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: How can I establish the nature of a person/group without action? How can one establish the nature of a person/group to the reader without relying on actions to 'show' it? For example, if I
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: Should I defend my character's appearance? I'm in talks with a publisher about my comic book. In it, the main character is a hunter who hunts monsters, but in a way inspired by how real hunters
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: Creating a story in which the hero(es) lose So I am still in the primitive stages of creating my own world and story, if I even do it that is. I am still trying to get a feel for where
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: Should dull dialogue be removed completely? The following dialogue is from a novel I'm writing (first draft): "You're quiet tonight," Erin said to Benjamin, who seemed to be lost in thoughts.
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: Fictional diary for a novel When it is appropriate to use the diary form for a novel? Which are the most effective published examples? (I mean fictional diaries, so not Anne Frank's diary).
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: Do I have to start my story with my main characters? What I mean is, does my story have to start with my main character being introduced, or can I start with their parents and then ease
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: Can non-English-speaking characters use wordplay specific to English? Would it be jarring if in an original (non-translated) story, the characters, who don't speak English in-universe, use "untranslatable"
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: Why do expert fiction writers often give conflicting and contradictory advice to novice writers? Lots of writers give writing advice -- but why do they so often contradict each other? For example,
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: How do I draw attention to a girl's chest without making it overly lewd? So, I have a group of main characters, and the current viewpoint character is going to introduce a... very well-endowed
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: Writing Unequal Societies (Without Supporting Inequality) Historically, most occidental cultures (and many other ones) were strongly biased against women. Women were effectively barred from the vast
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: Death as person - A funny part of the story? Or serious stuff? Death as a person is commonly known to any reader of the "Discworld" series from Terry Pratchett. Also death appears in the
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: Does everything have to be accurate? Do I have to make everything apply to logic, physics, science, etc? The Harry Potter series has been a major hit, and it is nowhere near to being scientifically
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: Writing a character who is an expert in something that I can't know I'm writing a story where the main character comes back from the dead. The character is fully lucid, knowledgeable and articulate
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: Do writers write philosophical essays? I'm son to two philosophers, and maybe this shaped too much my way of understanding the world. I think a lot, or maybe thinking means a lot to me. And,
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: Referencing modern pop culture in science fiction A geek today is quite likely to reference the pop culture of 30 years ago: "Do or do not, there is no try", "Beam me up, Scotty" and "Ground
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: How to manage getting depressed by what my main character goes through? I'm writing a war (sci-fi) novel. The MC dies in the end. It's not as thoroughly depressing as "All Quiet on the Western
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: How to handle a massive info dump post-ending? I know this question has been asked a few times, and I’ve read all the helpful answers, but can’t implement them in my situation. So, would
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: How to expand my vocabulary? I wanted to write something for a long time. But what I think is, in writing the choice of words plays a very significant role. From where I can learn this thing?
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: How do I write an uneducated character with a genius level intellect in a medieval society? I am currently writing a medieval (low fantasy) novel set in a society akin to that of Western Europe
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: How to refer to clothes without modern words ? (e.g: t-shirt) This is a constant struggling point of mine. Most of my settings take place in fictional worlds often inspired by various parts
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: Main male character description I've been asked to write a story as an assignment. It should have as the main male character an unusually smart, clever, insightful and thoughtful guy who is
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: I feel my protagonist is too "detached" from the main plot. What should I do? Here's a summary of the plot: The main character goes to a mountain to visit his half-sister. He hasn't seen
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: How little "fantasy" can be in a story and it still be recognizably fantasy? How little "fantasy" can be in a story and it still be recognizably fantasy, and not mainstream fiction? The "recognizable
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: Adding breaks in a novel—spaces, asterisks, or a chapter break? I am editing my first novel and wherever I find a natural break in the story, I add a few spaces. I want to go back and
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: Will my readers feel like they are reading a children's storybook if there are illustrations in my novel? I'm writing a novel. I also have good drawing skills. I would like to add illustrations
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: What are some examples of modern original plots? In a comment on this answer, a valuable community contributor suggested that it is possible to be totally original in writing, despite the fact
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: What is Literary Fiction? I keep hearing about literary fiction, and how it is so much better than genre fiction. What exactly is literary fiction?
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: I wrote a scene that the majority of my readers loved. How do I get back to that place while writing my new book? I wrote a scene that I put my heart and soul into. It was received well
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: How much character growth crosses the line into breaking the character (not a duplicate of Character Development - How much is too much? because that one is more about "overreaction" to smaller
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: How to make clear what a part-humanoid character looks like when they're quite common in their world? How can I describe an unconventionally part-humanoid character, so the reader knows clearly
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: Could the cast of my book be more unique? Edit: After reading the question I've asked again and the answers I've gotten, I feel I should say that the descriptions of the characters here are
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: How to avoid turning dialogue into Q&A session? I noticed a problem I have in my fictional writing. My dialogues quickly turn into interrogations. Here is an exaggerated example. "How did
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: Would readers feel cheated if the villain is successful in convincing the protagonist to change sides? So I'm writing a story where the main character is sent to kill the main villain. I have
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: What to call a main character who changes names? I'd like to write a story, in the third-person perspective, centering on a character who changes her name several times in the course of the
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: How to write female characters as a male writer? Yesterday I asked a question about writing a female character who has agency. Much to my surprise, it was well-received and generated a lot
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: Of plottwists and endings While writing my story this has come up in my mind a lot. I have been planning and foreshadowing this major plottwist near the end of my story. But the effects of
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: Avoiding Slang whilst Writing I sometime express my personality too much in my more creative fiction. When I get going, I include slang words and phrases that sound fascinating and are comprehensible
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: Fiction Writing - has it all been done before? It's a simple fact the there are more fiction books in existence now than one person could possibly read in a lifetime. Add to this the supposition
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: How to prevent turning off the reader at first with a protagonist with unlikeable traits but that becomes better later on? I have a story where the protagonist, who is a warrior meant to be
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: How to *show* a controversial reality without seeming like I'm treating it as acceptable and without stating that this is wrong? I have a story which has some controversial social problems, and
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