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: Strategies for shortening texts When reviewing a text to shorten it beneath a fixed, externally imposed word limit, which strategies are available for shortening the text? What kind of shortening

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: At what point does an author deal with an editor? I'm just wondering: at which point do you have to deal with the editor, and what are the (possible) consequences? That is, when is the

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: How does one go about publishing erotica, and how far is too far? I write erotica, it started out as an amusement to see how far I could go, but it became a real passion after three or

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: I'm kinda surprised no one mentioned these, but the dark elf stories written by R.A. Salvatore, excluding the drizt novels, most of these are about pretty evil people just going about their

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: My revision isn't great, but I think it make things clearer by splitting the effects of subsidies and taxes into separate sentences: The increasing green movement will create subsidies for

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: "...and the fire from the stove engulfed him" or "jumped on him" or "covered him" or "devoured him" or what? Which verb should I use here? He opened the stove and the fire from the stove

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: Pitfalls of writing a main character of different gender to the author, specifically first-person perspective? This is my first question on here, so bear with me, if you will. My question is

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: How do you manage all the different aspects of writing poetry? Every time I try to write a poem I find myself incredibly stuck. It feels to me like poetry has so many different aspects- meter,

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: I like drÉ±65 Î´'s advice for the first sentence. For the second, try: In my Financial Analysis and Control module I attained a strong First (72%) for a financial performance analysis

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: What is the name of the genre of stories with multiple realities? The movie "Sucker Punch" and the "Once Upon a time" series make it hard to distinguish what state of reality is the "real"

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: College Application Essay Opening and Help I currently have to write an application for college that I wish to go to over the summer. I have no idea where to turn and what to write. The

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: How long has the "scene" method been used for writing a novel? I've noticed that many authors discuss "building" their novels using scenes as the fundamental building block. Be it by software

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: Combatting Excessive Familiarity Of Writing Since writing my last question, I've been able to write a handful more items and have tried to nail down some more specific items I can ask about

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: Must every piece of speech get its own paragraph? I've had a few people read pieces of narrative writing I've done, and they seem to take issue with the fact that I sometimes put a piece

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: How to minimize language mistakes while writing While it's true that: Editors do proof reading for you, and word processors have spell checking and grammar checking you do not always have an

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: Automated correction of google translated documents We have google translated docs which are almost error free and require only minor (about 10%) corrections, and even these corrections are redundant

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: What factors in fiction arouse readers' expectations? Feedback from my writer's group tells me that my recent stories leave promises unfulfilled and important questions unanswered. So I've become

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: Plot devices for the climax of an adventure story Setting aside the specifics of my particular plot for a moment, I have need of plot inspiration: how do I set up an escape from a death

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: Using quotes for sarcastic text Are quotes only for spoken text? Can I use quotes to emphasize sarcasm, like when somebody physically makes quote symbols with their fingers while reading?

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: How can I get a copyright for my e-book? As I'm a new writer, I don't know how to get copyright for my first book. Could anyone help me please? My book is an e-book in E-Pub format.

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