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Posts by Kuchiki Byakuya‭

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Q&A Getting details of a past century right

I have been gathering ideas for a novel. The basic idea is in place; the story combines two different eras but the same place. How do I get the little details about the place, the people, their lif...

4 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Kuchiki Byakuya‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Tips for analysing character's role against the novel's general theme?

I'm answering a few questions based on Atlas Shrugged in the form of an essay, wherein I am required to discuss a particular character and relate his role to the theme of the story. Kind of cluele...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Kuchiki Byakuya‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Basing fiction on personal life

I had in mind to use threads from my own life as a foundation for work, keeping much of the incidents, traits and all, but building upon them in a potentially different direction. What are the pitf...

3 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Kuchiki Byakuya‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Changing a story's title to hint at story's meaning

I wrote a short story here http://zecountess.deviantart.com/art/Mirrors-440990952 whose ending explains everything that is narrated before. The feedback I got from my readers is varied, and none o...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Kuchiki Byakuya‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by ireneparsons‭

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Q&A Writing dialogue for a non-English speaker in English?

I am writing a story that features an illiterate Indian woman. Of course, while there are things only Hindi can satisfactorily express, I was wondering what would be a good way to construct dialogu...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Kuchiki Byakuya‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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