Fiction is a genre of literature that is created from the imagination and generally not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story. A novel is a genre of fiction and is just one form that fiction can take. Other forms of fiction include short stories and novellas. Many plays, film scripts, and songs are also works of fiction.
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