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Posts by m4tt‭

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Q&A Is it okay to attempt to write in the style of another person, and how is that done well?

I want to write like Neal Stephenson- I read Snow Crash and absolutely fell in love with the style. I'm trying to write a cyberpunk style book myself, and I have a good plot (I think), but I want ...

1 answer  ·  posted 13y ago by m4tt‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A I suck at plots. Is there a way to sort of train oneself to think of creative plots, specifically in scifi?

I'm pretty good in the writing department as far as prose, it's just that I'll sit down and have no idea what to write. Perhaps it's a creative problem, I just don't know. I cannot figure out any...

4 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by m4tt‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you connect a non sequitur hook to a novel?

A pineapple is walking down a street, but here’s the kicker: he’s completely naked. That was a non sequitur hook I thought of. I figured that it would raise a bunch of really interesting ques...

2 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by m4tt‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭