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287:Lodge (1992
263:Truby (2007
128:Dream world
1754:Categories
1620:Continuity
1489:Nonfiction
1453:Underwater
1349:Picaresque
1324:Historical
1309:Epistolary
1181:Fairy tale
1092:Peripeteia
1074:Exposition
830:Dreamworld
772:Stereotype
742:Plot twist
490:Antagonist
320:References
1511:Narration
1460:Superhero
1384:Chivalric
1369:Religious
1354:Political
1289:Adventure
1274:Biography
1196:Tall tale
1044:Structure
1029:Symbolism
997:Narration
897:Leitmotif
825:Crossover
820:Backstory
777:Story arc
727:MacGuffin
698:Flashback
639:Backstory
515:Confidant
495:Archenemy
482:Character
474:Narrative
225:Landscape
77:geography
1717:Glossary
1712:Rhetoric
1519:Diegesis
1499:Creative
1472:Thriller
1421:Southern
1339:Paranoid
1334:Nautical
1245:Vignette
1203:Gamebook
1171:Folklore
1078:Protasis
957:Allegory
902:Metaphor
860:parallel
855:universe
835:Dystopia
792:Suspense
678:Dialogue
666:Conflict
574:Narrator
546:Hamartia
209:See also
133:Dystopia
55:backdrop
47:location
43:backdrop
1760:Setting
1647:Prequel
1603:Related
1589:Present
1482:Western
1438:Science
1411:Fantasy
1379:Romance
1329:Mystery
1314:Ergodic
1279:Fiction
1235:Parable
1230:Novella
1160:Fabliau
1131:Premise
982:Imagery
972:Diction
850:country
807:Setting
787:Subplot
609:Villain
562:Byronic
235:Setting
69:context
39:setting
1651:Sequel
1635:Retcon
1630:Reboot
1594:Future
1428:Horror
1416:Gothic
1401:Satire
1319:Erotic
1186:Legend
1088:Climax
962:Bathos
869:Utopia
757:Reveal
656:Cliché
634:Action
628:Ab ovo
567:Tragic
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198:Utopia
83:, and
64:milieu
1658:Genre
1625:Canon
1576:Tense
1494:Novel
1477:Urban
1389:Prose
1374:Rogue
1299:Crime
1294:Comic
1255:Genre
1225:Novel
1176:Fable
1154:Drama
1119:films
949:Style
917:Motif
907:Moral
892:Irony
884:Theme
797:Trope
251:Notes
104:Types
85:style
81:theme
1663:List
1584:Past
1443:Hard
1396:Saga
1304:Docu
1260:List
1191:Myth
1146:Form
1034:Tone
1007:Hook
992:Mood
987:Mode
845:city
732:Pace
619:Plot
557:Anti
552:Hero
535:Foil
431:ISBN
412:ISBN
394:ISBN
376:ISBN
354:ISBN
336:ISBN
91:Role
59:mood
57:and
41:(or
1052:Act
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