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It is not unusual for writers to consult outside sources (both books and people) to describe details and dialogue about little known things.

One thing Stephen King describes in his book On Writing is to do a lot of research, but avoid including too much of the information you learned. Purely out of insecurity, newbie writers tend to include too much specialized information in their stories. But doing that is unnatural and distracting for the reader. It is far better to resist the temptation to include too much information -- and try to include as little info as possible. Not merely because you are a nonexpert, but because an expert probably wouldn't explain things in such a dense fashion.

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: A teacher once told me, "Show don't tell, except when telling is better." I notice, in my own reading, that I generally want to skip over the telling parts of a story--the long beautiful

: One-sentence paragraph that introduces a list of paragraphs Can someone point me to some style guides somewhere on this issue? Let's say you have a list of three issues and you want to introduce

: Author-recommendation for styles similar to Lovecraft? I enjoy the verbose and elevated use of words Lovecraft is inclined to employ. I'm hoping to read other authors who have a similar style,

: How many pages should cover the Ordinary World of the Protagonist? How many pages and chapters should cover the Ordinary World also known as the normal world of the Protagonist? Ordinary World

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