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Q&A How to create a surreal/fantasy - feeling in a real world?

I know the question seems pretty unclear, so let me try to explain it. So I'm writing my first book and already have big plans. I don't aim to publish. It's just for me. I want the book to be phi...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Lew Pérez‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What's the significance of ancient mythology in literature?

Whenever I see a movie critic praise Ridley Scott's Prometheus, they seem to be drooling over all the mythological references, although most don't necessarily complement gaps in the story or enrich...

3 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Sedat Kapanoglu‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Do writers write philosophical essays?

I'm son to two philosophers, and maybe this shaped too much my way of understanding the world. I think a lot, or maybe thinking means a lot to me. And, mainly, I think about art questions and art p...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by h4ml3t‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing a novel largely composed of question-answer sessions

I am a novice writer, just starting on a mini novel in the Science Fiction genre. The crux of the novel is about 4 or 5 discussions between protagonist and a set of particular individuals with the...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by user1669710‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to make philosophical ideas more relatable?

The consequence of some ideas can be so distant in the future or so foreign to most people that creating a relatable setting or character to exploit them can be hard, I'm being told. In particular...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by davcha‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What exactly makes a story interesting? (philosophical) [closed]

So I am trying to write a story for a game. I am more of a systems guy so this is uncharted territory. I try not to follow examples ("make terrible things happen to the characters") but rather the...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by RIJIK‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to express Nihilism without explicitly stating it? [closed]

In my novel, the character is sitting in a café sipping coffee, and she is watching a busy street of people rushing towards London underground after the office hours. I want to express the thoughts...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭