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But something DID change, Tania's emotional attitude is changed in the last sentence, after the rain ends. The length isn't what makes a scene. Like the story in general, a scene has a beginning, ...
«TEXT» and "TEXT" are use for quoting /citation. The marks are used at the beginning and the end of the cited text. Example: "Of all things, I liked books best." «Let the future tell the truth,...
It depends on the specific organization. The one I know best is the SFWA -- the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. They're pretty amazing; so they're a great example of what benefits a...
As JonStonecash has said, the other choices would be jarring. I know that I expect quotation marks to indicate spoken dialogue. While all are sound, the traditional quotation marks have the weigh...
Along with depending on the guild itself and what membership benefits it offers, it also depends very much on you and which (if any) of those benefits you feel you'd truly make use of. I have belo...
I'm unlike Amadeus in that I don't actually enjoy the act of writing. But I do enjoy having written - the feeling of achievement, of hours, days, and years spent in hard work, and the ability to fi...
We all have our own reasons, unique to each. The magic of the written word is that it remains. The desire to write something worthy of lasting, whether it is read or not seems to be mine. I need to...
Is your novel set in future? Generally speaking, yes. It is both reasonable and safe to assume that English will continue to serve as a primary language of scientific and engineering community. Th...
You could use a color change, eg. put the telepathic communication in a lighter gray color which could induce a focus change in the reader (leaning close and squinting) salient to telepathy.
Many publishers set their own standards for justification and the choice may not be up to you. On top of that many books are simply justified. As time passes on your work may end up on different pl...
Yes, success implies validation and agreement by the author. I say that for the obvious reason; you wrote the fiction, you designed the plot, you let the bully win. Don't say, "That's how the world...
Choose names that have that countries "feel" with out being stereotypical (e.g. Alejandro -Mexico, or Aleksandr -Russia) As I interpret it, your main aim is to have the character's country of orig...
In my experience, it depends on what the story needs. I've written stories that had to be plotted beforehand because of what the point of the story was. I've written stories that had to be half-plo...
What you might want is what I can the mile marker outline. It's not a blow-by-blow; instead, list your major events and/or set peices. It's up you to figure out what the road trip actually looks li...
Should I outline or discovery write my stories? If you go to YouTube and type in "plotting or pantsing", then you will find a ton of videos about this topic. Some people call it "discovery wri...
There are no hard and fast rules here about what will work. What we believe to be true is often based on the context of our upbringing and that has changed from era to era AND location to location ...
Outlines are a tool. Nothing more. Should you use it? I don't know, that depends on you. Does the added structure help you focus and develop your story? or is it needless distraction that you freq...
Any full-service book printer can create custom sizes if they wish, it just takes more work and costs you more. Printing machinery generally only works with paper of particular sizes. This is why...
Adding to linksassin's good answer about having a cast of characters rather than a main, I want to point out what you said: The author takes special care of them. Provides them wise thinking. G...
I think you misunderstand the MC; the MC doesn't have to be extraordinary in any particular sense; and in most good stories the MC has weaknesses or flaws to overcome. The reason an MC is the main...
Let's look at the example from the Three Musketeers that you give. Readers today probably wouldn't know what an aglet is. And if they knew, they would probably think of shoe laces and not know how...
Generals are where they are needed most Disclaimer: Historical fiction isn't my area of expertise, most of this is drawn from fantasy works instead. I think some of it is useful though. The best ...
I would suggest the main points to bear in mind are the mindset of the species as oppposed to our own. Of course, being human one cannot know the thoughts of animals. Dogs are more of a we species...
There is nothing wrong with using common names for characters unless you over use them. If everyone has the most common names for their region, the readers may start paying attention to that inste...
Doing something like this occasionally can be pretty entertaining, but if be careful when inventing new words: too many new words can make your book hard to read. If the people in your world inven...
