: Re: Exhaustive research vs artistic license? I'm working on a post-apocalypse novel set all over the world. I'm fairly flexible on where some of the events take place, but there are often specific

Place it where you want. Give it the features you want. Make up the name. Don't say a real place is like what you want if it isn't.

I have used Google Maps and Street View to locate actual places. However, when I couldn't find a military base of the design I wanted in the location I needed, I made up one based on the features of another I have seen several times and gave it a fictional name.

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: What's the most humane form of ritual sacrifice? Not sure if this is off-topic, sorry. I'm writing a cult ritual to summon a powerful entity. The ritual must include: 1. A willing sacrifice 2.

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: Is it expected that a reader will skip parts of what you write? I have given multiple things I have written to a friend of mine, who is something of a writer himself, to get feedback on

: In most of the books that i have read, which include a drunken character at some point, the person's speech mostly follows these points- Words which have two or more than two consonants

: Is it a bad idea to have a pen name with only an initial for a surname? My name is Ana Novkovic and I'm about to start writing and all that. I really really don't like my last name Novkovic.

: What's the most humane form of ritual sacrifice? Not sure if this is off-topic, sorry. I'm writing a cult ritual to summon a powerful entity. The ritual must include: 1. A willing sacrifice 2.

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