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How can I make a character sound condescending?

2 answers  ·  last activity 2 months ago by aCVn

technique word-choice dialogue
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Are there any websites that show you the popularity and regional use of words?

3 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Monica Cellio

resources word-choice
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How much detail is too much?

5 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by aCVn

description script word-choice
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Is there any popular wisdom on the word "seem"?

4 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Monica Cellio

creative-writing word-choice
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Is there a convention about the use of Old English in Hymns? Is it wrong to modernise the words?

3 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Monica Cellio

word-choice song
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How to use professional jargon when writing fiction?

3 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Monica Cellio

fiction language word-choice
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Tiptoe or tiphoof? Adjusting words to better fit fantasy races

12 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique word-choice
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Should I use the terms "people" "person" "man" and "woman" in fantasy setting?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction fantasy word-choice
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Moving away from a gender-based analysis

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction non-fiction word-choice gender
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A question about Past Participle vs Simple Past in a novel

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

novel tenses word-choice
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How to: descriptive writing

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

creative-writing word-choice
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Saying "The" too frequently

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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Suffixing words with -ness, -ish, -like, and others

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique creative-writing word-choice clarity
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Would it be possible to write a novel without using the word "The"?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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How to make a mimicking character believable

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style word-choice
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How to describe a diverse set of characters without falling into purple prose or exoticism?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

description characters script creative-writing rules word-choice
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Does the word erection have a neutral tone with its non-sexual definition?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice copywriting
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Indicating a word choice you're unsure of

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

punctuation word-choice
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When to use pronouns, and when to repeat yourself?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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What's a word for a person who took a very rough story and made it into a book?

9 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

editing collaboration translation word-choice memoir
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Swearing - Censor, allude, or include?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

creative-writing word-choice profanity
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Does writing in a certain mood change how a writer writes?

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style creative-writing word-choice tone
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Placing similes at the beginning and at the end of a sentence

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

structure word-choice
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think, I think, I don't think

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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How to have a character be nameless for the first few paragraphs of a book?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

viewpoint naming word-choice
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A cross-[What] kind of romance?

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction fantasy word-choice science-fiction science
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Correct word for "Pulling some one into work, with continuous effort"?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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Word Choice: When something negative happens that changes your perspective for the better [closed]

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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Is it typical to add variation to the words used for a character's name to keep it spicy?

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

characters creative-writing word-choice
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What are the 'header' lines/meta information in a formal letter called?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice letter
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How can I search for words by meaning/definition?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

resources software dictionary word-choice
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When to use the character's name and when to use she/he?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction characters word-choice
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Problems with constructing a complex sentence with many ideas in it

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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When is it correct to capitalize terms/phrases in a personal statement?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style word-choice essay conventions
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Is concurrent first person / third person usage absolutely unacceptable?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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"In the" vs "At the" [closed]

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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A flower's head or heart?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

description script young-adult word-choice
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Is the sentence "Love not self - love no one" easily understandable to an English reader?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

language structure word-choice
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Using real words from a foreign culture feels like 'Calling a rabbit a "smeerp"'

9 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

language fantasy word-choice tropes
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How to determine which details are important enough to be mentioned in a text-based roleplay?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

wordcount style word-choice roleplaying
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Should a non-native writer try to use complex English words?

9 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style word-choice
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'Filling' up a school setting without making a bunch of new characters?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style characters character-development word-choice
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If I'm writing in US English, am I not allowed to use the metric system?

15 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice
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Sending an email to follow up with the client about a project deadline [closed]

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

word-choice email timelines
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Pretty flowers with clunky Latin names

7 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style language creative-writing word-choice flow
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How to link two sentences? [closed]

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique style creative-writing structure word-choice
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How to confidently attract the other party to your side?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique style creative-writing structure word-choice
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Am I describing a zombie?

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

characters word-choice horror dramatic-writing
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Do you have to write in the tone of ordinary speech?

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style word-choice grammar tone
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How to talk about certain anatomy without sounding vulgar or cowardly?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style word-choice
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