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Q&A Does it sound more natural to use the character's way of speaking while describing his/her inner thoughts?

In the following example, the character is a five-year-old: Saki stared at her side. Her cousin was right: she had indeed an extra digit on one hand. How come she hadn't notice it before? ...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Making him into a bully (how to show mild violence)

Joe is the worst. Nobody likes him, not even the so-called friends he teams up with at school, filling other students with terror. He's sarcastic, nasty, and a bit of a racist, and especially ant...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Cyn‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Character Arcs - What if the character doesn't overcome the big lie, flaws or wounds?

I've been reading a lot of books about plot and character arcs. Most structures—and I believe this is generally good and true—require that the character come back from their journeys changed, usual...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by romebot‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Showing mass murder in a kid's book

Galastel did a spin off question based on one of mine. Mortal danger in mid-grade literature. And hers has spurred a new one for me. This is an issue I've been grappling with for a while and I sti...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Cyn‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing a character who is going through a civilizing process without overdoing it?

In my planned novel the main character is essentially from a less technologically advanced society and is learning about the "civilized world" beyond their village. He has above average intelligenc...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Seanchaí‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to get my characters' emotions out of the way so I can get on with the plot?

Setup: 18 kids (ages 2-14) from 1995 America time travel to Ancient Egypt just before the Exodus. The MC knew this would happen (or thought she knew) and told people, but no one believed her. Now...

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

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Q&A Colloquial speech in pre-modern setting

Following this question, I'm struggling with writing the speech of pre-modern (in my case - 5th century) noble-born children among themselves. Characters who are well-educated would not be making ...

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

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Q&A Why do Popular Fantasy Novels of Today Feature Teenagers?

This could be a misconception of mine, but I've noticed that the popular fantasy novels of today seem to nearly all have main characters who are children or teenagers. I have a list of some off the...

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

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Q&A Coulrophobia: the fear of clowns [closed]

Can a child who has been sexually harassed by clowns be said to have 'coulrophobia: the fear of clowns' because of the fear and trauma she is undergoing? I mean to ask if the word 'coulrophobia' c...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by tapi‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Showing the transition of language comprehension change

This is a followup question to What language shall they sing in? I'm writing a middle-grade novel in English with time-traveling kids from 1995 America who go to Ancient Egypt to join the Exodus. ...

0 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Cyn‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to choose ideal number of main characters?

As I already mentioned in my previous question, I'm writing a novel with personages both that I created and some already created by others (well, I wrote that when I was younger and now I just digi...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Tux‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it bad if I sidetrack to a backstory that’s not really necessary but is interesting?

My story is about two children and one of them dies in the first chapter. I give a four page backstory of how his parents came to the town they are in now, it is unnecessary but very interesting....

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Angel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I really drive home a character not being able to hold it together in the wake of repeated trauma?

A character in my story is supposed to be falling apart, for many reasons: He's 16 and is killing people, in a gladiatorial setting, of a similar age. He already died (possibly a few times), but ...

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

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Q&A Is it annoying if you write a character getting in trouble often, even if it's not their fault?

I have this girl in my story, who is around 12 years old, who is the main character of the story, or one of the main characters. She is captured by the bad guys very often, and I fear this might ge...

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

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Q&A Can an "adult" story have a child protagonist?

Is it ill-advised to have a child protagonist (either first or third POV) in a story that contain a fair share of violence and gore ? I'm worried readers of this kind of story may not relate with ...

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

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Q&A How can I make dialog sound like that of a six year old?

I'm a contemporary romance author writing a romance Christmas book. The hero in my story has a six year old girl. There are lots of conversations with the six year old, but when I read my story bac...

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

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Q&A Forming a strong relationship between 2 characters

How can one organically develop a strong relationship (father-son, to be precise) between 2 strangers over the course of a novel without making it seem contrived?

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Deau X. Machinus‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭