novelcraft

English

Etymology

From novel +‎ craft.

Noun

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.