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: Can we share our own stories? I have just started a blog on which I publish short stories (https://readbetweenthelie.wixsite.com/read). For my new story, I am writing the story in 2nd POV, an
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: Audition Scene: Writing a Book with a audition scene for a child I want to write an audition scene in my book. The character is eight, turning nine in a few months, and she will be auditioning
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: How to write a storyteller well? I have seen in many books a storyteller, usually, a knowledgeable "mentor" character, tell a story to the MC, for a variety of reasons, with a variety
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: How to write a novel which is taking place entirely in a foreign country, with foreign culture and foreign characters? How to write a novel which is taking place entirely in a foreign country,
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: How do I start? To start this off, I am writing a new book called "A True American Family"(a dystopian-fiction novel), it is about a white american (U.S.) family,in the sixties, they
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: How long can a Children's Novel be? I'm currently writing a realism fantasy novel targeted for a 9-12 age group. Since it became so long(the first draft turned out to be at least 90,000 words),
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: Can I write a story with the same variations of another? I am writing a story that has clans, apprentices, warriors and stuff like that from Warriors by Erin Hunter, but it has different plot,
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: What qualifies for an antagonist? I'm a young author writing a realism-fantasy novel. My "antagonist" is this man who sends the protagonist away against his daughter's wishes(this is the
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: Is it all right to write a memoir like a novel? I wanted to share my true story as if I were writing a fictional story. For example, the author Terry McMillan's novel called, "Disappearing
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: When to be literal and when to be metaphorical? I tend to chide myself when I explain things very literally. However, I've noticed some excellent literature uses some very literal explanation
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: Giving journeys a sense of scale Journeying is a central part of my novel. However, it gets really boring really quickly to describe them walking through the same landscape for a few weeks.
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: How to get across to the reader a character’s prophetic abilities My protagonist is speaking to my interpretation of the three fates from Greek mythology. He doubts their abilities until one
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: In Alan Bennet's The History Boys Mrs Lintott says to Irwin 'If I was a better teacher..'. Why does she not say 'if I were a better teacher? I don't understand why Mrs Lintott does not seem
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: Where to go next in the writing process? I'm a new writer, have been working on a novel length piece of work for the past couple of years, and I have always been the kind of person to
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: Is it bad practice to use "ahem" in dialogue? I'm writing a bit of fiction and what i have is an uncomfortable character who is clearing his throat before speaking. Is it better to say so
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: Is this beginning good for A STORY David Gemstone dives his head in a bucket full of water. "Bang" he hears a sound outside. He pulls out his revolver and walks out of the bathroom.
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: How should I go about introducing character as a long forgotten friend? I am having the main protagonist find their imaginary friend that they had previously forgotten. How would I make some
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: What pronoun to use for a sentient, self aware AI? I have a sentient AI in a story. He sentience aspect is mostly an unexpected result and some characters in the story do not believe it.
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: A typical American food a grandma could cook that would spoil if left outside the fridge over night This is oddly specific and I'm not sure this is the right place for it but I'm writing
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: Is it acceptable to put the period after the quotation mark? As a programmer, it always bothered me when the period was inside the quotation marks, like so: His nickname was "Quincy."
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: Am I bringing my character back to life too much? This story is about a person in a sort of technologically advanced secret government organization that is basically SCP. The organization is
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: What makes a book young adult I am a young author writing my first series . I’m not writing my books simply because I want to or that I am frustrated with other books, but those are some
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: All my characters sound the same. How can I change this? I am writing a fantasy series. I am a new writer. I am almost done with the first draft of the first book, I have about 400 pages.
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: I want to use the premise of a story that I think wasted its potential, can I do this? I have been pondering on a novel idea that would likely utilize a large chunk of a premise of a
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: Using real names in fiction I'm thinking of writing a fiction novel. The plot I've outlined so far centers largely around one possible path the future of our world could take over the next
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: If I use a real building in a real city could I be liable for some sort of lawsuit? I want to use a real building (skyscraper) in a real city that will be the subject of a terrorist attack
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: How do I keep my character's gender a complete mystery? At first my protagonist was going to be a female role, until I started having an inclination for male characters and the fact that I
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: Am I starting my story too late? In my story the MC joins this pseudo-militia. The process for every new person is to sign up, go to training, and then be sorted into teams and wait to
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: Struggling with using correct tenses, please help! I am writing my first book, which I am very passionate about, but there are small details in the art of writing that have me second guessing
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: Writing a fictional book with real places Hey I started to write my first book, and im a newbie in this whole field of book writing. I will write a thriller / stalker book which is of course
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: How long should each paragraph be in fiction writing? In high school and even college most students are told to aim for around 5-6 sentences per paragraph. I am now trying to write fiction,
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: How to cut down on using too many pronouns (he, she, his etc.) while writing paragraphs (fiction) I'm a relatively new writer and decided I would try and write something for fun. For the most
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: I'm trying to write a short story for an assignment and my word count is 5263 and 12 pages on google docs, is this too long? I just need help with writing my short story, I don't want
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: Everyone has a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay. Does that apply to me? Everyone has a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay I'm not
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: How to do a non-binary character? I'm currently writing a novel in my spare time, though i like how its going the main character is a non-binary young adult, I try hard to make sure it doesn't
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: How do you write a flawed character without it seeming forced, or making it painful to read This is more of a general question, but I am wondering what is the proper way to create character
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: My character is a child abductor; can he drive a brand-name car? I'm about to self-pub my first novel, a domestic thriller with a time-travel twist, and in the story, one of my main characters
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: Can I get sued for a fictional version of a news outlet? In the fictional book I'm writing there are the institutions, Focs Schools and Focs Net. These institutions greatly distort history,
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: Should foreign personal titles be capitalized in English text? Should foreign language personal titles be capitalized in English fiction text? E.g. "How are you, Señor Rojas?" Do we follow
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