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Q&A How can we make images with (necessary) text more translatable mechanically?

Our documentation set includes some diagrams, such as entity relationship diagrams and flowcharts, where text is integral and cannot reasonably be handled in callouts. Our documentation is translat...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How should we plan for translations' space needs when designing diagrams that require text?

Our documentation set includes some diagrams where text is integral and can't be handled in callouts, like flowcharts and entity relationship diagrams. Our documentation is translated, so these di...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question planning translation technical-writing graphics
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Q&A Can you use a semicolon to connect fragments that are one item in a vertical list?

I'm trying to write a numbered vertical list. The items are not complete sentences. Can you use a semicolon to connect two fragments that are one item? Receive guests; entertain guests Or, sho...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by happycrabapples‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question style punctuation business-writing
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Q&A Will a change in perspective "intimacy" confuse the reader?

[Not a native english speaker] I am currently writing a novel, told from the 3rd-person POV, with several characters being followed in different scenes. Will the following confuse the readers? ...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question novel third-person characters perspective
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Q&A What is a more techy Technical Writer job title that isn't cutesy or confusing?

I have been hired as a Technical Writer at a firm who needed multiple types of writers: A few people were hired to write content for the average website reader interested in our product, such as a...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user2263986‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to name indistinguishable henchmen in a screenplay?

A large group of indistinguishable henchman feature throughout my screenplay. What is an acceptable naming method for them? Let's say I wanna call them 'Red shirts'. Can I ... A) Call them all RE...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Andy A‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A About sound effects

I'm writing a script that shows a speaker interacting with their audience. The speaker finishes speaking and the audience reacts. I wrote it like this. Loud CHEERS from the audience. I'm wonderin...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Karen Kelly‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A As an author, how can you ensure that your agent/publisher isn’t ripping you off by pocketing your money and giving you false info about sales?

Agents typically demand that authors sign over complete control of their royalties to them so that their money comes from the agent rather than from the publisher directly. I know a certain author ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by user394536‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question agent money creative-writing ethics publisher
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Q&A How to avoid introduction cliches

I'm writing a research paper in one of my math classes about the P vs NP problem. I feel the introduction to my paper sounds like a cliche. This is my intro: In the field of mathematics, there ...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Mettal‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question openings academic-writing
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Q&A Can someone publish a story that happened to you?

Can someone take a story that happened to you, without your knowledge, and publish it? Using your name and specifics, and take the copyright for it? A person, whose mother lived in our small town,...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Juli Ridgway‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A At what point does an interesting analogy become a distraction?

I've written a book. My question is if it is in bad {taste, karma, policy} to use an analogy that is disrupting to the reader's stream of consciousness. The quote in question is this: Like a b...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Chowzen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to add individual citations or copyrights to an eBook?

I'm compiling my first book. In this book I have translated several legends, fairytales and stories of my country (El Salvador). Most of them are loosely based on different books, blogs, newspaper...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Federico Navarrete‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question book copyright creative-writing citations
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Q&A Registering copyright as a "folio?"

I was listening to an older episode (2012) of "The Audacity to Podcast", where the host is talking with a copyright/IP Lawyer: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/tap077-copyright-laws-for-bloggers-an...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by April Salutes Monica C.‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are some effective ways to gain readers?

I seem to be having trouble finding any readers. I have my work in progress on Wattpad right now, but I only have 527 reads. I don't know what I'm doing wrong with my promotion. I post my story...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Aspen the Artist and Author‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can I self-publish a book on the Kindle store when I'm under 18?

I'm wondering if I can publish a comic on the Kindle store! It's because me and my friends made a comic and I've now re-drawn everything on my computer and I've looked into this and it says I need ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Ashraf Islam‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question legal kindle amazon young-author
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Q&A Do publishers care if submitted work has already been copyrighted?

I'm getting ready to start submitting a book I've written. I copyrighted an earlier draft of it a few years ago (as in submitted it for official registered copyright). The final draft has not cha...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by CMB‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I generate paperback book from iBooks Author?

I'm starting to write a book and I am considering to use the iBooks Author app since I tend to like Apple products. Through my research, I learned I can publish it into iBooks, export it for iBooks...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Ricardo‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How important are good looking people in a novel/story?

I've read many books where the main protagonists are described as good looking people with Greek god looks, plenty of sex appeal, the perfect figure and all that. As a reader, how important would i...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by srini‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A The unknown and unexplained in science fiction

Science fiction has been defined as a genre where the "incredible" elements are "recognizable as not-true, but also as not-unlike-true, not-flatly- (and in the current state of knowledge) impossibl...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to quote a book in my novel?

I write as a hobby and so my works are pretty amateur, but I still try to keep my writing as legitimate and proper as I can. My novel is about how a teenage boy (who is notorious for being a bad de...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Dani2‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question novel legal copyright citations
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Q&A How to make side-characters look competent next to the chosen one?

I'm writing a storyline for a game where the forces of evil have humanity cornered. Truly everything seems lost, that is, until our main character decides to step in. Let's call him Bob. The Chosen...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Not A Vampire‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question technique videogame characters cliches creative-writing
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Q&A How to avoid writing irritating fan fictions?

I have recently started writing a fanfiction and I am posting it online as I write it. However, I often see in comments sayings 'This fanfiction gave me cancer','The writer of this crap should just...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Maiko Chikyu‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

Question fiction fan-fiction readers feedback
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Q&A Are readers tolerant of unique and bizarre character Names? [closed]

I'm trying to refine a name for my main character and characters in general but I will be focusing on my MC for the example of this question. My question is: What criteria would make a name hard fo...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Seann Powell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question fiction naming characters process
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Q&A How do I start writing? [closed]

I have so many great ideas! I've completed several stories in my head but i've never put any to paper. How do I start? How do you start?

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can I self-publish a paperback through Amazon KDP, but make the e-book available elsewhere?

I have self-published a paperback and Kindle version of a book on Amazon KDP. For the paperback, I got a free ISBN from KDP. My question is, can I also publish a free e-book version somewhere else,...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by user3245747‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question self-publishing legal book kindle amazon