work of fiction
Noun
Meaning
A fictional account; a story.
A fictitious account; an account of events that never took place.
Though originally thought to be genuine, the diaries are now generally considered a work of fiction.
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A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth.
But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.
Sagan may not have believed in the God of the Bible, but he at least allowed the possibility of a creator. Or did he? Carl was no more obliged to believe what he wrote in his sole work of fiction than George Lucas was required to believe in the Force.
This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.
Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list.