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: How to tell readers that I know my story is factually incorrect? Sometimes, it so happens that I do some research for a story and find that a major plot point could never work in real life.
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: A poker game description that does not feel gimmicky I'm writing a scene in which four characters play a high-stakes poker game. So far my narrator has been an omniscient third person, who
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: Is there such a thing as too inconvenient? I find myself often being irritated at elements in situations that help characters succeed, elements which are also highly unlikely or even illogical.
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: How to end a story without reaching a new status quo? A popular writing theory states that any story worth telling describes the movement from one status quo to another, and that major uncertainties
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: How can I have a war with no "good" or "evil" side? I'm conceptualising a story involving two heroes who go on an epic journey and return bitter rivals etc. etc. and form their own forces
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: Should a writer be a good reader? Someone who wants to be a writer, has a good idea in his/her brain but is not much of a reader. Can that person be a good writer given that he/she has
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: How to get readers to care about a dead character? My story happens as a result of one of the main characters getting murdered. I'm wondering how to get readers to care about someone who's
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: When does a partially random event go from reasonably possible to contrived "deus ex machina"? There will always be some amount of luck, some amount of chance and randomness in any story. This
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: I keep rewriting the same section of my story. How do I move forward? I have a story I want to write and I have the scenes in my head. Because of this, I keep judging and rewriting the
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: Is it advisable to add a location heads-up when a scene changes in a novel? In my novel, I have a scene at home which changes to scene at the office which is completely different. I have
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: How do you show, through your narration, a hard and uncaring world? As I've already mentioned, I'm working on a sci-fi novel. One of the main feelings that I wanted to represent when I started
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: Should I describe my characters going to the toilet? Should I let the narrator (third person) describe that my characters are going to the bathroom (for a sense of realism and accuracy) or
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: Can non-interactive stories make an audience feel guilt, and if so, how? Interactive stories can do this quite easily- give the audience a choice, reveal choice to be a bad one, everyone is
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: Starting a book with a scene from the middle So. I'm currently working on a novel. (It's my first ever.) I need all the help I can get. I had an idea where I start with a scene which
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: How can I make "acts of patience" exciting? This answer to the question Averting Real Women Don’t Wear Dresses introduces a distinction between acts of patience and acts of daring. [...] when
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: How important is it for multiple POVs to run chronologically? The way I am currently designing a story with three distinct POVs. An issue I am running into, however, is that one of these has
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: How to write a convincing religious myth? In my story the protagonist hears, in a temple ceremony, the reading of a religious/mythological text. Now in the actual story, I don't need the text
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: Symbolism of 18 Journeyers In my story, 12 year old Ruth has visions from another place and time which lead her to gather a group of kids for a quest. She is told there will be 18 kids,
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: Making him into a bully (how to show mild violence) Joe is the worst. Nobody likes him, not even the so-called friends he teams up with at school, filling other students with terror. He's
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: Is it true that "Any story can be great in the hands of the right storyteller"? Presumably, like all trite sayings, it's a bit of an exaggeration since a story has to be at least interesting.
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: Writing a Satisfying Ending It strikes me that the last chapter (or so) of any story needs to make the reader feel that reading the book has been a worthwhile experience. An exceptional ending
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: The concept of "Exotic Culture" and the necessity of a new world A personal point of view on the necessity of a new culture in fiction "A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away",
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: The seven story archetypes. Are they truly all of them? The seven archetypes are as follows: Overcoming the Monster. Rags to Riches. The Quest. Voyage and Return. Comedy. Tragedy. Rebirth. But surely,
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: Is it okay for a chapter's POV to shift as it progresses? I have this duo in my novel, they're always together in chapters. Usually the story alternates between them within their plot, though
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: Does detail obscure or enhance action? I have two versions of a pivotal scene in my novel (both already written). My SP is a rather impulsive young woman who is learning to be a bit less
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: Using time travel without creating plot holes There are different types of time travel (they have different rules and constraints) throughout literature, so I was wondering if you could list some
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: How to write a good MacGuffin? I backed myself into a corner and have to create a [TV TROPES WARNING] MacGuffin for a story. How can I create a good MacGuffin? How to make it interesting
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: Can the prologue's POV be different from the POV of main story? Let me explain my question: I want to write the prologue of the story with the narrator in first person with the point of
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: Third Person POV: What level of telling is acceptable for character motivation? The novel I'm writing is third-person limited POV in style. This means that the narration's coverage is limited
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: Creating a logical framework for the concept of "decisional causality" I'm working on a science fiction universe in which time travel exists, in a very limited form, but it's useless, at least
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: In a "Gatsby" type story, how does a narrator relate what he doesn't get to see? "The Great Gatsby" was told from the point of view of Gatsby's neighbor, Nick Carraway by name, with Nick
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: How can I hide a second narrative within my story? (using time travel) I've been planning a story that follows two characters. At the end, one character (let's call him Joe) goes back in time
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: Dead parents: something to avoid? A lot of people die in my story, some of them are parents. One of the main characters for example lost his father (and one brother) in a car crash when
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: Should the narrator use pseudonyms in writing? I have characters who have to use false names. Should the narrator use their real name or false name? For example, if person A was being called
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: Voices of young children, how to write? I am currently writing a narrative featuring many young children. Some of the children are under the age of five, and I'm wondering what the best way
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: Should I avoid "lecturing" my readers? I just noticed I have the tendency of "lecturing" my readers now and then. Examples: I almost let everything out. But, funny, I didn't do it. I didn't
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: What gender do you think the narrator is? Once again, I traveled three hours only to eat sushi, alone. Cars passed by and people streamed along the sidewalk. Hanging in the air, I could
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: Is the following sentence structure allowed in fiction? I'm not very sure why, but the following sentence structure came out from my mind: Disclaimer: this is a first draft. The realization
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: Is it acceptable practice to use contractions in a fictional first person narrative for children? I am writing a children's story in first person, present tense. Aside from the quotes from characters,
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: Is it true that men (in general) can't write female first-person? I think I first saw that statement in an answer to this question. Men cannot, in general, write female first-person. I
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