HIMCOM-Heritage Institute of Management & Communication

      WHAT IS NON-FICTION? Non-fiction is a genre in literature in which real events are depicted using story-telling techniques. Non-fiction, by contrast, is factual and reports on true events. Though the people and situations written about are true, the writer has creative license with how to tell the story. This makes the genre's definition rather flexible. Many non-fiction novels are written in such categories as biographies, historical events, travel, science, religion, philosophy, and art. Usually, non-fiction has a higher standard to uphold than fiction. A few smatterings of fact in a work of fiction do not make it true, while a few fabrications in a non-fiction work can force that story to lose all credibility. However, non-fiction often uses many of the techniques of fiction to make it more appealing. While some critics argue non- fiction has been around for centuries, Truman Capote claimed to have been the creator of this genre with ...

                                                  TELEVISION PROGRAM PRODUCTION   WHAT IS FICTION Fiction  broadly refers to any  narrative  that is derived from the  i magination  — in other words, not based strictly on history or  fact .  It can also refer, more narrowly, to narratives written only in prose (the  novel  and  short story ), and is often used as a synonym for the novel. In  cinema   it corresponds to   narrative film  in opposition to  documentary  as far as novel to  f eature film  and short story to  short film . In its most narrow usage fiction refers to novels, but it may also denote any " literary  narrative  including  novels ,  novellas , and  short stories . More broadly, fiction has come to e...