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Sometimes a predictable plot is not a bad thing. If you choose to go ahead with it, you can still shake things up. Take something like the modern movie Titanic. We already know the boat is going...
Should I touch on the aftermath of the battle, and the mass murder, rape, and enslavement of the army's 12,000 camp followers? Yes, you should. If this is something that happened in your world...
Events will have less emotional impact on the reader if you write them in the background and not for specific characters, especially not your main characters. For example, compare a scene descri...
First, if English is not your mother tongue, you might find it easier to write the essay first in your mother tongue, and then translate it. That is the stage when you can take care of grammar etc....
I am pretty sure this isn't a proper question for this site, but I will answer. First, it's "I will argue" and not "I will arguing." Second, it's "cause unemployment" or "cause increasing numbe...
Your thesis statement should express the main idea of your paper. So if you're discussing problems and solutions, the thesis statement should include both the problems and the solutions. The thesi...
You could be vague and mention him feeling his trousers or pants "getting tighter", or something of the like. It's pretty much the standard imagery used to represent an erection without actually me...
This question borders on "what to write" instead of "how to write", so I will concentrate on the latter. If your character has masturbated, he has had erections. Probably every day, since teen age...
One way of going "off the rails" not yet mentioned here is to actually embrace the predictable plot, and then go past it. With your setup, of course the hero is going to defeat the monster. Let tha...
Since everyone is saying "no", let me say "yes". To some extent. Even as a young teenager, I never had trouble to put myself in the shoes of d'Artagnan, or Jean Valjean, or El Cid, or Lancelot, or...
The problem with your plan is you are assuming every step of this works. What do you do when your (1) youtube videos get no views, or get bad ratings? Why do you think (2) critics and media perso...
I would call this character building, both in practice and to the editor. The narrator is in Bilbo's mind (to know he is bewildered) and **Bilbo* considers himself "bewuthered", so this is a word h...
The crucial question, which will help you figure out how to write this, is: why is this detail important. And that question has two angles: Why is it important to your story? Why is it important ...
People can perceive poor people skills as being harsh or mean. "Cruel" is a word that carries a connotation of enjoying causing others pain, I wouldn't go quite that far. But some people have very...
At 16, the books our school recommended included 1984 and All Quiet on the Western Front. Crime and Punishment was part of the matriculation exam at 17. Also at 17, we were visiting Auschwitz. You ...
I think this is VERY opinion based due to the situation, so here are my opinions. First, I agree with @Cyn, put the deal in writing and in detail and signed and dated. Contracts are simple, and if...
I think that the statement is very generic. It could be used on just any review in any topic. Make it more specific. Or remove it given that it is essentially content-free For instance, This chapt...
I personally only write in 3rd person limited (3PL), and recommend it. In 3PL the narrator can describe settings and feelings, thoughts and memories of the MC at considerable length, without seemi...
All Narrators have photographic memories! Unless you tell us they don't. Just write them as they happened. Readers are accustomed to narrators, first person or third, having effectively photograph...
You want to spend as little time as possible on "setup". Even one page of nothing but setup is too much. The reason for that is that the reader is not yet invested in your story. You'd be forcing ...
I don't think they make sense together, if the queen has no political power, she is just a pretty prop or puppet that has to do as the men decide. You say she does not rule "directly", that is inco...
What makes such lines so memorable? How can I create my own? An original twist with resonance, often combined with poetry, concision. The "twist" is a surprise, but resonates with the sentime...
One example I have uses this trope for the benefit of the creative team. In the TV show Married with Children, the lead actor was pregnant. I've seen all sorts of ways TV has dealt with pregnant ...
I don't think "mind boggling" stupidity will be plausible, otherwise, why weren't they overthrown decades ago? Just because nobody thought of it? That's not a good enough reason for an oppressive r...
Have the narrator tell the action in that place, not show it. Then show Old Man's reaction. Example: "Nothing gives you the right to do this." Old Man sat back down in his chair, hoping Taylor...
