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: Switching from past to present tense in fiction writing Is it acceptable to switch to present tense when writing in third person POV past tense? (Not only within dialog.) For example:
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: What is a good name for my fantasy species that's not too long? I made a fantasy species,a dragon. It's based off of a Siberian tiger, a bearded dragon, and a fruit bat. But the trouble
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: Which plot should I use while outlining my plot beats? I'm writing a crime/mystery fiction novel. The main plot involves a murder at the start, a case that my protagonist, a police detective,
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: How do I write dialogue as heard by a POV character who isn't fluent in the language? So I'm writing a story during the course of which my main, first-person-POV character learns another language,
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: Would you advise against having a fictional continent as the setting for a Science Fiction story? Let me elaborate. In things such as Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings (so, high fantasy),
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: How do I find an expert to help with theological science fiction writing? I am in the process of writing a theological science fiction novel. My interest in this genre is motivated by reading
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: How to make my roleplay responses more lengthy/detailed? How can I make my roleplay responses more lengthy and detailed? For the recent months I've been roleplaying with several friends. our
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: Is this the correct way to use quotes and commas when there are two quotes within one quote? “He said, ‘spend a week more on the west wall and do your job diligently,’ and that at
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: What do you do when you think of two different scenarios that can happen in a certain scene in your story and you don't know which one to choose? So, this happens to me all the time, and
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: Is the punctuation of my dialogue in this novel section correct? I am just starting out my novel, if I can get this quotation punctuation correctly it'll massively help me throughout the book,
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: How to write a female character that is not just a genderflipped male character? Recently I submitted a comic book story to a publisher, and they criticized that the main character is basically
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: Character name change In my story I am writing in third person, my character is kidnaped and finds out his real name towards the end. Do I start referring to him with his real name or the
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: How do you deal with burnout? How do you break through writer's block? I've been working on a book for about four years now. Every time I reach the middle, I get stuck and I go back and
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: How can I steer myself away from using pronouns too often as I write in 3rd person? I noticed that I use "she", "he", and "they"- and a lot of sentences also begin with the aforementioned
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: Writing an abusive scene My character is getting physically abused by her father . I tried writing fight scenes and violent scenes before but they always seemed .. very weird . Can you give
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: I need my character to be honest What I am writing is a love story. The problem is: I am trying to make my female character tell the truth to her love interest--the truth about herself.
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: Getting stuck on imagining what should be happening in the moment I frequently experience a specific type of writer's block and am looking for strategies to work around it. I lean toward discovery
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: How do I balance immature levity and flaws and character growth? I am working on a series where one of the intended primary draws is character drama and growth. I have an ensemble cast of
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: How to deal with fan's wants/criticism with a series? This is particularly aimed at those who have written/published a series. So, a lot of my ideas involve serious commitment over several short
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: I have two story ideas and I want to know if they're similar enough to other books/movies to be copyright infringing Is a story about the Hindu gods being real inherently copyright infringing
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: If my story is about fandom around 1920, how necessary is slang to convey the feel of fan conversation? My idea for a novel about baseball is simple. This story is about being a baseball
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: Can the first book in a series have a sad ending? (The antagonist wins) I have an idea for a series, but I want the protagonist to die at the end of the first book, and make it seem like
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: How to write about a character adversely different to you So, I am very naturally a nice person. I respect everyone unless they have well and truly wronged me. I go out of my way to help
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: How a character displays disdain for someone I am struggling trying to get one of my characters to display disdain for someone. I've tried him "snorting", "twisting his lips", "rolling his eyes"
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: What word would people with outdated technology make up for a plane? In my story, my characters live in the wilderness, and they have no modern technology. They do see ruins from the past
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: Writing Someone Drunk So I want to write a scene from a teenage girl in 1st-person present tense. She's drunk. I've never been drunk before, so I can't tap into personal experience to make
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: Can I use a small part of a real newspaper/online article in fiction? Can I use a small part of a real newspaper/online article in fiction? Hi everyone I write crime fiction set in my home
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: First-Person Instability Hello fellow writing nerds. I have a series idea that I am toying with that has one character that ultimately goes insane (this downward spiral is brought upon her largely
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: Adding related “documents†to a story I’m writing a fiction novel set in the future where a dictator creates an act that sets the laws and punishments of the land. Part of that act,
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: Limited 3rd Person: How to reveal character's black skin? I have a scene that I'm working on. The character in the scene is an actor who's black wearing a black face. At the end of the scene
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: I can't get out of the research phase out of fear of missing out One of the aspects I love about fiction writing is doing research. When I settle on an idea, I tend to go look for similar
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: Thinking About Fantasy Names One of my favorite parts of writing is naming my people/places/systems. I look up synonyms of common words and add prefixes, or base things off of Latin roots, or
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: How can I successfully change main character half-way through the story? I write short stories in Chinese, and give a new page to my teacher to correct every few days. This is the story I'm
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: Should fairies be capitalized? I am not sure if the word fairies should be capitalized. I have not tried anything, I'm just confused and want this to be correct.
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: Listing of a Foundation by name in a ficitious novel We are interested in naming a Foundation by name in a fictious novel. The novel does not state any official positions the Foundation has
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: Why is sarcasm so hard to write? I'm prompted to ask this question because I was troubled by some answers to questions about punctuation in rhetorical questions. The solution also calls into
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: Questions with flat tone in dialogue I'm sure we have all heard people say questions without putting the tone inflection on the end. I am writing a novel and I have a piece of dialogue
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: Is it acceptable to render poems embedded in prose in two columns? I am working on a book is going through the typesetting stage for self-publishing. In order to keep page count down, is it
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: What is the requirements for a book be considered a 'Dystopian'? I have been trying for a long time to figure out if my story is just considered Dystopian or Fiction. It has things that are
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: Searching for an author with unpublished fantasy writing for my mobile game I would be extremely grateful for any advice on how to search for or reach an agreement with an author. I'm a solo
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