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For projects with API documentation generated by Sphinx, I've noticed that some project's don't include links to the Parameter/Argument types (str, file-like object, int, etc) and some projects do....
I wouldn't call Adobe InDesign a writing product but it has allowed the integration of animations, movies, audio for quite some time already. The caveat is that I believe this only applies to fixe...
I realize that many aspects of these races contain hidden racism--blonde-haired, blue-eyed, white elves that are completely superior, barbaric orcs with dark skin who just happen to be the only r...
As a zipped web-page, EPUB has long offered the possibility of completely changing how a book looks and feels with dynamic content and interactive content. But since EPUB came out (2007), I really...
Deleting (semi)colons ≠ deleting comma and a conjunction They are close enough. Very close, in fact. As an aside, it's not clear what you hoped to learn from either question. Unless someone p...
The core of both questions is: why didn't these authors simplify complex sentence structures? It's hard to see how the answers would be significantly different for semicolons versus splitting into...
Why close https://writing.codidact.com/posts/286099 as a duplicate of https://writing.codidact.com/posts/286098? They are related, but distinguishable. Deleting (semi)colons ≠ deleting comma and a...
Shorter sentences have been proven more readable. Thus why didn't the authors below sunder their lengthy sentences, prolongated by comma + conjunction? Why not divide them into shorter sentences s...
Shorter sentences have been proven more readable. Thus why didn't the authors below sunder their lengthy sentences, prolongated by commas and (semi)colons? Why not divide them into shorter sentence...
If this is a formal academic work, there is likely a style guide which addresses this, or an editor who has final say. If not, adopt a convention and explain it the first time you bring in a trans...
I am often in the situation where I would like to cite a source in another language, and as such include my own translation alongside the quotation. I have been told that translation is a form of ...
Practice makes perfect, but remember: Blind spots always exist. You can share your writing with either your friends or your readers. Get their feedback on your writing, and don't be afraid to be c...
This is a problem that needs no solution. People know how to skip over quotations and recaps. Indeed, people usually skip over quotations and recaps and only go back to look at them if they find th...
If I understand the question correctly; you want a visual way to include a part of the text that add more information, without blocking the main flow or being obtrusive. While it doesn't seem as w...
Science fiction can use garden path sentences to set up a situation that defies the reader's expectations. They can set up what appears to be ordinary life but turns out not to be or present what s...
Codidact's communities have a lot of great content that is helping people on the Internet. Our communities are small, though, and sustainable communities depend on having lots of active, engaged p...
"A garden path sentence is a grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect; the reader is lured into a parse that turns out t...
Having a lot of followers doesn't mean anything to a publisher if your book isn't commercial to warrant them to invest money into your book on advertising, public relations, promoters, agents, publ...
What I do is either use a multiple mindmaps about different characters, events and concepts in my book. Or I create a large grid and write something small in each square and maybe have each row or ...
a witch delivering a prophecy to a king about a dangerous and deceitful foe who will overthrow him, dangerous and deceitful Given the negative stereotype that a certain race tends to comm...
That depends on if you're blogging for the sake of "creative expression" to show an underlying theme, be artsy or your own unique perspective on things, or if you want to be topical by showing how ...
Grammar is to writing as driving a nail is to architecture. Yes, you need the nails to be driven in straight, but it is not what architecture is about. A good writer is, first of all, a good obser...
I agree with Lundin. My English isn’t very good; that's why I mostly write in my own language. And, I rarely write in English just to improve my English mistakes all the time I do. I started read...
What are the ways to practice and improve basic writing, like content and creative writing? I am not planning to write or learn to write fictional stories. By creative writing, I mean the essentia...
This post is about Q&A websites in general. In StackExchange there is a culture of closing questions which do not reflect "the standards"; it's a culture that I as someone who uses SE since 20...
