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Etymology

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novel +‎ craft

Noun

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novelcraft (uncountable)

  1. The art of writing novels.
    • 1921, The Contemporary Review, volume 125, page 59:
      We hear much of “stagecraft” nowadays, little of novelcraft. Yet I suppose technical dexterity — the choice of an appropriate and significant medium — is as vital to the novel as to the drama.