Activity for CLockeWork
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| Edit | Post #11716 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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A: Should I use ellipses or em dashes to denote pauses in speech? em dashes are usually used to denote an interruption or sudden change — whether in dialogue, thought or narrative — ellipses are for pauses, again in all respects. > 'I just don't see why— > 'I don't care what you think,' Johan barked, turning from me before I could protest. > 'She was just..... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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A: Is there a complete guideline for which tense to use? When it comes to fiction there is no accepted tense. As long as you don't change tense, perspective or person midstream you're fine. Yes past tense is most common but I've read future, present, and past tense and I've read first, third and even second person (that one took a little getting used to b... (more) |
— | over 10 years ago |
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Can we enable readers to connect to far future humanity, without pretending they wouldn’t be different? Everything about our culture has changed so dramatically over the course of the last hundred years that it’s very hard to believe that we’d be the same as we are now in five hundred years. This is an issue I have when writing and reading far future science fiction; it seems difficult to believe that... (more) |
— | about 11 years ago |
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A: Avoid blending Fantasy and Sci Fi Blending sci-fi and fantasy is actually quite easy, and can produce some excellent results; consider Steampunk for instance. There are definitely plenty of great examples out there of sci-fi/fantasy blending (across many media): Final Fantasy (particularity FF XII), Dishonoured, China Mieville's Per... (more) |
— | over 11 years ago |
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A: Time measures in fantasy worlds I understand your concern; minutes at least are very much a reflection of an age of clockwork and in a world with no such machines detailed measures of time jar the reader. I don't know the exact setting of your world, by which I mean that if it's medieval that allows for wildly different tech to if ... (more) |
— | over 11 years ago |