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There is no ideal way. Some readers have a good memory for detail and will be irritated that you keep reminding them of what they know they have already read. Other readers will be reading your bo...
It sounds like the word you are looking for is "appendix": supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographi...
If you need to do this, you should create an in-universe book within your book. People have mentioned Tolkien: I've seen copies of his books with beautifiul maps at the beginning or end (always in...
There is a way to achieve uncertainty: Everyone is a rabbit The prime example is Watership Down, a movie about rabbits that kills characters left and right like there's no tomorrow, but so does n...
There are a lot of talented people on Fiverr.com who can do editing. Trying to find the truly talented ones who fit your requirements can be time consuming and can be quite a trial and error proces...
I've seen it written on the same line in defiance of the "new speaker, new paragraph" rule: "And is this your girlfriend?" Mom asked. "No, I'm not — " "Absolutely not — " we both protested i...
Here's another option: “I’m in love with you, Lucy/Natsu!” Then the two of them were surprised to what they just heard from each other. So the shared part is in common, and the part that's di...
As long as you don't have a contract specifying that your next N books must be with Copmany A, there's no reason you can't go with Company B. If you mean that you self-published and want to chang...
To a certain extent it will depend on your audience, but I think the answer is not "worry about too much detail" but "worry about making it comprehensible to the lay person." If your story is dep...
I would not say this is an issue, but after reading a book take a 15 minute break and give your mind a rest. Try to focus not on their writing style, but yours. Something you could give a shot at i...
Many authors avoid reading – or reading anything even remotely related to what they write – while they are writing, to avoid being influenced by the ideas and style of other writers. My recommendat...
Your writing may sound like somebody else's. When I began, I actually analyzed the writing of my favorite authors. Not just for the basics of punctuation; but sentence length and structure. Dialogu...
I'm pretty sure that the answer at the technical level is no. But this is really a question that needs to be addressed another level up. The thing about structured writing is that it factors out ...
DITA is one of the output options for Flare. You can create a new DITA target right alongside any HTML or PDF targets. We don't use it at my company, but I've played with it a bit to see how it wor...
As a general rule, I tend to use dashes where the character is dramatically interrupted where as ellipses are used when it's a subtler interruption. I.E. Tony:"But at least Thanos doesn't kno...
I would start the story in the third person "cinematic" (no head-dipping), and then switch to the third person limited after a scene or chapter break, just as you plan. Third person omniscient wil...
footnotes (for the purposes of adding further information) are not permitted in an academic text writen using in-text citations That is 100% true according to some specific guidelines, while i...
Whether to outline a story thoroughly or not at all is a question that's been asked for a long time. But some general information may help. If you're writing on your own, you can write however yo...
I think a better example of "what the people want" would be Tom Clancy. His research, whether it be military, medical, or engineering is meticulous, and its presentation is thorough. He's not afrai...
Probably the best filter of all is age. Any book that is still around 50 years after is was written is probably around because it is well written. Recent books get liked for all sorts of reasons ot...
Your problem is not merely that you want "novels which are well-done." You want writing styles you feel safe reading because you would feel happy imitating them. You are asking someone else, someon...
Forget looking for your list among the bookstores and libraries. They contain legions of pretty book covers, but within those covers hides the full spectrum of writing qualities. Look instead wit...
The problem with description is that description is the wrong word for it. The right word is evocation. You are looking to evoke a response in the reader which brings a sense of place flooding into...
Mark Baker has a great answer, but to add. Chapters, sections and paragraphs can be used to jump between POV, and the narrators. I personally think that these can be used, but there is a risk of a...
By "transfer" I presume you mean transition, leaving the beginning of the story in first person, and just start writing in 3rd. That's going to seem weird, I wouldn't do it. Rewrite from third per...
