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From a story standpoint, you have, more or less, two choices: Recount what's come before the current book, or embed critical information in the narrative itself. The more realistic it is for chara...
Myths and religions are "stories we already know." Adding references to known mythology in a contemporary story both grounds it to reality and connects it to our larger culture. Think about moder...
All your constructions are useful in different situations. Keep John Smithers's comment about cause and effect in mind, and vary your tags so that you aren't repeating the same sentence structure c...
These are all details that need to be determined in some sort of contract or agreement with her. You can grant and withhold whatever you choose. Be familiar with what different rights you have over...
The best answer I ever heard was from an English professor: "Write as if you're explaining the text to a slightly stupider classmate."
Paragraph length isn't the problem here, although the paragraphs could stand to be broken up a bit. The biggest problem here is a problem of focus and organization. A paragraph should have a fairly...
In general, it's my opinion that a story should pick a language and stick to it. Even though many people speak multiple languages, having a book in more than one language means you're limiting your...
(Note: The current edit of this post fixes some of these issues.) Clarity of objectives It's unclear, exactly, what you want people to critique; the way the post is written implies that there wi...
You should cite it if it's not your idea. The simplest way would be something like: As Mark Zusak describes it in his novel The Book Thief, Death is he who steals our colors..... You're clear...
There are a few ways to answer this. Which answer you use depends on what you want to achieve - something lacking in the original question. Does the work already exist and you're just trying to cat...
Does using unexplained spiritual elements (soul, "spiritual"/non-physical beings, afterlife, God, etc.) in a story with a futuristic setting make it science fantasy rather than science fiction? ...
Punctuation marks, like words and paragraph breaks, are tools. Overuse of any tool will make your writing inelegant, but using the proper tool at the right time will help you generate pages that ar...
I would find it annoying, or annoyingly convenient, to be switching POVs repeatedly, particularly just for one sentence. I think even when you have an omniscient narrator, you need to stick with ...
Good morning XXX, I wanted to touch base with you about the status of your article for the newsletter. Please advise whether you will be able to send it to me by the end of the week. If it doesn't...
I don't think this is sufficient. It's polite, but why would this person share anything with you just because you asked? I think you need to explain who you are, how you found his work, and what y...
The answer to your question is: It depends on how the writer works. This is a question that's impossible to answer in a general sense, since different writers will approach a story in different w...
And I didn't describe actions, dialogues, and settings with much detail. Should I go back and add the details before starting the second draft? I've seen your writing. The answer is yes. :) (A...
As Lauren said, the outline is a tool for your use, not a deliverable in its own right, so if you deviate from it, that's ok. You asked how to track these dependencies in an outline. A techniqu...
Your best bet is to get some quotes. I realize that sounds like I'm dodging the question, but I'm not. My method, for example, is to work on a manuscript for one hour and use that as gauge to esti...
Although the ISO may favor keeping "shall," I agree with PlainLanguage for this one: https://plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/conversational/shall-and-must/ Use “must” not “shall” to impose require...
I would call it the Lemonade Effect. As in, "when life gives you lemons, make..."
You've got the seeds of your answer in your edit. When you write, you're just dumping. Whatever comes to mind, without structure or discipline, and who among us doesn't love the sound of your own v...
I couldn't find explicit guidance in either the Chicago Manual of Style or the Microsoft Style Guide, but what I have observed (and would write naturally) is with commas: The maximum time perio...
I think your title is fine as a subtitle or a deck, but it needs something catchier to start with. I Me Ours: A critical examination of individualism, narcissism and collectivism within Faceboo...
The simplest answer is that there has to be something which bridges the divide between master and slave and allows them to see and respect one another as equals. Does she show mercy to the slave wh...
