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Everyone's a woman: how do you show that through gender-neutral language?

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 month ago by Prahara

description translation gender pov
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Writing "light hearted" lead characters

2 answers  ·  last activity about 2 months ago by Prahara

characters character-development emotions pov
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How can I make a transition from third person omniscient to first person less jarring for the reader?

2 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Monica Cellio

third-person first-person pov
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Does a point of view need to be introduced when or right after the character is introduced?

2 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Mark Baker

technique structure pov
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How much uncertainity will the 'general (Non-YA) fantasy reader' tolerate?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by Mark Baker

readers scene pov narrator
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Does the reader need to like the PoV character?

7 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

characters creative-writing pov reader-engagement engagement
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Which techniques maintain reader interest when the POV is a spectator? (Sports story as sidequest?)

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction plot scene pov subplot
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Character had a different name in the past. Which name should I use in a flashback?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

naming flashback pov
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Using a different POV just for the opening line

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

third-person short-story openings pov twist
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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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Point of View Confusion

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

creative-writing pov
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How to not confuse readers with simultaneous events?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique scene pov timelines
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POV - 3rd Person Rules and Exceptions?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

third-person short-story 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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Varying POV and tense

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style tenses pov
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How do I keep the gender of my main character purposely ambiguous?

15 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction gender ambiguity pov
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Writing differently when following different character POVs - mainly age difference. (3rd Person)

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

description showing-telling viewpoint characters script pov show
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How to prevent confusion when writing in two POVs that don't alternate between scenes?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

creative-writing pov
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Why not God as our subject?

9 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fantasy pov
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Can a third-person narrator ask questions instead of the characters?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique style creative-writing pov narrator
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Characterizing a sentient robot: inhuman PoV

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction characters creative-writing science-fiction science pov
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Characterizing a sentient robot: sensory data

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction creative-writing science-fiction science pov
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How do I handle different PoVs, at different times and places, each dealing with the same event?

8 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

technique style characters creative-writing pov
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How do I differentiate between the "voices" of my characters in a multi-character POV?

8 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

voice character-development pov
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How to write a convincing character with a opinion that differs from the author's?

7 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

characters character-development pov
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When two POV characters meet

7 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

pov
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The effect of different "narrative voices" in the same novel

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

style pov
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How to clarify between imagined sensations and "real" fantasy events?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fantasy clarity pov
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Any Tips On Writing Extended Recollection In A Novel

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction creative-writing structure flashback pov
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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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Pre-modern battle - command it, or fight in it?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

scene combat pov
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Naming things the POV character doesn't know

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

description naming script middle-grade pov narrator
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How should I handle writing a story where different portions of the narrative are told from the point of view of several different narrators?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

short-story creative-writing structure pov
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Changing perspectives

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

creative-writing pov
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How to write female characters with agency?

10 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction perspective character-development pov
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If a main character is writing the story, can I change who writes the story in the next chapter?

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

novel fiction characters perspective pov
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How to improve a scene where the drama is one-sided and not with the POV character?

5 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction technique pov
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Is it acceptable to break the story up into POVs to show how the characters' stories all tie together?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

readers creative-writing publisher pov
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How to deal with multiple climaxes (multiple protagonists)?

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

plot pov climax
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How to write a book from NOT the main character's POV and then organically switch the main character

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

pov
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Can I mix one character's dialogue with another's POV in the same paragraph?

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

dialogue pov
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Is it bad style if the personal first person narrator of a story dies during said story?

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction style perspective pov narrator
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1st person addressing a narrator

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

grammatical-person third-person style pov narrator
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How to build up towards a "Moment of Reckoning" when my story is told in the first person?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

novel pov twist
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When two first person POV characters meet

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction creative-writing pov
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Tackling backstory while writing multiple POVs

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

fiction flashback pov backstory
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In third-person limited POV, what can be described?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

third-person description script pov narrator
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If the narrator of the story is a pet, can I still add some philosophical stuff into its narration?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

novel scene philosophy narrative pov
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What are the points to remember when the pet is the narrator and is narrating the story of its owner?

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

novel plot narrative pov
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Switching tense and point of view between the chapters [closed]

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by System

tenses narrative pov
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