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: Are there jobs that involve creative writing in the software industry? I've been a developer for some years now, but I've realized that I need a job where I can be more creative (and hopefully
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: What should step one in writing a novel be? I have had an interest in writing for years, but I don't know where to start or how to organize the process of "becoming a writer." I have
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: Writers Communities? I don't mean writer's circles, or "auditioning sites", although some of these have forums tacked on as a by the by. Usually places to talk about the beardy philosophy of
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: What's Essential In A Combat Scene? I've just been reading a bunch of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files books. Although they were the most enjoyable read I'd had in ages I always found myself skimming
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: How does a code monkey become a novelist? I have always loved creative writing, but honestly do not see software engineers that write fiction all that often. Heck, I do not see software engineers
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: Where to find some good examples of combat or action scenes? I always learn a lot about about writing by reading other works and following their examples. Right now I'm very bad at writing
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: Are there good tips on being a better *creative* writer? I'm a student at Case, and while we of course have an English department, it seems the only kind of writing classes/courses available
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: Are there any techniques that make complexity work? One for the creative writers, although I suppose a lateral shift might put it within reach of journalists/technical writers. As authors we all
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: Getting emotional while writing, good or bad? Once in a while I get really emotional when writing. Writing about love, jealousy or even thinking about a simple scene in which a father plays
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: What's the benefit of using invented languages in-story? I'm working on a fictional story set in a fantastical (although coherent) universe. I'm used to seeing invented languages in works like
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: Sample Metaphor for Cycling Can you please give me a sample metaphor for cycling, specially when pedalling uphill and sweating. Also, I'd like an example of a metaphor to describe the opposite
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: Is there any good time-line software out there? I write mostly speculative fiction, and use Scrivener for writing and note-taking. But I'm looking to start crafting timelines to keep track of
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: Avoiding cultural differences I'm not a native English speaker, but I write in English. I'm now visiting the US, and I have made some very interesting observation regarding the way ordinary life
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: How to convey the fact that the person that I'm talking to, is "she" but from the past? I wrote the following: I think about cheating on you...with a girl who I used to have random
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: Is it possible that my short novel will be boring to my readers because it only has two characters and the location doesn't change? In my story, there are two characters: a schoolgirl and
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: Is a novel less credible if the dialogues are too perfect? I always find myself trying to make dialogues perfect. For example, the perfect advice, the perfect punch line, the perfect joke or
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: New digital ways of presenting a novel in 2011? The traditional way of presenting a novel is in a book. I know about e-books too. Do you know another digital ways of presenting a novel? For
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: In what order should I describe a setting? For instance I'm describing the park of an art museum in a foggy day. I'm not sure if I should start with the fog, wind, grass, threes, walking
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: How to attract the average reader to an "intellectual" novel? For instance, If I write a novel which has the following: “The universe goes through a gradual transition from one condition,
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: How many words (or lines) are long enough to make someone think about his life but short enough to hook lazy readers? OK, I know that it depends of what it is written. But I believe that
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: What are some possible reasons of why my readers preferred this "writing" over the others two? Recently, I wrote the following stuff for a photo web comic I created inspired in "a softer world.":
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: What sites can I use to crowdsource my writing project? I have a writing project I'd like to crowdsource. I imagine opening the project definition to an open call, and awarding the work to
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: How Do you Stave Off Boredom While Writing? I have about 20 half-finish novels sitting on my computer, in my filing cabinet, or under my bed. The story with each is the same - I start
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: No English degree, what are my chances on successfully publishing a novel? I don't have an English or Writing-related degree in any way. As of right now, I have no degree, but what I mean
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: An engineering student wants to write fiction, where to start? I'm a computer engineering student, programmer, avid book lover and have a very vivid (some would say "screwed up") mind. I recently
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: Dialogue writing practices? First time novelist, long time writer here. I'm looking for creative writing exercises to help with my dialogue. Any ideas?
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: What is a discovery writer? From an answer to this question: How do I successfully structure a long fiction piece? I think I can infer the meaning from the usage but some elaboration would
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: Single character POV vs. two POVs - how to decide? I'm starting to look at my next novel, and I'm trying to decide whether I should tell it from one POV or two. I've used both techniques
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: How can I effectively invent a language? I want to make a particular language that adapts to the story. And the language has to have x and y and e characteristics for example. Is there
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: How to use His/My/Your permutations in adressing persons I'd like to understand the rationale of when, why and how His/My/Your are used in titles of addressing people. For example, the standard
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: How do I keep up with current written English language? I am a speaker of English as a foreign language. I appreciate that English is a living language and that different regions in the world
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: How to develop a story for a novel? I am looking for some inspiration on where to start writing a novel. I have a general idea for a plot and characters, but I don't feel it's enough for
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: How to express in a better way? Possible Duplicate: How to overcome the fact that I can't write? Normally I have good ideas to write, but when I come to writing those on
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: How to restart a novel(la)? I've got a novel(la) of 33,000+ (130 or so manuscript pages) words that I would like to build up to 60,000 or so words - but I'm having trouble restarting the
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: How do I appreciate a subject matter expert's expertise? Situation -A subject matter expert is helping me with something that, well, matters. (to me) I want to send a quick one liner thank
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: How to get feedback about the quality of one's fictional writing from friends unbiased by the friendship? It is a little strange to ask, but are there ways to get feedback from friends about
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: How does one avoid bland, generic fantasy while they write? I have been mulling over the plot and characters for an elaborate fantasy work for a number of years now. The longer I mull things
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: How to concentrate when writing? I looked through the questions and didn't see this one so hopefully it's not a duplicate. I often have ideas of stories I want to write and I work on outlines
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: Describing a machine's world in a metaphorical manner The actual meaning that I want to convey is sort of like a good design covers up the nitty gritty technical aspects of a machine and provides
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: How to overcome the fact that I can't write long stories? I have written some short stories (in fact, they are flash fiction). When I'm writing short stories, the ideas and the structure come
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