeled NON FICTION.

Yes Anne.. you are in the WRONG place!


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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2012, 05:31:45 PM »
I want to write a memoir. Can i change names in it? Anyone have any input? Thanks Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 06:30:21 PM »
I don't see a problem. I've read several memoirs where the narrator used his/her real name, but changed some of the names of people in the book. Like relatives who didn't want their real names used.
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2012, 01:08:42 AM »
Sorry, I missed this thread.  Contemporary fiction is simply fiction set in the here and now of 2012 or close to it.  Literary fiction uses literary forms and conventions, which are quite distinct from contemporary, which is a genre of 'popular fiction'.   

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