: Re: Trying to make a gun making scene realistic So here is the situation. I got a character who is a trained modern gunsmith and he finds himself thrown into a setting where the most advance

Let's ignore the details and and focus on the methods of research and proofreading. You need three gun nuts, and two of them should be antique gun nuts. In the general case you need experts, and you need at least two or better three or four, specifically during the research phase you need someone who knows the subject well enough to answer all your questions, and even better if you have two experts with different backgrounds so you can get multiple views. you may find such folk at worldbuilding.se, the 1632 forum at baen's bar (or reading the grantville gazette), or the local shooting ranges and gun shops (maybe a texas antique store). Then for the second group you need some early readers (before you show it to your editor) who are knowledgeable enough in the field to be able to tell you when you put your foot in it.

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: There are two approaches that are historically used in your situation, and some more modern ones that some people are trying. The first thing often done is to only have evil characters misbehave.

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: Re: Trying to make a gun making scene realistic So here is the situation. I got a character who is a trained modern gunsmith and he finds himself thrown into a setting where the most advance

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: There are two approaches that are historically used in your situation, and some more modern ones that some people are trying. The first thing often done is to only have evil characters misbehave.

: Should I have some restraint when submitting to the more prestigious journals? I'm an amateur writer who's never been published. I think my stuff is good, I've had others tell me it's good,

: This is fiction? Where is it set? If you write what you know and set it where the native language is not english or the major characters don't speak english, you can emphasize your cultural

: Add Document Data to Chapter Title I'm writing a story using Scrivener. To keep track of the story timeline, I currently write the (fictional) time and date of the happenings of each scene

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