| Blog fiction | |
|---|---|
| Features | Fictional stories published as online weblogs. |
| Related genres | |
| Netprov, Hypertext fiction, Instapoetry, Creepypasta, Fan fiction | |
Blog fiction is an online literary genre that tells a fictional story in the style of a weblog or blog. In the early years of weblogs, blog fictions were described as an exciting new genres creating new opportunities for emerging authors,[1] but were also described as "notorious"[2] in part because they often uneasily tread the line between fiction and hoax. Sometimes blog fictions are republished as print books, and in other cases conventional novels are written in the style of a blog without having been published as an online blog. Blog fiction is a genre of Electronic literature.
- ^ Thomas, AA, Fictional Blogs, Uses of Blogs, Peter Lang, Bruns, A & Jacobs, J (ed), New York, pp. 199-210. ISBN 0820481246 (2006) [Research Book Chapter]
- ^ McClellan, Jim (2004-04-08). "How to write a blog-buster". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-09.