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You just show the consequences. For example, people often say that the Bible supports polygamy. While it legally permits it and does not explicitly make moral prohibitions against it, I believe th...
Writing has been used to show the harm done to society by various beliefs and activities since the beginning of writing. First and foremost, writing is a transfer of knowledge, but it is also a tra...
Names are not a problem, nor do I worry about naming characters that won't be used again. For "extras" I give them forgettably common names, but for characters that serve some dramatic purpose, I g...
I see no reason you would do anything differently than if you were writing about an English-speaking character. I'm English. I can't speak any language other than English. But as a massive anime n...
Technically, no. Most novels use them, but I've read some Discworld novels that just have a black line occasionally to break things up. You may also wish to consider writing an epistolary novel, wh...
It is completely up to you. As you can see from the other answers there are advantages to both methods. To my mind you could simply use larger paragraph breaks occasionally, rather than headed chap...
I would suggest, especially since she is an android and not a highly logic-oriented human, that you devise a conflict around the difficulty computers have recognizing "almost-patterns" and doing re...
If you trust safety deposit boxes to last for decades when paid in advance, then arrange this service with the bank. Hire a long established law firm (or two, for safety), that agree to a contract...
So, she's rational, data-driven, and rule-following AND the rules say she can't be a leader? The conflict practically writes itself: Her data and rational analysis tell her she should be leading,...
How can I write characters with ideals different from my own, without making them strawman? I would say that attempting to do so, LZP, is a worthy goal in and of itself. (Also, I'd think t...
I reject your premise. For example, I am an atheist, 100%, to my last breath. However, I live amongst people I love, my own family, that believe in God. My parents did, one was a firm Christian, o...
It would be difficult to pull off a first person murderer in a mystery format and still play fair with the audience. About the only way I can see to make it work is to present the entire narrati...
Make sure the reader know who the murderer is from the beginning, and then introduce Columbo. Let's take my joke as a serious answer: assume we know the murderer from the very start of the story...
The original books always used the second person 'you'. (I still have one on my book shelf.) Other variations may use the first person. There are many variations on the theme. For example, some re...
Caveat: I am not published. I hope you do not abandon your style. You have a unique voice, and there will certainly be people who try to convince you to write your story their way. No. Write your ...
"Everybody can invent a story" -- No. In his classic book Story, Robert McKee reports just the opposite: There are a great many people who can write beautiful prose. There are very few who can tell...
Consider style, plot and characters the three pillars on which your book is going to stand. All three should get a passing grade, a failure in one will ruin an otherwise promising book. If you thi...
In my experience how much I enjoy a book is usually not too dependent on how much I like the style. This however is not to say that style cannot have a great impact on a piece of writing but simply...
Without reading the scene in question, there are a couple of things I feel need to be taken into consideration when writing a fight scene, and something that a lot of authors (particularly new or y...
One of the most memorable fight scenes I've read is duel between d'Artagnan on the one site, Athos, Porthos and Aramis on the other, Chapter 5 of "The Three Musketeers". A whole chapter albeit a sh...
You could use the word "flurry": flur·ry /ˈflərē/ noun: flurry; plural noun: flurries a small swirling mass of something, especially snow or leaves, moved by sudden gust...
It's the other way around - How you present your story is more important than What you are presenting There are only a couple of different base-stories in existence. I've heard different numbers r...
Can I just ask you to make this more specific? Or try myself? My answer will be based off this, but I'd recommend you try to firm up your question. A story is essentially characters interacting wi...
Crafting the story and plot is part of the "how". If you really have "a save the world done right" you have nothing to worry about since that implies that you crafted the plot and story properly. T...
Let me tell you a story. Go on, pull up a chair and siddown. Atta boy. Now, where was I? Ah, yes. Let me tell you a story. A tale really. Happened to me back when I was a wee liddle thing bu...
