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08/05/19

Common mistakes made by first time fantasy novelists?

I'm in a writing group. I see repeating word-choice patterns among the fantasy writers. Example: frequent use of certain words (like 'utter,' everyone seems to use that word... ), or certain... more

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Writing Style Academic Writing Technique

08/05/19

How to write more clearly and with shorter sentences?

I struggle with writing an awful lot and would like to improve. One of my main problems (and the reason why writing seems to take me a very long time) is that I seem to be unable to write in... more

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Writing Characters Description Novella

08/05/19

Describing a person. What needs to be mentioned?

When describing the physical features of my more important characters, I often don't add much. I of course describe important features, especially if they will be relevant in the story. For example... more

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Writing Children Book Length Middle Grade

08/05/19

A children's book that takes 25 minutes to read out loud - is it too long?

I've written a 3rd grade level (8-9 years old) children's book that takes about 25 minutes to read out loud. I read it to a 3rd grade class, with a few posters for illustrations, and it actually... more

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Writing

08/05/19

WRITE A LETTER TO THE PUBLISHER FORMALLY

YOU ARE THE SECRETARY OF COMPUTER SOCIETY IN SCHOOL.ON THE OCCASION OF ITS FOUNDERS DAY YOUR SCHOOL IS ORGANIZING AN EXHIBITION. WRITE A LETTER TO A PUBLISHER REQUESTING HIM TO ARRANGE AN... more

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Writing World Building Storyline

08/05/19

Which should come first, building my story or building my world?

I’ve always been writing, but never wanted to write something in a world I create. I already know what direction I’ll be taking my fleshed-out characters, but I’m still wondering whether or not I... more

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Writing American History Vocabulary American Revolution

08/05/19

Can someone help me write a brief story using these word

Profiteering treasonloyalists cannonade column regimentguerillasmugglingrebelsecrecy repealpreamblearchive disguise

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Writing Book Printing

08/05/19

Is there a standardized size for Books?

I noticed that my softcover/paperback books are all roughly the same size, but have slight differences.Are there standardized sizes (and are they different between US and Europe, just as US Letter... more

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Writing Voice Pov Character Development

08/05/19

How do I differentiate between the "voices" of my characters in a multi-character POV?

I'm currently writing a novel with 3-4 character POVs in it - two male, two female. Each have different upbringings, different cultural backgrounds, different professions, different motivators and... more

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Writing Editing

08/04/19

How does one go back to editing an older piece?

I have a longer work that took me a lot of effort to get through, and the moment I finished it, my life went crazy. That was about 6 months ago, and in the intervening time I haven't been able to... more

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Writing Novel Research Technique

08/04/19

Should you read your own genre?

In terms of novel writing, I tend to avoid my own genre, at least for the most part. Some of the reasons why:Genre Blindness / Genre Trap:Too much reading of your own genre blinds you to the... more

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Writing Plot Characters Character Development

08/04/19

Does this scene fail the Bechdel test?

My novel has approximately a dozen women in it, but they don’t tend to talk to each other. Most of them are separated geographically or philosophically and sitting down for a chat does not seem... more

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Writing Creative Writing Technique

08/04/19

How to show a crying/sad scene without using sentimentalism?

Previously, I had no difficulty in showing a scene like that, and as for me, to show a crying scene I'd write something like "then a teardrop rolled by her cheek". However, I had read an article... more

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Writing Creative Writing Style Metaphor

08/04/19

Is using an 'empty' metaphor considered bad style?

I just had this sentence off my head:> A crown of fire spread through the country consuming everything on its> way.What I mean by empty metaphor is a metaphor that doesn't really have any... more

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Writing Story

08/04/19

Make a story by using these words

King, everyday , bird , sorry , palace , yellow, golden cage , free, someone , food, men , began , groomed , water , feathers , told , passed

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Writing Copyright Legal Creative Commons

08/04/19

Does the Creative Commons license protect my writing on the web?

I usually write on the web and I would like to license my writings using one of the Creative Commons licenses, but I can't understand how that license can protect our works. We really like to share... more

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Writing Organization Collaboration Fiction

08/04/19

How to share the work, if writing fiction in a team?

How should one split up the work between two people? Should one write the even-numbered chapters and the other the odd-numbered? Does each person tell the story from the point of view of a... more

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Writing Science Fiction Exposition Fiction

08/04/19

How to show that something is different than in real life?

I'm writing fiction set in the near future (~15-20 years). The world is still mostly the same and thus familiar to the reader, but an important part of the story is that a few things are radically... more

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Writing Novel Turning Point Exposition

08/04/19

How do I avoid a “mid-story info dump?”?

I am revising the manuscript for a novel. About a third into the story, a major turning point occurs when the main character (through whom the reader follows the story) realizes that things are not... more

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Writing

08/04/19

How do I effectively write a blind character? What type of description should you use for the way they would sense the world around them?

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Writing

08/04/19

Why does the poem “Naming of Parts” contrast war with nature?

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Writing Formatting Book Length

08/04/19

How many pages would my manuscript be in paperback?

Say I have a 100 page manuscript in Courier, 11pt, double-spaced. How many paperback pages is this roughly equivalent to? Is there a better font/spacing to use?

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Writing Organization

08/04/19

How to write a novel if you only have five minutes here, ten minutes there to work on it?

I once read an interview with some Fantasy author, who told how she wrote her first novel in the breaks between classes when she was working as a teacher, because she couldn't write at home due to... more

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Writing Language Technique Fantasy

08/04/19

Colours of ultraviolet?

I need to write something from the perspective of a character who sees colours differently from humans, and in particular can see multiple shades of ultraviolet. This isn't unique, their entire... more

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Writing Plot

08/04/19

What new plots are available to writers?

I read *The Seven Basic Plots* by Christopher Booker (yes, it was so heavy that I had to cut into two books just to be able to carry it around) and I just can't believe that the number of plots we... more

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Common mistakes made by first time fantasy novelists?

How to write more clearly and with shorter sentences?

Describing a person. What needs to be mentioned?

A children's book that takes 25 minutes to read out loud - is it too long?

WRITE A LETTER TO THE PUBLISHER FORMALLY

Which should come first, building my story or building my world?

Can someone help me write a brief story using these word

Is there a standardized size for Books?

How do I differentiate between the "voices" of my characters in a multi-character POV?

How does one go *back* to editing an older piece?

Should you read your own genre?

Does this scene fail the Bechdel test?

How to show a crying/sad scene without using sentimentalism?

Is using an 'empty' metaphor considered bad style?

Make a story by using these words

Does the Creative Commons license protect my writing on the web?

How to share the work, if writing fiction in a team?

How to show that something is different than in real life?

How do I avoid a “mid-story info dump?”?

How do I effectively write a blind character? What type of description should you use for the way they would sense the world around them?

Why does the poem “Naming of Parts” contrast war with nature?

How many pages would my manuscript be in paperback?

How to write a novel if you only have five minutes here, ten minutes there to work on it?

Colours of ultraviolet?

What new plots are available to writers?

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