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| bio | website | craigsefton.com |
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Sep 5 |
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Are contractions antithetical to academic writing? Difficult situation. I would suggest using the APA Style Guide if it's an American-based publication and then doing whatever the reviewers suggest you should do. If it's not American, APA can still help, but perhaps do some research into what is seen as the most accepted style guide for that country. |
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Sep 5 |
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Are contractions antithetical to academic writing? That would be a reasonable assumption, @mcenley. Have you ever asked the reviewers and/or the publication's editors etc. whether or not there is a style guide they prefer? Just because they have not recommended it to you, doesn't mean there isn't one. |
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Sep 3 |
answered | Are contractions antithetical to academic writing? |
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May 20 |
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Help! I've got Writer's Block Just curious as to why this has now been unaccepted? |
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May 14 |
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How to cite an entire paragraph? @Kris - You're right, I wasn't aware of the different variations when I answered this. I answered it as best I could based on what I did know. If you know of the variations, then add them in the comments, or post your own answer to help others. |
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Apr 22 |
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Submitting a novel for publication: do editors still expect Courier font? clarified UK style |
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Mar 23 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 20 |
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What are the advantages to setting a word limit for a short story? I disagree that this is vague. Although the intent is for me to use the word limit as an arbitrary target, I wanted it based on fact: average length of short stories, for example, that the marketplace prefers, or perhaps based on statistics which show what readers are comfortable with reading in one sitting (hence why I asked about a length of a story that readers are comfortable with). I really don't have it in me to argue the point further, but as I said before, this site has accepted questions on word counts for novels and children's stories before, so I don't quite see the problem. |
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Feb 19 |
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What are the advantages to setting a word limit for a short story? I thought I was pretty specific already as to the answer I was hoping to get, and to be honest, a down vote so quickly is just a little off-putting. It's a pretty good question IMO. I'm sure I'm not the only one who works better with a "target". Novels and children's stories, for example, have been discussed before on here with a recommended word count without any problems. |
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Feb 19 |
asked | What are the advantages to setting a word limit for a short story? |
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Feb 18 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Feb 14 |
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Should my readers be able to identify with the bad guy? +1 for such an excellent answer. |
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Feb 14 |
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What exercises will help me write my co-author's character? I suddenly have a vision of the poet from Brotherhood of the Wolf reciting his poem at the dinner table (apologies for those who haven't seen that wonderful film). |
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Feb 14 |
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What exercises will help me write my co-author's character? Expanded to include some exercise suggestions. |
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Feb 13 |
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What exercises will help me write my co-author's character? Well, the interview technique is one exercise I did suggest, because it works well here with a co-author. As for the rest of what I'm talking about, standard character sketching techniques/exercises would apply, which have been covered by Writers.SE before, e.g. writers.stackexchange.com/questions/392/… |
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Feb 13 |
answered | What exercises will help me write my co-author's character? |
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Feb 11 |
accepted | How do you avoid the problem of a collaborative work having separate voices? |
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Feb 10 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Feb 9 |
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Kindle self-publishing, automatically update That's fine, but what I'm trying to point out is that what I've put there is completely factually correct, and it's taken from Amazon's own FAQ on the subject. It answers the question as to whether or not Kindle "quietly" fixes it for them (it doesn't). I did not misunderstand anything. It does not, as you claimed, only refer to "publishers", it also referred to customers. Saying I've confused the issue is nonsense; if anything Amazon's FAQ is confusing/incomplete/out of date. I didn't confuse anything, and answered the question as best I could. |
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Feb 9 |
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Kindle self-publishing, automatically update Replying "yes" demonstrates the customer must request the update. |
