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: Which goes first: summary, background or justification? I am trying to write a long expository piece and cannot figure out which information should come first. Here are three candidates: A

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: Is mathematical poetry a form of poetry? One author considers this mathematical statement by LeRoy Gorman entitled â€œThe Birth of Tragedyâ€ as a form of minimalist poetry:

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: Where are some good places to publish free flash fiction? This question has been asked about paying markets, but does anyone know good places for putting up flash fiction just to build readership?

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: Avoid repeating specific words with no synonyms For a short essay assignment (650 word limit), I'm writing about how my experiences with learning Norwegian shaped me as an individual with the

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: What does active voice mean? I was reading on here about passive voice but didn't really know what active voice was. I read some examples but was hoping for more insight. What does it

: I tend to find technical books through recommendations on Hacker News. You can also submit to other, similar venues - Reddit, Digg, Slashdot, etc. If you feel like being a bit subversive,

: Which goes first: summary, background or justification? I am trying to write a long expository piece and cannot figure out which information should come first. Here are three candidates: A

: How do you introduce terms? There's a few different styles for technical (academic) papers. Which is the preferred style to introducing new technical terms? For example, here is a paragraph

: Write about academic plans A graduate school application form asks me to write about my academic plans. What I can think of is only the course arrangement in graduate study. So am I missing

: How should a writer use version control to track drafts, rewrites, and revisions? I'm a writer, not a programmer. I'm just now for the first time learning about version control and how it works,

: Best Practices To Learn By Reading? I've been browsing writers.se for a while and I've noticed a lot of folks state you have to READ to be able to write. I'm currently having trouble working

: Permission to use emails from famous deceased person I finished a creative non-fiction memoir about my secret life as a miracle worker. I am using three emails to me from a now deceased wildly

: Can a statement that is incorrect still characterize someone as wise? This is a discussion I had with another writer. In a screenplay, a young man who is being led astray by a charismatic

: Capitals for menu items in narrative I have convinced myself that in a narative where someone is reading from a menu, the dish name should be capitalised. I feel that this is correct because

: How can I find an agency for copywriting/script writing (for advertising) in the UK? I'm a creative copywriter and I've done the odd voice-over writing gig. Think ads and brand videos. I enjoy

: International self publishing: where to start? I decided that my book would be better suited to university students in other countries and some other select groups, such as Russian Christians.

: Methods for writing from an alternate gender/age/cultural viewpoint? While many aspects of a culture, etc, can be researched - there are intrinsic difficulties to writing from the PoV of a woman

: Is mathematical poetry a form of poetry? One author considers this mathematical statement by LeRoy Gorman entitled â€œThe Birth of Tragedyâ€ as a form of minimalist poetry:

: Where are some good places to publish free flash fiction? This question has been asked about paying markets, but does anyone know good places for putting up flash fiction just to build readership?

: Purchasing copies of my own book with my own ISBN from Amazon prohibited? Someone told me that if I use my own ISBN on books I publish through Createspace that I would not be allowed to

: Avoid repeating specific words with no synonyms For a short essay assignment (650 word limit), I'm writing about how my experiences with learning Norwegian shaped me as an individual with the

: Self publishing a collection of poems I have written four poems and will keep writing more. How many should I put under one collection, and around how many pages should it be? Any ideas on

: Building empathy with a character and interest in a story I've written several chapters of a (fiction) story. I wasn't happy so I spent some time reading about fiction, and trying to figure

: How do I index an author who published with and without middle initial? How do I index an author who published articles with and without middle initial? For example, I cite an author who published

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