: Re: Using uncommon abbreviations Something which I see all the time in (popular) science writing is the use of abbreviations to indicate concepts. For (a made up) example: So when we're dealing

Stanislaw Lem had a very nice method for that. Read his "Observation on the Spot" for it, although I'm not sure if translation captures the spirit.

In essence, the acronyms compose into meaningful, half-meaningful, humorous, horribly misspelled, rudely suggestive and otherwise very memorable words.

So when we're dealing with SuperChronistic Mechanics (SuC-Me) we have to take a wholly different approach than before in the case of Temporally InterTransmissive Area Oligarchs (TIT/AreOli). Those in favour of SuC-Me in fact frequently disagree with the conclusions reached by applying TIT mechanisms to the same data set...

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: Re: Using uncommon abbreviations Something which I see all the time in (popular) science writing is the use of abbreviations to indicate concepts. For (a made up) example: So when we're dealing

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: Characters with no names I've got a few short stories going, and I've foregone naming any of my characters. It started because I just didn't have any good names in my head and I was going

: Is the ambiguity in my story the salt which makes it tasty or just plain frustrating? Because this story is quite ambiguous in relation to the setting and also the main character's gender,

: Peeking through character's mask Normally, I specialize in strong, determined, uncompromising, extroverted protagonists, "If the laws of physics are against us, too bad, they need to be changed."

: Various flavors for the action "irritate someone"? I would like to get help to apply different flavors to the action "annoy someone". Please consider the below excerpt. Her mother spoke again,

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