authorial
Adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to an author.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
I abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put in about my book.... One feels cleaner this way. When someone asks that his book be reviewed he risks running up against a vulgarity offensive to authorial sensibilities.
Richard Kalich is a successful novelist, one who has succeeded in consistently producing perplexing fictions that fail to categorize themselves and escape the warping influence of authorial intent.
I bring everything I know to whatever I write, and I believe the same of other writers. A person's complete life experience forms the basis of authorial voice, in my opinion. To hold back any part makes a narrative feel contrived.
Plot exposition that can be gently wound out by the authorial voice and internal monologue of a character in the length of a page has to be delivered in a matter of seconds on the stage.
A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't.
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