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I think there are two dimensions to this. The first is: what makes a real-world person irredeemable? A fictional character with the same traits will then, presumably, also be irredeemable. I thin...
Don't introduce them all at once --that's not a story, that's a cast list. Bring them in one at a time, or in small groups, when needed by the storyline, and describe them in ways that illuminate ...
I have seen two similar terms, historical fiction and creative non-fiction. I'm writing some stories that are set during a real time in history, that might mention real events, real people, but tha...
Creative non-fiction recounts factually-accurate narratives in a literary style. It reads like a story, but it is in fact real history. It will be severely criticised for containing factual inaccur...
Why this is difficult: dramatic conventions If a description of something is unique and also can't be observed incidentally by the reader, as with a character's highly unusual physical features, y...
So you have Sir Nathaniel Charles III. A nobleman, obviously. Is he from a famous family? Or some minor, not well known nobility? Did he grow up in a castle? Or did his family lose their estates an...
I would say that two things are essential to make your proposed reality-shift such that the reader doesn't feel cheated, and like they wasted their time. And I truly believe both are essential, not...
I'd say if you are inclined to write females, learn how to write females. Don't just read, but study how female writers write female protagonists. Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games is written by...
Another example that I'm fond of is acknowledging a work of fiction as a work of fiction within your own universe. This is frequent in the humor of "The Orville" where characters not owned by the...
Read. Watch. Take notes. Read books, read newspapers, study history, watch movies and plays... and take notes. You will find examples full of backstabbing, betrayal, dirty dealing, clever scheme...
It doesn't hurt to have other characters react to him, the potential problem I see here is in repeatedly showing the same reaction, which is likely. Confusion, a sense Hadden is a rude jerk, etc. T...
I believe low fantasy can encompass stories which have no magic. In some examples I've seen of low fantasy there is no magic but the setting in which it takes place is an entirely fictional worl...
So: a little bit of background, and a little bit of information about the site. Background QPixel is a project I started a few years ago to be a clone of SE. It got to a decent stage, and then I ...
According to the question list, this question was last active 8 hours ago as I write this: However, I answered it 2 hours ago as shown in the history on my answer: Is this list heavily cached...
As far as I can tell, there is no way to explain the edit you do. There is no field to enter one. Also, in my latest edit, I tried to supply one as HTML comment in my post, but in the edit histor...
I agree. What about showing an arrow icon before the label and giving it a different cursor on hover (cursor: pointer)? This could look something like this: I used the unicode character "BLACK ...
So this is an artifact of me not testing across multiple browsers. In Chrome, the <summary> element (which the history type, username, and timestamp are contained in) automatically inserts an...
Of course it's allowed, but only if you punctuate it correctly! The mark you want to use is known as an interrobang. Say what‽ Yes that's right, there are more punctuation marks available than th...
Exposition is a problem for movies, because movies, generally, do not have a narrator. The audience sits and watches events unfold. But if the story needs the viewer to be aware of events that woul...
I believe you show, don't tell. This comes down to the design of the personalities involved. The older guy is the big problem. The boys in school can be just unaware of the law, or think (as many...
Begin by noticing that educated is a relative term. Today we tend to think of it in terms of formal schooling. But many people with less formal schooling, may be educated in other things by other m...
What you describe is mainstream historical fiction. There is significant piece of the historical fiction market that seems to value the historical accuracy not only of period details but of events ...
Awesome work, Paulster2! I upvoted on Writing and Worldbuilding, because I don't belong to the other sites. You might also consider one on History, since that's a place where people writing histo...
These are great answers. I'd just add (as a sub-answer) that a brown couch is sort of like a happy smile. The adjective doesn't add much of value. It implies nothing much about the couch, or the sm...
Ebooks have been a boon to independent authors, providing a path to audiences, unmatched in the history of publishing. The field is rather new, and currently there is not even Wikipedia page Indep...
