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I wrote a story in a boarding school, its protagonist a student facing obstacles from a new teacher, the headmistress and her daughters. Later in the story, the new teacher discovered he would lose...
In my opinion you already have your answer. As Galastel was pointing it out, this hasn't the connotation of ritual suicide, or cultism. Can it be portrayed in a "noble" light or would this be ...
Unfortunately while I don't have real science to back me up I am going to try using personal experience and understanding of psychology. There are many types of fear, used in many mediums. The chea...
According to the linked website you provided, the points are pretty self-explanatory. Copy-pasting from the site: The character’s name A one-sentence summary of the character’s storyline The char...
It depends on what sort of speech you tend to write. Personally, I would approach this like method acting. Write the character's script, make a sandwich, turn on a voice recorder, then read the scr...
Describing a scene from an animal's point of view "What literary devices and techniques should be used in this kind of scene?" I should say, the same devices that you might use to write from any c...
I said what I did in the other thread because of a little word that no one has actually said. Just. Some genres are descriptive: Mystery, fantasy. And those plus others are treated as "genre fic...
As far as I know if you are starting, begin with two person, one will create and write story and second one will develop images and cartoons. If you are planning for an company then it will need th...
Both of the previous answers are right, but throw in someone to handle social media, advertising and reader-relations, and a part-time copyright attorney to protect you from idea theft. Then, unle...
What scares people is the threat of disaster they cannot control, or anticipate, that they are helpless to do anything about. Their fear is of impending loss, which includes injury, death, loss of ...
It's not really a DEM in my opinion. At least, not in the strictest sense. You need to make sure though that the audience knows she is supposed to wait for him (maybe even ordered to do so). Her d...
Sounds like straight-forward contemporary adult fiction. Good luck to her!
For me, phonetically translating mouth-full speaking would deter my focus and make me dwell on words missed and other incomprehensible text which would arise. Instead, I would focus on the experie...
It's possible you'll find some assistance in communities that DO have non-traditional relationship structures. On reddit, you should find helpful commentary in r/nonmonogamy and r/polyamory.
It is generally not very effective to try an introduce big chunks of exposition, especially near the beginning of a story as it tends to be fairly dry information and gives the reader little incent...
News articles generally put citations in the form of a quote. "The firestorms are challenging, but we don't foresee shutting down electrical service to areas near the uncontained areas at this tim...
I'd echo the above answers that it's possible to write a likeable pervert provided they're harmless, and provided the scope is narrowed to that character and does not creep into the narration of th...
I would progress with great subtlety. Drop the tiniest of hints here and there but, mostly, let the reader do all the thinking possible. When you've got your draft, send it to people to read. As...
Welcome. You do not need to use footnotes in a novel. In fact, they're usually distracting. Sometimes you can do it, but it's pretty unusual. An example of one that worked was really a chapter ...
Correcting a translation is something different than just correcting a typo. The difference between what's been printed here and what you think it should be seems more like a misinterpretation on t...
Introduce TP earlier. If you don't want TP introduced by coming "on stage" as it were, you can have characters refer to her/him. These folks are in a battle. Not only does that tend to bring pe...
What should be guiding you with formatting in creative writing is first and foremost clarity. If your intent is clear, easily understandable, doesn't require the reader to stop and wonder what's go...
Deviant in reproduction One of the better uses of a deviant monster is in Alien. A male crew member is "impregnated" orally. The resulting baby is described as something that "shouldn't exist", gr...
Explain what needs to be explained as it becomes relevant rather than trying to present all the information in one go. This has certain advantages: it avoids dumping all the information on the au...
Other answers are correct that you should skip over exposition of all kinds. They're consistent with answers to other questions on this site. Furthermore, they're consistent with a lot of my own ex...
