Writing - Posts tagged word-choice

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Q&A How can I make a character sound condescending?

2 answers · last activity 8 months ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Are there any websites that show you the popularity and regional use of words?

3 answers · last activity 9 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How much detail is too much?

5 answers · last activity 9 months ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Is there any popular wisdom on the word "seem"?

4 answers · last activity 9 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Is there a convention about the use of Old English in Hymns? Is it wrong to modernise the words?

3 answers · last activity 9 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How to use professional jargon when writing fiction?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Tiptoe or tiphoof? Adjusting words to better fit fantasy races

12 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I use the terms "people" "person" "man" and "woman" in fantasy setting?

5 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Moving away from a gender-based analysis

2 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A A question about Past Participle vs Simple Past in a novel

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to: descriptive writing

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Saying "The" too frequently

2 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Suffixing words with -ness, -ish, -like, and others

1 answer · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Would it be possible to write a novel without using the word "The"?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to make a mimicking character believable

5 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to describe a diverse set of characters without falling into purple prose or exoticism?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question description characters script creative-writing rules word-choice

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Q&A Does the word erection have a neutral tone with its non-sexual definition?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Indicating a word choice you're unsure of

5 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A When to use pronouns, and when to repeat yourself?

1 answer · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A What's a word for a person who took a very rough story and made it into a book?

9 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question editing collaboration translation word-choice memoir

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Q&A Swearing - Censor, allude, or include?

5 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Does writing in a certain mood change how a writer writes?

6 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Placing similes at the beginning and at the end of a sentence

2 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A think, I think, I don't think

4 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to have a character be nameless for the first few paragraphs of a book?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Correct word for "Pulling some one into work, with continuous effort"?

5 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A A cross-[What] kind of romance?

6 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question fiction fantasy word-choice science-fiction science

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Q&A Word Choice: When something negative happens that changes your perspective for the better [closed]

2 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A What are the 'header' lines/meta information in a formal letter called?

2 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it typical to add variation to the words used for a character's name to keep it spicy?

4 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I search for words by meaning/definition?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A When to use the character's name and when to use she/he?

1 answer · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Problems with constructing a complex sentence with many ideas in it

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A When is it correct to capitalize terms/phrases in a personal statement?

1 answer · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Is concurrent first person / third person usage absolutely unacceptable?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A "In the" vs "At the" [closed]

4 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A A flower's head or heart?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Is the sentence "Love not self - love no one" easily understandable to an English reader?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to determine which details are important enough to be mentioned in a text-based roleplay?

2 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Using real words from a foreign culture feels like 'Calling a rabbit a "smeerp"'

9 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question language fantasy word-choice tropes

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Q&A Should a non-native writer try to use complex English words?

9 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A 'Filling' up a school setting without making a bunch of new characters?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question style characters character-development word-choice

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Q&A If I'm writing in US English, am I not allowed to use the metric system?

15 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Sending an email to follow up with the client about a project deadline [closed]

1 answer · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Pretty flowers with clunky Latin names

7 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to confidently attract the other party to your side?

1 answer · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to link two sentences? [closed]

1 answer · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Am I describing a zombie?

6 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Do you have to write in the tone of ordinary speech?

4 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to talk about certain anatomy without sounding vulgar or cowardly?

3 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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