Even more concerning is that by weakening our emotional armor we make ourselves more vulnerable to things like failure, rejection, anxiety, and stress. So stop the self-criticism and protect your self-esteem when it's low by practicing self-compassion.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A novel is a long prose narrative that describes fictional characters and events in the form of a sequential story, usually. The genre has historical roots in the fields of medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella.
1 A novel about a person writing a novel. 2  A novel about a person reading a novel. 3  A story that addresses the specific conventions of story, such as title, paragraphing or plots.  A non-linear novel, which can be read in some order other than beginning to end.