ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭

At work we provide three types of technical document, aimed at different kinds of users : The Quick Start Guide. Single laminated sheet, illustrations and basic explanation. The handbook. A5 form...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I'm seeing three big generalizations there : Women want to have a baby Women want to be with a guy Money is important in relationships Any one of those will alienate a significant part of an au...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I'd be inclined to put a summary at the beginning, similar to an abstract in an academic paper. That way people would see it first, those who were interested could read further, and those who were ...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I'm getting the impression that if you were to ask the narrator now, they would say that Rebecca was not, and had never been, much of a friend. If that's correct, you could try something like : ...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Two good answers already, so I'll concentrate on the word "relevant". If the narrator is relevant (someone who personally participated in the events of the story) but his name is not, there might ...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

For first person narration by one of the characters, the idea that they find nothing special in what they're seeing or doing can be used as effectively as specifically mentioning it to give the rea...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I wouldn't repeat them, but there's nothing wrong with referring to the description to remind the reader (though there's a good chance this is what you meant - apologies if so). If your character ...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

In dialogue and first person narration, I think this sort of thing would be a nice addition (then again, I always hear the phrase "this sort of thing" in Dermot Morgan's voice, so I'm probably not ...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

It's a simplistic answer, I know, but the qualification both Orwell and Wodehouse shared was that they were excellent writers. There's a tendency to think of qualifications as pieces of paper issu...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I'm also going to agree with the third suggestion. The idea of a pronunciation guide is a good one, and you could do as others have done and make it part of the dialogue (for example "My name's Sha...

posted 6y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

It can serve both base and higher instincts. On one level people appreciate a character whose response to provocation is more dynamic than the response they think they would have themselves. This ...

posted 6y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Even if there's nothing uplifting or redeeming, the protagonist's death will have a positive interpretation - you've thought enough about his life to tell that story. It's not death itself that's a...

posted 6y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

With four weeks still to go, the emphasis on your thesis has shifted from one of presentation to one of finding out what went wrong. This will lead you to three probable outcomes : 1) You discover...

posted 6y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Simplest answer - give the superconsciousness a character. You've mentioned this could be the deity that created the other gods. If that deity is still around, this could be straightforward - if n...

posted 6y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I agree with others here that if you've been told not to make changes in style, it's likely that the writer's interpretation was that you should leave things like this alone. But you're the proof ...

posted 5y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭