Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Dashboard
Notifications
Mark all as read
Users Search
Help Sign In Sign Up
Q&A Challenges Meta
Q&A
Posts Tags Edits
Ask Question

Posts tagged technique

This tag doesn't have any usage information yet.

This tag doesn't have a detailed wiki yet.

414 posts
Tag Only Tag + Children
50%
+0 −0
Q&A How to control safety nets in discovery writing

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 month ago by Canina‭

Question technique creative-writing
71%
+3 −0
Q&A What can a novel do that film and TV cannot?

5 answers  ·  last activity about 1 month ago by Canina‭

Question technique style creative-writing
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How can I catch more errors when I proofread?

10 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by rsneha‭

Question editing technique proofreading
60%
+1 −0
Q&A block-quotation narrative with dialogue

0 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by Canina‭

Question technique style dialogue format
71%
+3 −0
Q&A How to make the reader think that the *character's* logic is flawed instead of the author's?

9 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

Question fiction technique showing-telling characters readers
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Time measures in fantasy worlds

5 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Canina‭

Question technique fantasy time-depiction
75%
+4 −0
Q&A Which parts of a character's plan should be revealed beforehand?

2 answers  ·  last activity 10 months ago by Razetime‭

Question technique creative-writing narrative
71%
+3 −0
Q&A At what point does a POV character noting their surroundings go from showing/telling to an infodump?

7 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by Mark Baker‭

Question technique creative-writing infodump
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How can I make a character sound condescending?

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by Canina‭

Question technique word-choice dialogue
81%
+7 −0
Q&A In a dialogue, how can I hint that the characters aren't telling the whole truth?

4 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by Tau‭

Question technique creative-writing dialogue
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do I deliver a historical plot reveal?

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question technique narrative climax
71%
+3 −0
Q&A What information about a fictional world is unnecessary?

5 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question technique description script
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Rapid change in character

7 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question fiction technique character-development
71%
+3 −0
Q&A How to hint at an antagonist's identity?

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question fiction technique characters creative-writing
50%
+0 −0
Q&A Averting Always Chaotic Evil

5 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question fiction technique creative-writing antagonist tropes
66%
+2 −0
Q&A The concept of "Exotic Culture" and the necessity of a new world

4 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question technique world-building fantasy creative-writing narrative
71%
+3 −0
Q&A Detail vs. filler

7 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by DPT‭

Question novel fiction technique description script prose
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Does a point of view need to be introduced when or right after the character is introduced?

2 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question technique structure pov
80%
+6 −0
Q&A What's the difference between time-tested and formulaic?

4 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by sesquipedalias‭

Question fiction technique archetypes
66%
+2 −0
Q&A How do we create our own symbolisms?

3 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question technique creative-writing symbolism
75%
+4 −0
Q&A How to "Start as close to the end as possible", and why to do so?

6 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Amadeus‭

Question technique creative-writing
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do big creative writing projects with multiple people work, preferably in the videogame industry?

2 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Secespitus‭

Question technique collaboration videogame
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Dangers of being sympathetic to the killer

4 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Amadeus‭

Question fiction technique flash-fiction conflict
66%
+2 −0
Q&A How can I make a character sound uneducated?

2 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Evil Sparrow‭

Question technique creative-writing dialogue
66%
+4 −1
Q&A How does someone write a moving Declaration of Independence?

2 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by DPT‭

Question brainstorming technique style attention
75%
+4 −0
Q&A How to deal appropriately with an inappropriate sexual relationship

5 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Amadeus‭

Question technique characters sex
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How can a writer point out the merits of his or her own work?

2 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question technique creative-writing
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Non-sense question about plot structures

3 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question plot technique style creative-writing structure
66%
+2 −0
Q&A How can I make my 'first draft' good enough to be published?

5 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Kevin‭

Question publishing editing technique process first-draft
62%
+3 −1
Q&A Dumping an entire world for dramatic effect?

6 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question plot technique creative-writing
77%
+5 −0
Q&A Writing slurred speech

6 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by aparente001‭

Question technique language dialogue
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How to write a nice frame challenge?

3 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question fiction technique style non-fiction tone
50%
+1 −1
Q&A Averting Real Women Don’t Wear Dresses

7 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique characters creative-writing gender tropes
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Ambiguous sentences: How to tell when they need fixing?

3 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique conventions ambiguity
50%
+0 −0
Q&A Tiptoe or tiphoof? Adjusting words to better fit fantasy races

6 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique word-choice
50%
+0 −0
Q&A Changing the meaning of well-established symbols

3 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique process creative-writing symbolism
50%
+0 −0
Q&A I have a dialogue that I can't write directly. What would be a good alternative?

3 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique dialogue
50%
+0 −0
Q&A How can you write when you're upset?

4 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique creative-writing psychology-of-writing emotions
50%
+0 −0
Q&A Will it push away a reader if I start my book with the frame story?

2 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question novel plot technique structure
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How to not confuse readers with simultaneous events?

2 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique scene pov timelines
50%
+0 −0
Q&A How to make a repeating plot "slice" not annoying

6 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique creative-writing
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Help! My Character is too much for her story!

3 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique characters
50%
+0 −0
Q&A What is the balance between 'stating a problem clearly' and Hemingway's literary iceberg?

3 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question fiction technique showing-telling feedback show
50%
+0 −0
Q&A When do I successfully kill off an important secondary main character... in a series of five books?

4 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question plot planning technique character-development pacing
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Classical Style vs. Modern Innovation

2 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique style structure
50%
+0 −0
Q&A Do you need to have an introduction at the beginning of every book in a series?

1 answer  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question fiction technique creative-writing
50%
+0 −0
Q&A What Can Ensure Re-Readability?

4 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question fiction technique readers
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Creating clues for a mystery subplot

1 answer  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique mystery
50%
+0 −0
Q&A Suffixing words with -ness, -ish, -like, and others

1 answer  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique creative-writing word-choice clarity
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Where in the writing process do you work in subtext?

3 answers  ·  last activity over 1 year ago by System‭

Question plot planning technique process subtext
Tag RSS feed
Featured
Newsletter #7 (May 2021)
Taking our design to the next level: feedback wanted
Hot Posts
Q&A — What are the benefits of including complete working code samples in documentation

This community is part of the Codidact network. We have other communities too — take a look!

You can also join us in chat!

Want to advertise this community? Use our templates!