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: Original story climaxes - rules / guidelines for this? I always get stuck trying to work out what the high-point of the story should be, especially when writing sci-fi/fantasy. There seem to

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: Why are papers printed in a two column format? Is there a reason or is it arbitrary/tradition?

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: Another example of this as well as Doctor Evil is Darth Vader. Starts off an innocent boy Corrupted to become evil and follow his new master under the pretense that he'll save his wife Convinced

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: Technically it's still the narrator (author) saying what the character may or may not be thinking so I would say yes. In narrated films, the narrator might add their own thoughts about events

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: Vision/dream as an effective opening? I'm looking for opinions on the effectiveness of this opening scene. It's a vision, not that he knows that at first. He thinks it a dream and won't quite

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: How many books by new authors get published every year? I have heard figures like 100,000 - 250,000 books are published every year, but this probably includes already established authors. Are

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: Do all main characters require equal development? I have been doing some work on character development for my novel. I found that though I can write pages about the main character, other characters,

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: Help me to improve grammar of this question I asked a question on stackoverflow.com some time ago. Would you please notify me possible grammatical problems of my question? And if possible give

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: How often do writers develop characters before plot, and why? As someone who writes a little as a hobby, this is something that I haven't really thought about until just recently, but... Is

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: Bibliography entry for a paper presented to a workshop I'm using bibtex to create a bibliography with xelatex. I have to cite a paper presented to a workshop, but not published on a book or

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: What to do if I can't meet my chapter word count? I usually set a word count goal for each of my chapters, say 2000 words. But sometimes I can't meet that goal, for any number of reasons.

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: What is a beat? I keep hearing the word "beat" in Writers.SE, as in "... break your scene into beats" from this question. What is a beat? How is it different from a scene?

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: What is a log line, and why are they bad? The question is as per the title. I read about log lines on Query shark. Now I know what Wikipedia says about them, but I'm still not sure what

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: What are some online guides for starting writers? I've always wanted to start writing (in a totally amateur way), but whenever I want to start something I instantly get blocked having a lot

: What is the difference between writing in the first and the third person? What kind of story is better suited for each point of view? Are there advantages or disadvantages inherent to them?

: Is there a special software for writers? Whenever I attempt to write something, I do it in a common word processor (like Microsoft Word), but I was wondering if there is a special software

: How can you submit your writings internationally? I live in Argentina, and I've always wondered if (given the case of having something worthy) I'd be able to submit it to publishers in, for

: Do I need to register my work to retain copyright? What are the legal issues when submitting work to publishers? is there a risk of having my work stolen? How can you protect yourself from

: Original story climaxes - rules / guidelines for this? I always get stuck trying to work out what the high-point of the story should be, especially when writing sci-fi/fantasy. There seem to

: Why are papers printed in a two column format? Is there a reason or is it arbitrary/tradition?

: Another example of this as well as Doctor Evil is Darth Vader. Starts off an innocent boy Corrupted to become evil and follow his new master under the pretense that he'll save his wife Convinced

: Novels are long-form prose fiction, typically over 40,000 words. Questions that use this tag can relate to writing, editing, publishing, formatting or technique as applied specifically to novels.

: Technically it's still the narrator (author) saying what the character may or may not be thinking so I would say yes. In narrated films, the narrator might add their own thoughts about events

: Vision/dream as an effective opening? I'm looking for opinions on the effectiveness of this opening scene. It's a vision, not that he knows that at first. He thinks it a dream and won't quite

: How many books by new authors get published every year? I have heard figures like 100,000 - 250,000 books are published every year, but this probably includes already established authors. Are

: Do all main characters require equal development? I have been doing some work on character development for my novel. I found that though I can write pages about the main character, other characters,

: Help me to improve grammar of this question I asked a question on stackoverflow.com some time ago. Would you please notify me possible grammatical problems of my question? And if possible give

: How often do writers develop characters before plot, and why? As someone who writes a little as a hobby, this is something that I haven't really thought about until just recently, but... Is

: Bibliography entry for a paper presented to a workshop I'm using bibtex to create a bibliography with xelatex. I have to cite a paper presented to a workshop, but not published on a book or

: What to do if I can't meet my chapter word count? I usually set a word count goal for each of my chapters, say 2000 words. But sometimes I can't meet that goal, for any number of reasons.

: What is a beat? I keep hearing the word "beat" in Writers.SE, as in "... break your scene into beats" from this question. What is a beat? How is it different from a scene?

: How do I start editing my novel? I had written the first draft of my book and put it in the freezer almost 6 weeks ago. Yesterday I took it out, and after going through a first read to

: What is a log line, and why are they bad? The question is as per the title. I read about log lines on Query shark. Now I know what Wikipedia says about them, but I'm still not sure what

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