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: How to travel in a government restricted setting? So my fantasy story starts out with two characters travelling by foot through endless woods. They can't take the roads because of an oppressive

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: Using the same quotation a second time I'm writing an essay in CMS style. I have a quotation I use in the beginning of the essay that I cite. I reference part of the quote later in quotation

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: What are PoD options for a 5M Bible? I have a question, essentially about how to best format and make a PoD-appropriate version of a large manuscript. In this case it is a Bible version,

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: Should I have some restraint when submitting to the more prestigious journals? I'm an amateur writer who's never been published. I think my stuff is good, I've had others tell me it's good,

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: There are two approaches that are historically used in your situation, and some more modern ones that some people are trying. The first thing often done is to only have evil characters misbehave.

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: This is fiction? Where is it set? If you write what you know and set it where the native language is not english or the major characters don't speak english, you can emphasize your cultural

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: Add Document Data to Chapter Title I'm writing a story using Scrivener. To keep track of the story timeline, I currently write the (fictional) time and date of the happenings of each scene

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: Interacting with the antagonist or protagonist I am writing a game book where the story's plot is about an antagonist who keeps people hostage and, based on the reader's choices, they can survive

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: How much repetition of a word or phrase is too much? I like to experiment with rhetorical devices to add spice in my writing. Repetition can be used for emphasis, establishing rhythm, etc.

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: Miles or Kilometers for historical fiction? I am writing a novel of historical fiction about the Second World War. It is written in the POV of several German and Russian characters but is intended

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: Switching perspectives for a single chapter in a first person POV novel, to do or not to do? Allow me to explain what prompted the question before you immediately say that it's not okay and

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: How to present asides in play writing? I'm not sure whether this is the stackexchange website for this, but I'm in the process of writing a play for a competition. The main character often

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: Explicitly correcting yourself while writing - how appropriate is it ? Like so: He worries â€“ well, not worries, but laments a little â€“ that he senses people don't read Henry James anymore

: Should I research what my protagonistâ€™s job would involve, or just create it all from my imagination? My protagonist works in a pharma company and I really don't have a clue about how they

: Would it be weird if I write "a simple sample something"? Not getting too technical, I am writing a configuration file for a piece of software I have developed. This software allows others

: How should I use phrases such as "uh huh"? I have seen various combinations of interjections (or "grunt words", as they are sometimes called) used in fictional dialogue, such as: uh huh (which

: Should cliffhangers be used in every chapter? This is not a great question but I use a lot of cliffhangers. And I have a habit of making cliffhangers in the end of every chapter that I

: How can I broaden my understanding of my characters? A problem I have when writing is that all of my characters behavior and speech ends up mirroring that of my own. As a result nearly all

: My publisher copyrighted my book cover and interior My illustrator designed the cover of my book, but my publisher did not want to use his cover. They wanted their illustration department to

: How to travel in a government restricted setting? So my fantasy story starts out with two characters travelling by foot through endless woods. They can't take the roads because of an oppressive

: Using the same quotation a second time I'm writing an essay in CMS style. I have a quotation I use in the beginning of the essay that I cite. I reference part of the quote later in quotation

: What are PoD options for a 5M Bible? I have a question, essentially about how to best format and make a PoD-appropriate version of a large manuscript. In this case it is a Bible version,

: Should I have some restraint when submitting to the more prestigious journals? I'm an amateur writer who's never been published. I think my stuff is good, I've had others tell me it's good,

: There are two approaches that are historically used in your situation, and some more modern ones that some people are trying. The first thing often done is to only have evil characters misbehave.

: This is fiction? Where is it set? If you write what you know and set it where the native language is not english or the major characters don't speak english, you can emphasize your cultural

: Add Document Data to Chapter Title I'm writing a story using Scrivener. To keep track of the story timeline, I currently write the (fictional) time and date of the happenings of each scene

: Interacting with the antagonist or protagonist I am writing a game book where the story's plot is about an antagonist who keeps people hostage and, based on the reader's choices, they can survive

: How much repetition of a word or phrase is too much? I like to experiment with rhetorical devices to add spice in my writing. Repetition can be used for emphasis, establishing rhythm, etc.

: Miles or Kilometers for historical fiction? I am writing a novel of historical fiction about the Second World War. It is written in the POV of several German and Russian characters but is intended

: Switching perspectives for a single chapter in a first person POV novel, to do or not to do? Allow me to explain what prompted the question before you immediately say that it's not okay and

: How to present asides in play writing? I'm not sure whether this is the stackexchange website for this, but I'm in the process of writing a play for a competition. The main character often

: My autobiography is exciting, but I'm an unknown. Should I make it a novel instead? I've kept diaries all my life and now have over 100...which I've recently started turning into an autobiography

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