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: Alright, so to infuse personality into a paper, there are lots of things you can try. This might seem silly, but it works. Read something unusual. If you're having problems because your prose

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: "Technique" is literally a method, a way of doing something. "Writing techniques" refers to the methods, tricks of trade, conventions and guidelines that writers use to solve specific problems

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: Does this convey that I recommend the anthology I'm reviewing? Here's a snipped-up version of a review of an anthology I wrote a while back (full original review here). Most of the stories

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: World Building critique: Building an SF society off a tangent of "Adaptation" I'm writing a short story for my english final - I'm a junior in high school; we've already taken our AP exam,

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: The English is fine, but as Janet at EL&U said, it does feel artificial. Not because of the phrasing, but because of the content - C is announcing her intention to do something very

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: How to reference a book in the Vancouver system? I just want to confirm if I did this correct. I have this reference: G. Burg, Das Melanom, Serie Gesundheit: Piper/VCH, (1993). And,

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: How can I keep up with my co-author's detail creation? Keeping track of details invented for a work of fiction is never simple, often requiring writing bibles and continuity editors. But when

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: Could a different structure for "Feast of Crows" have been a better solution to Martin's five-year-gap? The latest two volumes of Martin's Song of Ice and Fire have been poorly received compared

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: What should be put on scene notecards? (for novel writing) Once, a while back, I tried to use notecards when noveling to organize and develop my novel. The idea (a fairly common one, I believe)

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: Atmosphere is the general "feel" of a piece, its tone and emotion - which may fit or clash with the actual events being described.

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: Should paragraphs split over pages in thesis? I am writing a technical thesis with quite a few figures, tables and equations. These items break up the "flow" of the document. To mitigate this

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: How to Create Barcode from ISBN Number I have published some story books for kids and I have already bought the ISBN numbers for the same. But I am confused on how to get those ISBN numbers

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: At its strictest, iambic pentameter is just as rigid as you've described. "Poetry" is a dactyl (X-/-/), not an iamb (/-X), hence it shouldn't fit anywhere in an iamb-only sequence. Likewise,

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: Decide on a theme/overarching meaning before writing a short story? I want my short story to have a specific point, to highlight a certain truth. But I wonder in which order I should proceed:

: Do you always revise your stories or do you sometimes move on? When you finish a story, say a short story, not really intending to publish. Do you go back and revise it or let it be,

: Alright, so to infuse personality into a paper, there are lots of things you can try. This might seem silly, but it works. Read something unusual. If you're having problems because your prose

: "Technique" is literally a method, a way of doing something. "Writing techniques" refers to the methods, tricks of trade, conventions and guidelines that writers use to solve specific problems

: Common, repeatable methods of achieving particular storytelling effects or of avoiding narrative pitfalls.

: Does this convey that I recommend the anthology I'm reviewing? Here's a snipped-up version of a review of an anthology I wrote a while back (full original review here). Most of the stories

: World Building critique: Building an SF society off a tangent of "Adaptation" I'm writing a short story for my english final - I'm a junior in high school; we've already taken our AP exam,

: Research is necessary for any type of writing - for accuracy; for color; in order to fully investigate the topic at hand; in order to understand the professional field and context one is

: The English is fine, but as Janet at EL&U said, it does feel artificial. Not because of the phrasing, but because of the content - C is announcing her intention to do something very

: Writing exercises are a way to improve your skills in one particular field or task.

: How to reference a book in the Vancouver system? I just want to confirm if I did this correct. I have this reference: G. Burg, Das Melanom, Serie Gesundheit: Piper/VCH, (1993). And,

: How can I work more efficiently when writing multiple pieces of fiction at the same time? I'm working on multiple pieces of fiction at the same time, and finding it very difficult. When writing

: How can I keep up with my co-author's detail creation? Keeping track of details invented for a work of fiction is never simple, often requiring writing bibles and continuity editors. But when

: Could a different structure for "Feast of Crows" have been a better solution to Martin's five-year-gap? The latest two volumes of Martin's Song of Ice and Fire have been poorly received compared

: What should be put on scene notecards? (for novel writing) Once, a while back, I tried to use notecards when noveling to organize and develop my novel. The idea (a fairly common one, I believe)

: Atmosphere is the general "feel" of a piece, its tone and emotion - which may fit or clash with the actual events being described.

: Should paragraphs split over pages in thesis? I am writing a technical thesis with quite a few figures, tables and equations. These items break up the "flow" of the document. To mitigate this

: How to Create Barcode from ISBN Number I have published some story books for kids and I have already bought the ISBN numbers for the same. But I am confused on how to get those ISBN numbers

: At its strictest, iambic pentameter is just as rigid as you've described. "Poetry" is a dactyl (X-/-/), not an iamb (/-X), hence it shouldn't fit anywhere in an iamb-only sequence. Likewise,

: How can I dig conflict out of an optimistic SF-nal premise? I frequently have ideas for what could be called "optimistic" science-fiction premises - imaginary technological or social changes which

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