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: Choosing character names is a constant difficulty I find it hard to name my characters. Every normal name sounds funny if applied to a product of my fantasy. If I take a common name, I may

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: How to share the work, if writing fiction in a team? How should one split up the work between two people? Should one write the even-numbered chapters and the other the odd-numbered? Does each

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: What are good reads about writing? What do you recommend as reading material to improve writing for beginners? If one recommendation is put per answer and can be voted separately a good list

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: When and how often edit the style and content of a story? An early story I did I edited again and again to make it better. But in the end, I got the feeling the result was worse than

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: Are different styles/storylines prefered in different languages/cultures? I am German. Can I apply the hints for style or story-building given here, or by English authors, without a second thought

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: Which amount of side-story is acceptable? If you grow your writing from short-stories, to longer stories and novels you will have to create more content. Most of it will be more detailed description

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: What are some regular contests unpublished short story authors might enter? One good way for new authors to become recognized is a contest. What contests exist that: Accept short stories Occur

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: What are advantages/disadvantages to use a CC-license for your writings? What are the implications, if I choose a Creative-Commons-license for my work? Cory Doctorow seems fine with this. Is this

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: How much should I describe things or persons, that are not important for the story? I discussed a book with a friend, and he disliked that the author described a person who is dying shortly

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: How should be the format for literature references that are websites (URLs)? In technical writings are good established standards for formatting literature references. But that doesn't work this

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: Do multimedia-objects work well in electronical publishings of fictional writing? Electronical publishings could include multimedia, like videos or music/soundsnippets. How well does that go together

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: Should I translate myself my writings into english to get a bigger audience? I'm a native speaking german and learned english in school. So I will probably never be writing and speaking english

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: Why is "It was a dark and stormy night.." not a good opening? Also, why has it spawned an award for bad writing?

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: First, I'd break it into more sentences. It is very difficult to read and understand that four-lines sentence. Second, how can an imminent carbon tax increase someone's ability to spend more

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: I'm not sure whether you're looking for how-to-write books or just books in general. Based on your writing in this short question, I'm going to say that I think it's a bit early for how-to

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: I think the word loved is italicized here for two reasons: It's a gloating exultation spoken by someone who revels in the idea of the victory that this word represents. It follows the word

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: Pros and Cons of different styles of publishing I was reading on the meta site that someone thinks we're hostile to self-publishing, and I read over some old questions looking for evidence.

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: The best publishing platform for a business "vanity" book? I have a client who has written a (well done) synopsis of his core business proposition that reads like a great little book, but is

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: What's the most marketable title? I am writing a novel about someone being chased by the Russian Mafia. A hitman is sent to save her and that's where the books takes off. I have way too

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: I think when you use the word 'copying' in your question, you've already got your answer. It's his style, and I agree, it works for him. But that doesn't mean it would work for you!

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