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I disagree with Amadeus on the matter of becoming the protagonist. I don't think that is what literature does or why readers turn to literature. I think there is always a narrative distance. We are...
Locations that probably haven't changed too much The most useful things to have a look at in a case like yours are the landmarks that probably haven't changed too much, such as: nearby mountains...
If it is your MC that's using a pseudonym, how do they think of themselves? Have they become the mask, adopted a new personality, put their real identity in a closed box? Or do they sometimes forge...
I am a PhD and former professor. The purpose of the citation is to allow the reader to access the source material and read it for themselves. I have noticed some academic papers cite blogs and ev...
Dialogue is an action like any other action in a novel. The amount of dialogue in any given novel should be a function of how much of the action of the novel -- the working out of the story shape o...
You are on the right track, but apparently your showing was not explicit enough. A possible problem might be that you have a perfectly fine image of the mother in your mind, but you never communica...
As long as the change is obvious that sounds like an interesting take on naming your character. You should think about how the exact change happens - it's probably unnatural if your narrator sudden...
Two real-psych possibilities, Destructive Cult Syndrome and capture-bonding. Destructive Cult Disorder. From the wiki: Robbins and Anthony, who had historically studied a condition similar to...
The narrator should normally use the real name and be consistent with the usage. Have a look at the question Would it be cheating to change the main character's “name” partway through the story? ...
Use the real name. I do this all the time, in my current writing the main character (a female) is often spying to gain information, and pretends to be a fictitious person to do it. My narrator al...
A third option is balance: Write that scene as you will, but elsewhere in the story ensure you show the opposite of what you worry about: Show a strong woman help a weakened male. Or show this same...
Common Global News. To be "in the same timeline" typically will not mean anything except that the characters experience the same "watershed events" that basically everybody in their world hears ab...
Referring to history, as noted in other answers, is a good way. You don't have to depict the action to have it come up -- in conversation, when a character reads about something online, when a det...
I presume you have already tried the flags --minimal and --ignore-all-space. If line breaks due to added/deleted/changed words are causing the problem with diff (making it look like changes appear...
No, do not use a new scene heading each time. Use INTERCUT, described at the link. Basically, a scene heading for each separate scene, then "intercut between X and Y [and Z and ...]. Then exposit...
You are asking for legal advice, on whether you slander or libel the college in question, which even a lawyer would have to read everything you write about the college in order to provide you with ...
One idea might be to think of his motivation and judgement. How does he know how to comfort her? Or that comforting her is the right thing in this situation? He must have some source of informatio...
I'd start with a murder mystery. My hero tries to save someone in great peril, beaten and kicked and dragged away. But that person was just acting, a "professional" victim, and only bait used to lu...
In dialogue, either from the heroes perspective or from the villains perspective, discuss the resolution of a prior problem and dismiss it. You can use that dialogue to prove callous psychopathic ...
Yes, it is a legitimate business expense. Specifically it is a marketing expense. For example, in my business, I have hired a firm to help me distribute a press release on a new project. They are ...
Probably not, for the type of medieval 'Princess' most readers imagine. Most Old Testament societies (Jews, Christians, Muslims) in medieval times considered women the property of a male, and prin...
Probably NOT a synopsis or plot summary. I think he is looking for a report the editor would write about the work after editing it. This is not a book report like a summary or synopsis, but the ed...
Not exactly. All lines should be double spaced. Editors (and other professional readers of submissions) will use the space for hand-written notes or corrections. I believe most editors still print ...
Personally, I think the theme does not have to be obvious at all, or ever stated. It just needs to be consistent. For example, if there is some life philosphy in your story, "love will triumph", th...
Wikipedia is a crowd-sourced site where anybody can contribute, just like this one. Wikipedia strives for verifiability and neutrality and has an active user community, but that doesn't mean that t...
