Writing - Posts tagged style

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Q&A What can a novel do that film and TV cannot?

5 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Smeato‭ · edited 7mo ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Does DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) Apply to Documentation?

3 answers · posted almost 4 years ago by Scribblemacher‭ · last activity 10mo ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Syntax summaries use brackets for optional elements; how do I represent literal brackets in a way readers will understand?

4 answers · posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 12mo ago by Derek Elkins‭

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Q&A block-quotation narrative with dialogue

0 answers · posted 12mo ago by msh210‭ · edited 12mo ago by Canina‭

Question technique style dialogue format

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Q&A How to structure a sentence containing long code examples?

4 answers · posted over 6 years ago by Dave Jones‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

Question style technical-writing examples api-documentation

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Q&A In end user documentation, should screenshots come before or after the text that references them?

2 answers · posted over 8 years ago by Matthew Rodatus‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

Question style technical-writing formatting graphics user-guides format

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Q&A Maintaining distance

3 answers · posted 2y ago by Galastel‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

Question fiction style fantasy tone

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Q&A How can I shorten a piece of writing without losing its original essence?

2 answers · posted 2y ago by Stacy‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

Question style structure essay writing-instruments sentence-structure

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Q&A How could the disregard for both plot and dialogue tell the story?

4 answers · posted over 2 years ago by cælvm‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

Question fiction short-story style conventions

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Q&A What are good ways to improve as a writer other than writing courses?

6 answers · posted over 2 years ago by codeNewbie‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Mark Baker‭

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Q&A Punctuation assistance with complicated list of titles during a formal greeting

1 answer · posted 2y ago by PeteMcRepeat‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Can I conceal an antihero's insanity - and should I?

6 answers · posted 2y ago by Monty Wild‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Mark Baker‭

Question fiction style character-development science-fiction science protagonist

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Q&A Character and world building in less than 2000 words

3 answers · posted 2y ago by Abdul Rehman‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Mark Baker‭

Question short-story world-building style character-development

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Q&A How does someone write a moving Declaration of Independence?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by becky82‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by DPT‭

Question brainstorming technique style attention

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Q&A How to ensure that neurotic or annoying characters don't get tiring in the long run

3 answers · posted 2y ago by Mephistopheles‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Amadeus‭

Question style characters

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Q&A Non-sense question about plot structures

3 answers · posted 2y ago by M.N.Raia‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Mark Baker‭

Question plot technique style creative-writing structure

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Q&A The excessive use of 'and'

5 answers · posted 2y ago by Chagat Nahn‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Mark Baker‭

Question style creative-writing technical-writing academic-writing

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Q&A How to write a nice frame challenge?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by AGirlHasNoName‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question fiction technique style non-fiction tone

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Q&A How can I make a non-linear timeline less confusing?

5 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Evil Sparrow‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question plot style time-depiction

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Q&A How do you show, through your narration, a hard and uncaring world?

8 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Liquid‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question fiction style description script science-fiction science narrative

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Q&A Is there something "wrong" with my writing? How do I improve it? [closed]

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Carlos Cienfuegos‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style creative-writing structure formatting format

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Q&A Correct punctuation for showing a character's confusion

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Evil Sparrow‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Should fiction mention song names and iPods?

4 answers · posted over 2 years ago by codeNewbie‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question fiction style description script character-development

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Q&A Is it possible to narrate a novel in a faux-historical style without alienating the reader?

6 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by PoorYorick‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style voice narrator historical-fiction

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Q&A Do hard to pronounce names break immersion?

8 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Anoplexian - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question fiction style naming characters

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Q&A Doubt about the difference between a "Beat" and a "Event"

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by M.N.Raia‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question plot style creative-writing structure

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Q&A Varying POV and tense

1 answer · posted almost 3 years ago by John Cooper‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style tenses pov

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Q&A Can you use a semicolon to connect fragments that are one item in a vertical list?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by happycrabapples‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style punctuation business-writing

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Q&A Indent dialogue to make text look less blocky

1 answer · posted over 3 years ago by Dan‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style creative-writing dialogue

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Q&A What do sentences look like in a rough draft before they are combined into a cumulative sentence?

4 answers · posted 4y ago by g.arbia777‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style grammar first-draft

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Q&A Acronyms in Technical Writing

4 answers · posted over 4 years ago by Rachel‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it plausible for a narrator to "hear" and describe sounds which would normally be out of earshot?

1 answer · posted over 4 years ago by Yavor Voynov‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How to work in a piece of information that no MC knows, when writing in 3PLtd?

5 answers · posted over 4 years ago by cobaltduck‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question third-person style narrative

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Q&A Classical Style vs. Modern Innovation

2 answers · posted over 4 years ago by th0nk-‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question technique style structure

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Q&A Can this sentence have the same detail and yet be simple to comprehend? [closed]

3 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by Nirav‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question fiction style clarity

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Q&A Should capitalization be used for emphasis for a character's tone?

2 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by Kyle Li‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style formatting capitalization format

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Q&A Is alliteration distracting and not very valuable/interesting for the reader?

2 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by Alexandro Chen‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style creative-writing figures-of-speech

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Q&A Is there any stylistic reason to avoid the word "got"?

3 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by Ben Parsons‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I italicize neologisms created by communities?

3 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by alex‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style creative-writing

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Q&A Can I switch from past tense to present tense in an epilogue?

4 answers · posted 5y ago by Coffie‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question novel fiction style tenses epilogues

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Q&A Writing in English, from the viewpoint of a non-English-speaking character, how can I convey a language very similar to the character's own?

1 answer · posted 5y ago by TheTermiteSociety‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style language constructed-language

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Q&A Turning normal phrases into gerund phrases: What's the effect in the reader?

2 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by alex‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style creative-writing structure grammar

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Q&A How can I keep my writing from being perceived as "too complicated"

6 answers · posted 5y ago by Soha Farhin Pine‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Attributing a single source in a blog post

2 answers · posted 5y ago by Paula Last‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Using capital letters and full-stop in bullet points

1 answer · posted 5y ago by phenomenon‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question editing style punctuation

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Q&A Script-style conversations in a book

4 answers · posted 5y ago by SovereignSun‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How to Explain the Pronunciation of a Conlang Within the Text of the Novel

1 answer · posted 5y ago by Thomas Myron‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style language constructed-language

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Q&A Structuring a sentence with two phrases qualifying the same ending

2 answers · posted 5y ago by user1295297‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I make sure my audience is aware of subplots?

2 answers · posted 5y ago by Uncle Tres‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question plot style subplot

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Q&A Will what worked 'back then' work today? (Novels)

3 answers · posted 5y ago by Thomas Myron‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by System‭

Question style readers creative-writing

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