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There are a couple of ways that you could utilize, but changing the style often comes with problems. Some of these problems you have already encountered: bold text is very nice to draw attention...
tl;dr: Due to the long nature of this answer, you can skip to below the line below. If you want the explanation, you will have to read the whole answer. Some of these answers have suggested that ...
Here's a slightly different approach. Write the story in such a way the MC's death has something to compensate it, such as your character becoming irredeemable by dint of their actions of personali...
Even if there's nothing uplifting or redeeming, the protagonist's death will have a positive interpretation - you've thought enough about his life to tell that story. It's not death itself that's a...
When it comes to citations, there is no universally correct method. There are various style guides that specify different ways of doing citations. Publications often specify that the articles or bo...
I would think that the main thing that keeps the readers interested are the characters. Even though these characters might belong to an evil organization, they might be redeemable themselves. Or ev...
I think there is a huge difference between an illustrated novel and a graphic novel. An illustrated novel is a novel that can stand on its own but to which the publisher of a particular edition has...
If your story takes place over the course of a month, your character is still going to be very much dealing with trauma by the end of it. Take the RL case of the Itamar Massacre: 12-years-old Tamar...
Expressions: You can say something besides "angry", there are many flavors of anger, but no, do not describe the facial features. That is directing; do not try to do the director's job in your scr...
Einstein's Razor. This is an opinion question. I write as simply as I can; but I also have a large vocabulary and I am a huge fan of word etymology (origins and derivations), and I detect or feel ...
Although I think its a good idea to be inspired by successful writers of the past and present, I would caution against writing "like" any of them. As you fear, you run the risk of sounding dated, b...
It's in the language: words like "grey", "dreary" evoke sadness. The sky might be weeping (though that's a little over the top and overused). A lonely seagull might be crying plaintively. Wind migh...
ReStructuredText is a lightweight markup language with built in support for LaTeX math expressions: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25793190/latex-in-rst-processed-with-pandoc
Thrawn was this (minus the physical fighting abilities) in Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire Star Wars trilogy. His gimmick was he could read species' and individuals' intentions and thought patter...
I'm not sure if you're asking the right question here. You say you don't want the reader to feel like your villain is cheating. I think what you should ask is how you can make the reader feel that ...
Leave clues that make it possible to see at least the gist of his reasoning and line of thought for the observant and determined reader. Make it so that it's always possible, albeit very difficult,...
One thing to keep in mind is that in terms of conflict and moving the story along, a reactive character can work just fine. There's plenty of conflict in trying not to do anything! Many a good work...
Since everyone is set on a proactive character, let me present the reactive choice as at least viable. The hobbits in The Lord of the Rings are anything but proactive. They would like nothing bett...
Story is driven by conflict. Conflict is driven by character desires. Conflict is a struggle between a character who wants something and the things that are preventing them from getting what they...
You should add a but after the comma Anyone can use stock footage, but only you know how to use it correctly. Reading a but basically makes people ignore most of what has been said before and...
Another option is LyX, which I use to write novels. I feel it has advantages even if one doesn't want to include LaTeX formulae. For example, chapters are numbered automatically, and you can hide c...
First, let me start by saying...wow! Your command of the English language is impressive. Some people think purple prose can be boring and unnecessary, but when done well, I think it can really mak...
All writing is description. It's just a matter of what you're describing. So it's impossible to describe things too much, or to be writing descriptive prose when you should be writing some other ki...
What needs to be kept in mind is that writing isn't for you, it's for the reader. As a writer, we imagine the story in our heads, we see it vividly, and then we write. But that in itself doesn't ...
There is no clear rule sometimes detailed description does the job at other times you are better off evoking what you want with a few well chosen words. The first thing to note is that detail als...
