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It's not dissimilar to an employee. If you work for the government or a large entity, you represent them at all times when on the job (and sometimes when off work too). You have a set of beliefs ...
One of the purposes of punctuation is to tell you when to breathe. Imagine that you are an actor, speaking these lines out loud. Not just the dialogue, but the entire story. Will you speak each ...
If this is your first attempt, then you actually you don't need anything special, just behavioural loops. Even one would suffice. Your character will start as fully circling in one loop. As they ...
Persistence. That is the only personality trait that seems essential to a main character. They don't give up; at least not permanently. Their goals may change, they may face the inevitable and eve...
Short answer: J.K. Rowling claims never to have read a fantasy book in her life, and she did just fine. For that matter, J.R.R. Tolkien hadn't read much fantasy either. Long answer: who considers ...
I notice the books you don't like you consider "too long", "too long for something to happen", "too boring"... Despite you saying you like characters, longer books without much happening are likel...
It's impossible to know if you've crossed the line because all we see is a summary. The summary sounds pretty brutal, but it's the execution that matters. Yes, some books are hard to read. So mu...
It would be a bad thing if you hated the genre overall. Or if you looked down on it. I will never understand people who want to write something they distain because they think it's "easy" or wher...
This is a matter of opinion; personally I don't find it sexist. People have genders, and sexual orientations, and they have to mix. We stray into sexism when we pile up too many tropes. In your c...
Would it be out of place for me to model characters after my own experiences I believe it would be. For practical reasons. How many times can you do that without getting repetitive, and making...
Is it unrealistic for her to be unable to connect the dots and remember her actions? I think you should look at this in a slightly different way. It's not that she's unable to connect the dots...
As both @F1Krazy and @Rasdashan say, it's not unrealistic for a character not to realise what is clear to the reader. In a way, the character actively refuses to connect the dots, she has a strong ...
There have been several similar books in the past, known as "armchair treasure hunts". However, these generally involve actual physical treasures that have been buried somewhere, and cracking the r...
Legal issues depend on where you live and who your contestants are. In the US, there is a difference between sweepstakes, which are games of chance, and contests, which are games of skill. Your p...
The way you make a character Scottish (or any other nationality) is you research that nationality. And you don't settle for the "Hollywood Atlas" version either (meaning a collection of exaggerated...
Besides the spelling and specific vocabulary, you could make your character Scottish by making him culturally Scottish. This is not about the way you write his speech, but about the content of what...
They exist. Though it depends where you are. A3 appears to be art book sized. The A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches, if mounted 40.6 x 50.8cm, 15.98 x 20 inches. ...
Who is telling this backstory? Is it a separate section, set apart from the rest of the book? Or does the narrator tell the story? It's fine to use first person for an entire novel, or for a pie...
A popular writing theory states that any story worth telling describes the movement from one status quo to another, and that major uncertainties in the inception and conclusion should be avoided...
I could do this in Word very easily -- Short Version: Create a Style called "Character Name" Indicate that the style "Dialogue" is what follows next. (that's on the first area of the create-a-st...
You have another problem, if you solve that, you solve this. How did we figure out it was quantum computer activity that signaled them? If this is told omnisciently or from the alien POV, you hav...
If the elements are independent sentences, as in your example, then you should use full stops. An example: In the present article we prove that: * our model is correct. * The model by other...
From a structure point of view, you're making it far too short to be easily understandable by a reader. “Love not self - love no one” It sounds more like a commandment to live by rather than ...
In order to create emotional projection, you need to portray common experiences that every in the audience has had or can relate to. They must be able to put themselves into one of the roles on the...
Anyone can sue you for anything. If you're a regular person being sued by a wealthy one, or a large business, you will be crushed, even if you're in the right. It is legal to say things about p...
