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: How to write a panic-fainting scene? MC panics, runs, trips, falls, faints. (She is wearing heels)Any tips on how I can write this?
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: How can I write this scene? Entering the park, a slight breeze rustles the leaves making them fall to the ground one by one. It was a small park with a jungly gym, a couple of tables and
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: How to "inform" the reader of changes in narrator? Writing low-quality novels on my spare time is my hobby and I'm currently "working" on one where the story about a country with an
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: Exploring one's sexual orientation. The process of it I generally write about LGBTQ characters who have already out and proud. Now I'm planning on writing a character that just found out that
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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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: What to avoid when writing a big reveal? So im writing an enemies to lovers book. My two many characters have hated each other for 7 years, they make a dare to see who can hook up with
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: How to reveal a secret romantic relationship? So I'm writing an "enemies to lovers" book. My two many characters have hated each other for 7 years, they make a dare to see who can
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: How to correctly show a translation of a foreign word? My current project requires a lot of translation work, where the main character is slowly piecing together a language. I'm assuming that
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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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: 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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: Developing Voice for a Third Person Narrator and Multiple Characters I'm currently working on what I hope to be a near final draft of my first ever novel. Something I've struggled with through
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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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: Switching Between First and Third Person So I've started writing a book. It's set in present time, but is going to be interwoven with flashbacks to a few years ago to explain how the character(s)
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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 do you 'keep writing whatever happens'? I've heard the same thing from almost every writer whenever I ask a question or read an answer, and that thing is : "Just keep writing. It
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: How to progress a fantasy novel that is also slice of life? I am currently writing a novel where I mix the genre fantasy, sci-fi, and slice of life. My plan is to make the main character
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: How do I tastefully handle a female-to-male transforming character? My character is a girl who is later revealed in my story to be under a curse that allows her to transform into an older
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: Is it poor technique to use a different characters POV for only a short scene in a novel length piece of work? Basically what I'm wondering here is if it's distracting or poor technique to
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: Can I use two different types of Punctuation at the end of the same sentence? I've finally started writing my romance novel. There's a scene in the novel where the girl (Luna) is sneaking
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: Is it okay to use "It was all just a virtual world / dream" for a plot twist? I am currently writing a novel where I use "It was all just a dream" (IWAJAD) plot twist, just because
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: Replacing a historical figure with a fictional one In a fiction novel with a strong historical foundation, can you replace a public figure with a fictional one? For instance, replacing the mayor
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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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: I found a story I wrote as a little kid. Should I finish it? There was this story I was writing, when I was a little kid, that I found. I called it "Rage." I liked the story,
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: When writing and formatting a novel, what are the rules for scene breaks? Is it okay to use both asterisks and double spaces? I have found information on this topic of scene breaks available
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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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: Is my novel Fantasy or Sci-Fi? I have a Wattpad account and I've been entering contests... I've been using the fantasy genre to describe my novel, but I just saw descriptions of fantasy and
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: How do I know if I've introduced too many characters too quickly? In my book, I start out by introducing the main character, her uncle, and her mother in one scene. The next scene involves
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: Should I rigorously follow 15 beat structure for writing my novels? I am a novice writer with one novella published on Amazon. Recently I undertook a MOCC on Udemy called Write a Bestselling
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: How to write a character with an accent One of my characters is Russian and speaks English as a second language. I know that people with Russian accents tend to leave out words like “theâ€
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: How do you write a story with someone else overseas? My friend and I have wanted to write a story together for a while now. But she lives in a different country, so we are just confused
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: How to improve writing style and vocabulary? I'm working on my first book. I'm not that great in English and sometimes while writing, I feel that I'm not able to give my 100% in dialogues
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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 can I write complex and believable characters? How do I write characters that are more grounded, complex and believable so that readers can resonate with them and makes my novel more compelling?
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: Korean sensitivity reading for a modern fantasy world I've been working on a YA/adult contemporary fantasy novel for a while and I had some questions about sensitivity reading. The world featured
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: How to add various social themes in the story? I'm working on my first novel, which revolves around revenge and violent cycles of human nature for more than 1.5 years. While working on some
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: Correctly ending a sentence with "?" or "!" spacing? Specifically, should there be a space after a sentence last letter or directly after the written last letter ? I personally prefer a space
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: Will people always compare a magic school idea to Harry Potter? My story includes a magic school wherein students aged 12 learn magic. The sorting Is based on abilities, Meaning that if a student
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: Is my book to similar to Harry Potter? My MC is Ryan Konrale. My book includes a magic school which is more like the gurukul system of India. It is called Wanthlers! The school is a castle
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: Should I merge my series into a single volume? I have written the initial drafts for the first two novels in my series. Originally, I split the story into two parts because the entire manuscript
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