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| location | Northwestern Ontario | |
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| visits | member for | 11 months |
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Lapsed linguist and language lover.
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Feb 25 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Feb 21 |
accepted | Punctuation and capitalisation in poetry |
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Feb 21 |
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Does this riddle abuse language to make it fit into verse? Of course - I was wondering how to "guess" secretly! Great riddle at any rate, and I like the edits. |
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Feb 21 |
asked | Punctuation and capitalisation in poetry |
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Dec 21 |
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Characters with no names It worked really well in Jose Saramago's novel, Blindness. The characters are referred to throughout the long book as the Doctor's Wife, the Girl with the Dark Glasses, the Man with the Black Eyepatch, etc. It's surprisingly non-invasive and effective. |
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Dec 21 |
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Peeking through character's mask You asked about literary works with such protagonists. Two come readily to mind -- Quoyle from The Shipping News (Annie Proulx) and Lisbeth Salander from Steig Larsson's Millennium Series (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, etc.). |
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Dec 20 |
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A cross-[What] kind of romance? So how about "cross-carbonality" or "cross-carbon" or "inter-carbonality" romance? |
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Nov 1 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Nov 1 |
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How do authors incorporate languages they don't speak? @Mussri I think you're on to something. If OP's character speaks Arabic, for example, OP could include Arabic idioms (translated into English) as a way to show that s/he is speaking in Arabic -- without the need for actually using Arabic. OP would still need to double check with a native speaker, but I think the approach might work very well. You should form this into an answer. |
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Nov 1 |
answered | How can I write anonymously (based on true experiences)? |
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Sep 20 |
awarded | Editor |
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Sep 20 |
revised |
What are good reads about writing? added 140 characters in body |
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Sep 20 |
answered | What are good reads about writing? |
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Jun 6 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Jun 6 |
accepted | Abbreviation for “figures” in scientific papers |
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Jun 5 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Jun 3 |
awarded | Student |
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Jun 3 |
asked | Abbreviation for “figures” in scientific papers |
