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How do I deliver a historical plot reveal?

2 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Mark Baker

technique narrative climax
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The concept of "Exotic Culture" and the necessity of a new world

4 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Mark Baker

technique world-building fantasy creative-writing narrative
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Doubt about a particular point of view on how to do character creation

4 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Amadeus

characters character-development narrative backstory
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Where can I find resources about writing "Choose your own adventure"-style books?

4 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by Secespitus

resources tools creative-writing narrative branching-narrative
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Where can I find online resources about writing a visual novel?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by Secespitus

resources narrative branching-narrative
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Letting a (secondary) antagonist leave mid story - Should it be avoided?

4 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by celtschk

plot characters fantasy narrative
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Symbolism of 18 Journeyers

7 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

novel characters symbolism narrative
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How do you show, through your narration, a hard and uncaring world?

9 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction style description script science-fiction science narrative
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Can the prologue's POV be different from the POV of main story?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

first-time-author fiction prologues narrative pov
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How important is it for multiple POVs to run chronologically?

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

narrative pov timelines
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Is it bad writing or bad story telling if first person narrative contains more information than the narrator knows?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction plot creative-writing narrative
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How to work in a piece of information that no MC knows, when writing in 3PLtd?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

third-person style narrative
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Should I use contractions in my narrative?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction creative-writing narrative
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Have a tough time figuring out third-person prose

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

grammatical-person third-person characters narrative
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Readability for narrative type with respect to time

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

novel time-depiction narrative
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New style of first person pov

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

grammatical-person language narrative
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How to give written advice in a way that is encouraging, not overbearing

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique style narrative
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Should I describe my characters going to the toilet?

7 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

third-person characters creative-writing narrative
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Should I use "could be" or "could have been" in past-tense narration?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

tenses narrative
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How to find the balance between research and the obvious

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique style technical-writing science narrative
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Should I make the gender of the narrator more obvious?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

creative-writing narrative
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Does it sound more natural to use the character's way of speaking while describing his/her inner thoughts?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

third-person characters narrative child-characters
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Does the following piece have too much dry narration (mundane tasks, moving about)?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction description script creative-writing narrative
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How to tell a story with the least amount of writing?

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

genre screenwriting myersbriggs narrative
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Is it a bad idea to vary the voice of the narrator in third person (limited omniscient)?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction perspective narrative
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Getting an editor after the second draft

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

editing psychology-of-writing narrative
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How to end a story without reaching a new status quo?

10 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique ending narrative
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Tips and tricks to describe more

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction technique style description script narrative
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Making him into a bully (how to show mild violence)

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

showing-telling characters character-development emotions narrative child-characters show
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How to write a convincing religious myth?

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

mythology narrative
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How do I mix linear and non-linear "choices" in an interactive novel?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

formatting narrative information-architecture branching-narrative format
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How many words do visual novels contain on average per hour of gameplay?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

wordcount videogame narrative branching-narrative
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Any software for video game non-linear story design?

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

software videogame dialogue narrative branching-narrative
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Dead parents: something to avoid?

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

characters character-development narrative tropes
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Should the narrator use pseudonyms in writing?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

characters creative-writing narrative narrator
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Is it a bad idea to have multiple bad endings and only one good ending?

12 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

videogame ending narrative branching-narrative
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Are there tools that can aid an author in writing a branching storyline?

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

tools storyline narrative branching-narrative
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How can I make "acts of patience" exciting?

7 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique structure narrative
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Is there such a thing as too inconvenient?

10 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

plot deus-ex-machina narrative
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Doubt about the concept of "true (or complex) character"

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

characters character-development narrative backstory
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How can I convert a linear narrative into a branching narrative?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

videogame narrative branching-narrative
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Is it okay for a chapter's POV to shift as it progresses?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

characters structure narrative chapters pov
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How to tell readers that I know my story is factually incorrect?

13 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

plot research narrative
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The seven story archetypes. Are they truly all of them?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

plot archetypes narrative
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What are some ways to implement multiple endings in a novel?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

plot technique creative-writing narrative branching-narrative
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Continuing a short story [closed]

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction short-story narrative
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How to write a good MacGuffin?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique world-building creative-writing narrative
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What kind of writing style works for a game?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

plot style videogame narrative
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Repetition of information in my multi-path / multi-play-through game - how to deal with it?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

videogame narrative branching-narrative
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Can I state a fact in a first person story?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

grammatical-person narrative
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