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Answer A: How do we create our own symbolisms?
I can see why it feels hard. Almost all these symbolism tropes refer to a specific existing symbolism, rather than ways to create something new. So what are your options? Apples have other symbolic meanings if you look to the right traditions, and if you know what you're doing you can create somethi...
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about 5 years ago
Answer A: Too eloquent characters
Great writers do more than just say, "in real life people don't do X, so my characters mustn't do X". They understand why people don't do X, thereby informing their understanding of their own characters' likely in-universe behaviours. (Of course, sometimes writers do something unrealistic anyway, but...
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over 5 years ago
Answer A: Page count conversion from single to double-space for submissions
To me, the answer has always been pretty clear: fifty pages that happen to be double-spaced, i.e. an amount that would be about 25 otherwise. What would be really confusing is if they expected people to know they really wanted 100. And such page-based requests are similar in practice with the word or...
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over 5 years ago
Answer A: How can I effectively research for a high-fantasy setting?
Warning: this answer links repeatedly to TV Tropes. Don't let this happen to you. Since all three methods you mentioned have drawbacks, I'll try to suggest tweaks to them. Let's start with reading the genre, then borrowing what you like. This amasses facts of the form "when it comes to X, story Y d...
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over 5 years ago
Answer A: How can I make names more distinctive without making them longer?
Your rules might be too limiting, given how few vowels English has, even after you remember y is a semivowel. Obviously "use consonants instead" would require a huge rewrite, even if you can tweak the "reasons" for the rule to make it work. But I can think of three less radical ways to expand the opt...
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over 5 years ago
Answer A: How is simplicity better than precision and clarity in prose?
There's a lot to unpack here, at least if someone like me tries to post an answer, because I only half-agree with aims such as those of the Hemingway app. Also, some of what you say brings in additional issues. > the app pushes simplicity and the lowest possible reading level. Where I live, an illit...
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over 5 years ago