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Q&A How does the narrator address a character who has changed her name, but only some people call her this new name?

I know this is similar to How to Handle a Character When She Is Lying About Her Name but the situation is slightly different in where my problem lies. I have a character who is introduced as Tabat...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Olandir‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I avoid rambling in first person narratives?

When writing in first person narrative, there are points when the narrator expresses their opinion on a situation, the emotions they're feeling and so on. I've read books where there are several pa...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by K. Bailey‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I get reader profiles? [closed]

How can I get a reader profile for a publishing category i.e. criminal justice, social justice?

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Ofregia‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A 1st person story with no dialogue? [closed]

Is it possible to write a good story without any dialogue? I'm working on a short story, and trying to keep it within 2000 words, but preferably 1000-1500 words. I'm trying to write it as if the n...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Abram Frost‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Folktale within a folktale [closed]

I am looking for any type of oral literature (folktale, poem whatever), that would include an inserted story, however minor, that is in its content foreign to the primary poem, folktale... Let me ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by user21629‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Question storyline narrative
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Q&A Is my method of Narration switching from objective to subjective too complicated?

I'm having trouble deciding if the manner I have decided to narrate my story is too complicated or not. I have a story set in a completely foreign and alien world (fiction story). I then uproot my...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by EveryBitHelps‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write montages in prose? (fantasy novel)

cue Team America song Okay, now that you know I like to have fun with my writing... I'd like to write a montage in prose fiction. It would be a sort of a wizard training sequence, or something t...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Dark Word Dan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Question technique narrative
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Q&A In narrative essays, should I make all the paragraphs narrative?

In narrative essays, should I make all the paragraphs narrative? For example, the introduction, the body, and the conclusion are all narrative paragraphs. What if I started the introduction with ...

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

Question essay narrative
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Q&A Describing a Character Traveling: Too much narrative?

I am new to writing and I am trying to a write a novel. In the first chapter, my main character travels from her hometown to a different town far away. I want to use this time to give the reader a...

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

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Q&A How to create feeling with setting

I have a passion for setting. I've heard you should write about what you're passionate about. Now when I say passion I mean I like to visualize the fantastic place the author is describing to form ...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Dynas‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing in a character's voice. How deep should I go with immersion?

I am writing a story that has ten main characters, each chapter is a progression of the story but from the perspective of one of the ten. As you can imagine, this presents it's own unique challeng...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Dan Hanly‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What gender do you think the narrator is?

Once again, I traveled three hours only to eat sushi, alone. Cars passed by and people streamed along the sidewalk. Hanging in the air, I could feel the faint scent of spring. Or maybe it was ju...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A 1st-person POV vs. 1st-person narration

I always thought there was a distinction between POV and narration. You can have 1st-person POV with either 1st-person narration or 3rd-person narration. So I think the discussions here (http://f...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by dmm‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Question viewpoint narrative