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| Edit | Post #32381 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
| Edit | Post #32401 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #32387 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
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A: A critic made a comment that my female character sounds like she was written by a man TL;DR: Try submitting with a female pen name. If the criticism goes away, there's your answer. This is your character and you need not bow to anybody's tropes or nuances, or notions of how or why a female is. Justify your character's actions, outlook, language, interests with sources from within you... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #32383 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #32351 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
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A: Different ways to emphasize The best writing is one that uses typographic markup sparingly. There are some agents and publishers who prefer manuscripts to be submitted in plain text! If your writing relies on italics, boldface, and a certain page layout, it won't work for those publishers. The reason for publishers to demand p... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #32359 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
| Edit | Post #32346 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
| Edit | Post #32356 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
| Edit | Post #32355 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
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Conflict and antagonist in a certain subtype of erotic novels In his answer to my previous question, @Standback distinguishes two types of erotic storyline: 1. stories in which the stakes are romantic or sexual 2. stories in which the stakes are neither romantic nor sexual (e.g. an erotic thriller) In an erotic novel, where the stakes are romantic or sexual ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #32353 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #32352 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #32319 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
| Edit | Post #32318 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
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A: Should I be myself and write what I really want even though it isn't getting much traction? I like to compare writing to other jobs: - Chef in a Restaurant: Should you serve your customers what they like to eat, or should you cook what you like and eat it yourself? - Architect: Should you build the house that the owner wants to live in, or the house that you want to live in? Ideally, you... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #32316 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
| Edit | Post #32315 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
| Edit | Post #32313 | Imported from external source | — | over 6 years ago |
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