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Q&A How do I create different speaking styles for my characters? [closed]

In my fiction writing, how do I create individual speaking styles for my characters? It is more than giving one or two of them an accent or dialect. What techniques do you use to vary the structur...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Word Smith‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A A grand scheme or destiny in literature

There's one thing in literature that no matter how cliche or over used it might be, I always find very compelling. For example, when a story unfolds as if there is a larger force at work moving all...

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

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Q&A How to indicate the topic has been changed without using words?

I am writing an an article to share knowledge, not novel. Usually, when you change the current topic, at the beginning of the new paragraph you would like to use some transition words such as Addit...

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

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Q&A Writing techniques or exercises to improve ability to show rather than tell?

Does anyone have any effective writing techniques or exercises that you use to help you focus more on showing the reader what you mean rather than just telling them about? I know I often find mysel...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does this dream sequence work in my introduction? [closed]

I'm writing the introduction to a story. The intro starts with a dream, then the main character wakes up, and then he and one of the secondary characters have a conversation while waiting for a bus...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Ice-9‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Name of writing style or structure of novel that is in non-chronological order

What is the name of the structure of a novel that is not in chronological order but moves between characters (viewing the same or different topic)?

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by user8282‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Archetypical/popular historical fiction [closed]

Supposing you're asked by a beginning writer which books he should read to improve his skills in writing fantasy, you might say Tolkien's, and similarly, you might say Asimov's for scifi, etc. I'd...

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

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Q&A An (Collaborative) Online Outline

I'm writing a book – more as a hobby than anything else. As an amateur I often get lost regarding the extent I should include in the chapters. But the greatest problem for me is that I did not de...

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

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Q&A Writing about drug induced hallucinations and paranoia

Not long ago I wrote a short story about a mathematics graduate student on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The young student is innocent and working to finish a difficult mathematical derivation ...

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Amichai‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How credible is wikipedia? [closed]

I understand that this question relates more to wikipedia than it does writing but... If I was going to use wikipedia for a source for a research project (for example) would the information be cor...

2 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by alexyorke‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is a good methodology for researching a historical novel?

I'm having difficulty with the research aspect of my historical novel. This question was originally going to be "how much research should one do to write a historical novel?" to which, answering m...

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Panda‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Are there any techniques to arrange or list ideas from a short text? [closed]

For example I wrote this: !Paying! for exams, and also books to pass them is only a small price / to give poor people the opportunity / ...to contribute for the MANSIONS of the people in ...

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are the best online writing classes?

I've taken some classes at Mediabistro.com -- both nonfiction -- and while the teachers have been pretty good (one gave me some excellent advice that led to publication in national magazines) ... t...

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Slick23‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Where and how to look for a picture for illustration?

Do you think a writing can always benefit from the use of a visual illustration? If so, how to find for free or buy an appropriate picture, photo, drawing etc.? What are practical recommendations?

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by rem‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing for an Audio book. What are specifics?

What are specific requirements, a writer should follow, when writing something that is going to be (or just can possibly be) not only read but listened as well?

2 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by rem‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭