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Probably NOT a synopsis or plot summary. I think he is looking for a report the editor would write about the work after editing it. This is not a book report like a summary or synopsis, but the ed...
To convey an underlying message, "X is better than Y", you need to present your "argument" in terms of scenes and characters and have the outcomes for these characters prove the point. For example...
There are two issues being raised: How to plan character growth? There is nothing to plan. Growth happens under any circumstances (except perhaps coma, hibernation and the likes)! Your MC is ab...
You're missing the explanation 'Occult Powered Technology' is not a unique concept. Many books, films and games have explored this concept. The Shadowrun series of both video and roleplaying games...
You have a logic problem. If humans have no control over their destiny, then why does this human need to "make a choice?" He can't, his destiny is to "sacrifice everyone he holds dear". Period. In ...
You can definitely subvert expectations like this and still create a great story. However, there's other issues with this story structure that should be kept in mind. You write: My protagonist...
I don't get only supporting the freedom of the kind of speech you like. If speech needs defending, it's probably because it's upsetting someone. (Neil Gaiman, The View from the Cheap Seats, The ...
In the comics world, this is normal. Each issue (the standard is 22 pages, not including the cover and publisher additions) comes out separately, either as an e-comic or on paper, or both. After ...
I wouldn't do it, speaking from experience. I paid for an edit long ago, on my first completed novel, and my editor did not do anything I couldn't have done with spellcheck and Grammarly (both free...
Sentence free, meaning no sentence, possible? Depending on definition, probably. This text, sentence free? No wrong answers. Well, in that case, sentence free or not irrelevant. Or not? Anyway, wi...
Been there, done that, designed the T-shirt. Some suggested bullet points, mix and match as needed: Acted as secondary point-of-contact with clients Assisted Account Managers in dealing with clie...
Most fiction that includes technical details get them wrong. Fiction does not sell based on the accuracy of its technical details, but on the strength of its story. Indeed, many stories absolutely ...
Sci fi and fantasy get shelved together in the bookstore because they are such interchangeable sub-genres of the one umbrella genre: speculative fiction. What would life be like if X happened or ex...
The core character in my current work-in-progress is an immortal goddess (of the minor kind), who goes increasingly desperate. In her desperation she's about to do something quite terrible, and the...
Financial concerns aside, the differences in the day to day job of writing include: Structure: In a screenplay structure is everything. You have two hours to tell the story. Your forebearers have...
I know why; they're cool, and they have a deep yearning to be free and with the air, which'll be a major theme in the story. But... I don't know how to explain their wings. I don't want them to be ...
First of all, let's define laughable. Summarising from several dictionaries, one can say it refers to something that makes you laugh because: a) it's amusing (which seems to imply something pleasa...
It has become fashionable in recent years to base the appeal of a novel on personal identification with the protagonist. That is, enjoyment of the novel is supposed to consist in a personal aspirat...
Don't Worry, and Don't Steal. If it is similar, don't worry about it. Approximately one billion articles have been written and published about the implications of various findings of Robert Muelle...
As We Write, We Learn There is a well-known quote by an author E. M. Forster: “How do I know what I think until I see what I say?” Freedom of Creation Allow yourself this first act of freed...
Most definitively! In fact these types of cultural references serve two purposes. On one hand, they are for the reader: if the reader identifies it, it may resonate with the feeling that the refe...
Starting from a blank page is always hard. Read Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg. It's an excellent book to get you writing. Writing, you will find, is like any art. Like learning...
Trying it yourself is free. Don't send out fifty queries! Typically, the advice from agents is to find the agents that match your story (MSWL = www.manuscriptwishlist.com; another collection is ag...
I agree with Mark Baker, and Chris Sunami. It sounds like a scam. We have an equivalent thing in Academia, unfortunately it IS common for scientific journals to charge authors for publication, and...
You can do it either way--a formal scene break or through the use of transitioning language. I stewed hard over this because like you, I had seen scenes defined as a change in location, time, or ...
