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A: What to do when characters disagree with the plot? One of the earliest Web pages on clichés (in this case, from science fiction) contains a passage about their use: > Clichés are not in themselves necessarily bad, but their overuse shows that the writer has forgotten what separates the strong tale from the hollow: "the human heart in conflict with i... (more) |
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A: How do I stop my characters falling in love? You could give the nurse a face that is well within the feminine range of faces, but reminds the soldier of a man that he knows very well. At one of my assignments in the military there was a female officer who bore a striking resemblance to Robin Williams. This completely killed any unprofessional ... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: How is simplicity better than precision and clarity in prose? I am reminded of a recent question about C.S. Lewis' and E.B. White's use of vocabulary. The answer I gave there touches on this question as well. One feature of the English vocabulary is that on top of the stock of words that have their root in Anglo-Saxon, English also has an extensive vocabulary ... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: Is it okay to majorly distort historical facts while writing a fiction story? Getting your facts straight is one of the rules of literature. As with the other rules of literature, it is one thing to know the rule and know when to break it, but another thing to ignore the rule when it's needed. In the case of this rule, there is no substitute for knowing what the facts actually... (more) |
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A: An LGBT main character, but the book isn't about LGBT issues If your reason for making the character non-binary is so that non-binary readers will have someone to identify with, remember this: If readers could only identify with a characters who shares their demographics, then J. K. Rowling's fans would consist entirely of adolescent British boys. Edit: She... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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A: Can dream reveals make good climaxes for a POV’s internal struggle? In narrative fiction, dreams are best used for two things: 1. To tell the reader something about the character's state of mind. 2. If you have some sort of higher power in the tale, to provide communication between that entity and a viewpoint character. The fact that a misleading dream was only a d... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: How do you make two characters fall in love? Possible ways include: - One night she has a dream about him. It need not be erotic, or even romantic, just the two of them in the same situation. - Some detail of his appearance, manner, speech, etc. appeals to her in a way that no other boy does. - Unbeknownst to her classmates, she is undergoing ... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: Is blending genres well received by readers? Putting elements of one genre into a work that is another genre is not going to confuse your readers. The real genre is what constitutes the internal conflict faced by the protagonist. For instance, if the chief problem faced by the protagonist is that he/she is powerless in the face of evil, you ha... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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A: Writing Montage in Novels I'm currently re-writing a story that was originally a screen play as prose. Two parts of the screen play are montages, each depicting the development of a stage in the relationship between two of the characters. After giving it due consideration, I decided to rewrite each montage into a continuous ... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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A: For Fantasy Stories, Should You Include a Map At the Beginning of the Book? You should probably have a map for your own reference, so that your narration of travel times is consistent for the distances and modes of transportation. Once that is done, then whether you have a map listing the locations of the Plot Coupons is up to you and your publisher. I can tell you that no... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |