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All the books, magazines, and newspapers that exist only within a fictional world, from the Necronomicon to the mysteries of Jessica Fletcher. They are more common in Speculative Fiction, but not restricted to it. They serve two main narrative purposes: verisimilitude and Exposition. Jessica is supposed to be an author; it would be bizarre if no trace of the books she writes existed. Reading the Necronomicon may frighten the protagonist half to death, but it also gives the reader an idea of the Backstory. Common types of fictional document include: Occasionally prone to Defictionalization.

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  • All the books, magazines, and newspapers that exist only within a fictional world, from the Necronomicon to the mysteries of Jessica Fletcher. They are more common in Speculative Fiction, but not restricted to it. They serve two main narrative purposes: verisimilitude and Exposition. Jessica is supposed to be an author; it would be bizarre if no trace of the books she writes existed. Reading the Necronomicon may frighten the protagonist half to death, but it also gives the reader an idea of the Backstory. Common types of fictional document include: Occasionally prone to Defictionalization.
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  • All the books, magazines, and newspapers that exist only within a fictional world, from the Necronomicon to the mysteries of Jessica Fletcher. They are more common in Speculative Fiction, but not restricted to it. They serve two main narrative purposes: verisimilitude and Exposition. Jessica is supposed to be an author; it would be bizarre if no trace of the books she writes existed. Reading the Necronomicon may frighten the protagonist half to death, but it also gives the reader an idea of the Backstory. Fictional documents are also used to comment on literary tropes, and as aids to characterisation. Characters comparing their own predicament with their favourite book can get very sarcastic about how unrealistic it was, while few things so embarrass the Action Girl as having her little brother read aloud a few choice passages from her favourite romance. Sometimes, however, you may just have to Take Our Word for It. Common types of fictional document include: * Apocalyptic Log * Big Book of War * Encyclopedia Exposita * Great Big Book of Everything * In-Game Novel * Recursive Canon * Tome of Eldritch Lore If your story is made entirely of Fictional Documents, it's a Scrapbook Story (so please list it there rather than here); if the Paratext quotes from these, it's quoting the Encyclopedia Exposita. And if the story itself appears in the story, it's Recursive Canon. If it merely claims to have been written by a character within the setting, it probably falls under the Literary Agent Hypothesis. In a Video Games, they are almost always use as Flavor Text. Occasionally prone to Defictionalization. Examples of Fictional Document include:
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