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I have never written fiction, so I can answer only by analogy with writing non-fiction. I've had extensive experience in writing about technical subjects for a mostly non-technical public policy o...
How does that travel change your characters? The iron law is that every scene should leave your characters in a different state from when they began, or, at very least, leave the reader with a diff...
Click is really the correct term. I know it is a made-up action description for a mouse or trackball. It requires on-the-fly mental replacement with tap when used with a touch-screen (phone, tablet...
Many people have a personal animus against particular words. "Very" is a very common target. (See what I did there?) Certain words just seem inadequate to their task, flabby, somehow, or inapt. I...
Sometimes it doesn't matter who said what. In your example, where everyone has the same goals and is working together, it seems fine to leave most or all of them out -- the focus here is more on t...
Essentially, you do need a speech tag if the reader can easily tell who is speaking. Under what conditions can the reader easily tell who is speaking: There are only two people in the conversatio...
How do I encourage a community mindset ... not just viewed as "Sigma's project" You don't. This is your manager's job. Talk to them. Make some suggestions. But in the end, this is their call, ...
If it is about text changes, I'd use diff files (in particular the “unified diff” format which also many version control systems use), with a caveat mentioned below. You can create the diff file by...
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...
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...
I experimented a bit this week with hand-made epubs. The following is supported in Apple iBook reader. Haven't checked others -- SELECT tag inputs SCRIPT tags functions within scripts events...
I found a post on https://forums.madcapsoftware.com/smash kartsviewtopic.php?t=28852 that suggests using the non-breaking space character (CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE) instead of the non-breaking space key bi...
I wrote a short story here http://zecountess.deviantart.com/art/Mirrors-440990952 uno online whose ending explains everything that is narrated before. The feedback I got from my readers is var...
From my perspective as a reader I'd say I am more on the "over the shoulder looking" side. If there is only one protagonist in the story, this is easy (e.g. Indiana Jones). If there are two or more...
I would apply two points of view: Project management / Energy management Your ultimate goal is to publish your work. The best way to publish is to finish your work. What is the best way to fi...
I'm having trouble trying to claim my content. If I go to "Edit Profile", click "Authenticate", and sign in to SE, I get: redirect_uri is not under the registered domain for this application I ...
Some Q&A websites such as StackExchange require from people asking questions to share "minimal prior research" that they had done to try to answer their question themselves (and often also juxt...
A useful way to think about this is, every story you write is set in a world of your own invention, that sits in some relationship to the real world that we live in. The real world that we live in ...
+1 @Kris: ACTUALLY, it appears "Grok" is a middle ages version of "Greek" referring to the Greek Language. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22grok%22&tbm=bks&tbs=cdr:1,cdmin:1680,cdmax:169...
Disclaimer: I am no lawyer or otherwise law expert, all the following is to the best of my knowledge and does not constitute legal advise; when in doubt, as a lawyer. There are several things to c...
A strong character has two elements: Its motivation, as revealed through its choices, and Its personality, as revealed through its dialogue and body language. So let's talk about how those appl...
Showing physical reactions to things works for immediate reactions. But stories are not built on immediate reactions. They are built on the long term desires and goals of the characters. It is hard...
We often use the word "sympathise" to mean agree with or approve of. But that is not what it means (or not what it should mean) when we are talking about the reader sympathizing with a character in...
In general, the answer is no. There is no way to ensure that you will not be successfully sued for the theft of somebody else's intellectual property, violating copyright, and have to pay not only ...
