: Re: In a dialogue, how do you write that a character says a letter? Since I don't know how to make the title less ambiguous, I will explain myself with examples. Example 1: imagine that in a

Honestly, I have no problem with writing single letters or numbers in dialogue, particularly if they are acronyms. All the following look fine to me:

"The variable x is greater than the variable y."
"I liked the TM1 better."
"I drive a Mazda 2."
"But there is no MI-6!"
"Captain, the Klingons are at 132 mark 47."
"Captain's log, Stardate 8130.3."

I have seen "Stardate eight one three zero point three," but that looks silly to me.

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: Consequences. A strikes B. Even if B provoked A, A still gets arrested, processed, tried, convicted, and serves time. A gets grief from family and friends. A feels mixed anger, resentment,

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: In narration, stay in one tense. "She had green eyes" is fine, because your entire story is in the past tense — the "present-past," if that makes sense. If she had green eyes as a

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: Is breaking the fourth wall to the point of nonexistence appropriate for a comedy book? After considering the style and setting for my first book, I've decided on writing a comedy treasure hunt

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: Re: In a dialogue, how do you write that a character says a letter? Since I don't know how to make the title less ambiguous, I will explain myself with examples. Example 1: imagine that in a

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: Consequences. A strikes B. Even if B provoked A, A still gets arrested, processed, tried, convicted, and serves time. A gets grief from family and friends. A feels mixed anger, resentment,

: In narration, stay in one tense. "She had green eyes" is fine, because your entire story is in the past tense — the "present-past," if that makes sense. If she had green eyes as a

: Is breaking the fourth wall to the point of nonexistence appropriate for a comedy book? After considering the style and setting for my first book, I've decided on writing a comedy treasure hunt

: Methods for creating slang I am interested in creating slang or a vernacular for a particular group in my story. I want it to be distinctive and a definite marker for in-group/out-group, but

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