Definition of "novelist" []

• A writer of novels. (noun)

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• "On the other hand, the novelist is able to use interior monologue to get at the characters 'inner voices and states of mind in a way that is not usually possible in screenplays."
• "But frequently "platform" refers to the non-fiction content of a novel, the story's background, something that can be talked about almost as if the novelist is a journalist."
• "Almost the whole capital of the novelist is the slow accumulation of unconscious observation -- absorption."