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A: Characterisation: How to make it evident that a character's flawed perspective is intentional? A good solution is to clearly show how the flaws are an obstacle for the character when they try to achieve their goals. For example, if the girl in your story manages to seduce the boy who is in a relationship and has great sex with him, it might seem as if you endorse such behavior. But if the boy... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #30032 | Imported from external source | — | almost 7 years ago |
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A: How often should I remind my readers of the setting? The real question here is: How often does it matter to the character where he is? If, as in your story, your character leaves his coat behind and wanders the streets in winter, he will probably feel the cold, and get colder with every minute. So the fact that he is "in" winter, will matter very muc... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #30080 | Imported from external source | — | almost 7 years ago |
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Will an explicit resemblance to an Actor put-off the readers disliking him? One of the central characters in my novel, at the back of my mind looks like Benedict Cumberbatch. So while writing the story I have explicitly written that he looks like Benedict. It was also helping me with imagination and writing. But now I am having second thoughts and thinking maybe if the read... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #30073 | Imported from external source | — | almost 7 years ago |
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How to write an introductory dialogue? What are different ways I can write a dialogue where a character is introducing himself to a woman in a professional setting? I don't want to write explicitly like this, > "Hello Miss Emily, my name is Dr.Alfred Miller, I am the professor of Physics here at the university." Edit: In my novel, my ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #30052 | Imported from external source | — | almost 7 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #30013 | Imported from external source | — | almost 7 years ago |
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A: Publication: What to do about a high wordcount debut novel? 1. If your book truly needs to be this long, then it needs to be this long. Destroying your book by cutting it etc. will only diminish its quality and make it less publishable. 2. If your book is truly great, its length doesn't matter. Even for a newcomer. 3. If you write in a market segment where ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #30011 | Imported from external source | — | almost 7 years ago |
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How to decide between usage of a paragraph and a dialogue? While writing a novel which is a story told of what happened in the past, I am facing two different ways to present information. For an e.g., I can write the story in the following two different ways, 1. As a Paragraph; > Dr.Zhang proceeded to tell Matt that they will be employing some additional ... (more) |
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