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Sep 14 |
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Spiritual elements in a science-fiction novel (Who cares? A good story is a good story.) |
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Sep 12 |
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Is it really necessary to add things like “I thought, I wondered, etc,” in first-person narrative? Definitely omit in those examples. |
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Sep 5 |
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How does one go about publishing erotica, and how far is too far? Lol. Too far. Haha. The concept of too far is redefined pretty often. All it takes is an artist who can make his audience like his work, and there you go. Sure, a million million people will revile it, but if there's any sort of sizable audience whatsoever, it'll slowly creep into acceptance. Chuckles, look at KISS. |
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Sep 4 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Aug 28 |
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Where to find comparative information about publishers? What a GREAT question. One of the most useful I have seen on this site. @Standback, I understand what you're saying, but I think most new authors would be willing to see almost any comparative data available. |
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Aug 24 |
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Balancing loads of equally-important characters I really do agree with that first statement, as a general rule. I find precious few authors can make multiple perspectives interesting at once, and it really irritates me to jump around and have to leave one person when I really want to know what was about to happen with them. |
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Aug 22 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Aug 20 |
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Can a book be written without an antagonist? @Mussri That was a joke. "Imma getchu" is a phonetic rendering of someone very quickly saying "I'm going to get you!" Is English your second language? If not, forgive this explanation: A lot of the time we don't say "I'm going to (do something)..." out loud, we just say "I'm a (do something)..." I know that sounds ridiculous, but casual talk is weird. And then "get you" just sounds like "getchu" when you're being silly. |
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Aug 17 |
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Is there a technique to help me write this character's notebook entries? I realized after I said it that I honestly had no idea what "the proof is in the pudding" even means. I had to look it up. I've been using it my whole life just to mean "The proof is right in front of you," which is apparently not what it means at all. Oh well. Nobody uses it the old way anymore, anyway. Time for a new meaning. Me, rewriting idioms since 1934! A family business. |
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Aug 17 |
answered | Is there a technique to help me write this character's notebook entries? |
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Aug 14 |
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How to know if the events in my novel are 'realistic enough'? Oh, no, you're a software engineer. @)$%*@. Nevermind. |
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Aug 14 |
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How to know if the events in my novel are 'realistic enough'? @Donald.McLean are you THE Don McLean? Bye bye, Miss American Pie, drove my chevy to levy but the levy was dry....them good ol' boys... |
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Aug 11 |
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Writing a novel which has the same structure and a particular theme in each chapter Ah, you misunderstood. "Starting from scratch" is not the same as "dropping the project." It just means you're starting the same project over again, maybe with a new perspective. |
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Aug 11 |
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Writing a novel which has the same structure and a particular theme in each chapter @alexchenco He means you may be overreacting, and I agree. From the sound of it, your story wasn't working out for you, which is totally okay. Very normal/common. Mussri is right to suggest that you be sure about this-- are you positive there's no way you can change it to make it better? Are you sure you want to abandon it completely? I mean, it might turn into something completely different after you think about it enough, and start it again, from scratch. Initial versions often have nothing in common with final drafts. |
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Aug 10 |
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Writing a novel which has the same structure and a particular theme in each chapter added 488 characters in body; added 35 characters in body; added 7 characters in body; edited body; edited body |
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Aug 10 |
answered | Writing a novel which has the same structure and a particular theme in each chapter |
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Aug 10 |
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Writing a novel which has the same structure and a particular theme in each chapter alex, as I've said before, your English is excellent for a second-language learner. But I think some/many of the mistakes you make are either made because you weren't paying attention, or because you have overlooked a few details in your English education. For instance, your verb conjugation is almost always correct, but then you go and say "He have..." I think you know that's wrong, am I right? |
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Aug 10 |
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Writing a novel which has the same structure and a particular theme in each chapter added 44 characters in body |
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Aug 6 |
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Should you specify camera action in a film script? I'm amazed that that works at all. It seems to me that a person could write a fantastic screenplay only to have it completely butchered by other people modifying it to their heart's content. The final product could be drastically different from the starting material. |
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Aug 6 |
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Can a book be written without an antagonist? Actually @LaurenIpsum I once wrote a story with no conflict of any sort. It was kind of like a written version of a nature documentary-- it was a characterless tour of an alien world, with a disembodied narrator sharing all the sights and sounds as he passes over transparent plains and through ghostly cities carved from the underside of a frozen ocean. The world was scattered with historical and ecological mysteries, all of which were explained in a sequel story. No antagonist! |
