M0244300 (mĕt′ə-fĭk′shən)n. Fiction that deals, often playfully and self-referentially, with the writing of fiction or its conventions.met′a·fic′tion·al adj.met′a·fic′tion·ist n.
metafictional
(ˌmɛtəˈfɪkʃənəl) adj (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) characteristic of, or being, a work of metafiction