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Mar 23 |
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What is a good software tool for thesaurus? @NeilFein: PS: how does this differ from this: writers.stackexchange.com/questions/270/… ? (Consistency?) |
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Mar 23 |
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What is a good software tool for thesaurus? @NeilFein: I understand your concern, but in this case must disagree: tools that aid writers would always be relevant, as is the type of tool - what is good for you may not be good for me, so I would like to know what other options there are. Please re-open this question. It can always be changed into a wiki-style to serve as reference. |
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Mar 23 |
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Publishing and selling ebooks @NeilFein: thanks for the reminder, I've submitted a request to change this Q into a community wiki - it would serve better & the info pointed to by your link can be worked in. |
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Oct 29 |
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What sytles and templates are available to write a brief? @zundarz: Mostly it would depend on the target audience of your report (= brief); if they are your bosses than you should focus on what benefits/caveats you gleaned; if your peers, then short summaries of the various speakers' talks would suffice. Look for templates on 'Reports'. |
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Oct 29 |
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What sytles and templates are available to write a brief? @John Smithers: perhaps the answers will clarify what a brief is. |
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Apr 30 |
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What's the best and clearer way of presenting a character description for a novel? In your example you are trying to TELL the reader what the character is like; conventional practice is to rather SHOW the psychology through the actions and reactions in the situations you place the character. Look up Q&A's re show vs tell. |
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Dec 24 |
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Give me a complete list of fiction genres @justkt: I just re-read my comment & noticed that the last sentence may go over not as meant: the 'your' refers to the general attitude and not any specific person, apologies for my poor wording. I still do think it is a valid question, and that the answers are helpful and informative. |
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Dec 21 |
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Best humorous exaggerated comparisons this forum seems dead ... pity |
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Dec 19 |
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Give me a complete list of fiction genres @justkt: reopen please - see my comment above. |
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Dec 19 |
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Give me a complete list of fiction genres too quick on the close-button.. I'm a novice, and the content here is really pertinent/useful/informative from my viewpoint. Please re-open , change to community-wiki, change title/question to "Genre discussion" or s'thing like that. It reeks of elitism to assume that your level of knowledge should be the yardstick on allowable questions. |
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Dec 13 |
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Using a world created by someone else for your own fiction your first sentence agrees with my gut-feel (lol). You mention Shadowrun, are there any other such collaborative ventures where a novice can cut his teeth, so to speak? |
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Dec 13 |
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The “Rules” of Writing too true - on this topic: a tool that has become my ONLY web-page storage tool for offline use and as general repository is zotero.org - comes as plug-in for firefox |
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Dec 13 |
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The “Rules” of Writing this is the kind of info I'm looking for. +1 for a question that resulted in very useful answers |
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Dec 13 |
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The “Rules” of Writing this, for me as a novice, seems like very good advice indeed |
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Dec 13 |
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The polymath's dilemma…? good answer - underscores how much craft I still have to learn ... |
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Dec 7 |
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How to identify a scene type? I've tried to clarify my question; purpose is to identify the tools/techniques available, if any.. |
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Dec 7 |
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How to identify a scene type? while I think & research your answer, just a comment: explicit sex = pornography; as Terry Pratchett puts it: the difference between them is like using a feather instead of the whole chicken ;) |
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Dec 6 |
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How to identify a scene type? @John Smithers: How do you know when you read a scene that it depicts a romance or an adventure, or a mix of these, or some other recognizable type of activity or situation? That is what I want to know: what type of scene and why(description/reason) it is that type. |
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Dec 6 |
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How to identify a scene type? I'm new, still feeling my way & a bit shy to just up & do-it; as with the suspense-example, I want some info on how to identify from the trend of a scene what it's type is, and what a norm/definition for the type could be that would be readily understood. I know the types can be mixed in a novel, e.g. having a romance in an adventure, so I guess I'm more focussed on scene-level than genre-types like horror or science-fiction or fantasy. |
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Dec 6 |
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Something different: Help me find the unnecessary words. .. or how to self-edit - very useful guidelines. |
