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I am writing a extra-terrestrial high fantasy novel. The story is completely set in an alien world. No visits from Earth and no visits to Earth. My characters are humanoids, who look like elves...
#4: Question reopened
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Monica Cellio
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2020-02-09T21:51:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T13:01:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Sangeetha
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2019-12-08T13:01:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am writing a extra-terrestrial high fantasy novel. The story is completely set in an alien world. No visits from Earth and no visits to Earth. My characters are humanoids, who look like elves, but with different skin, eye, and hair colours. They lay eggs rather than give birth to children. How can I prevent my readers from misunderstanding my race to be bird-like creatures? I would like to avoid a boring introduction paragraph. The story is in third person view. In the stories I read about egg laying humanoids, the main character is from Earth. So they can easily compare the humanoid race to humans and can give the reader a better picture. But in my story, all the characters belong to the same race. So when one character sees another, describing the basic structure seem a bit odd.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-09-24T12:16:43Z (about 5 years ago)
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