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Posts by Cakebox‭

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Q&A First person POV "mom:" vs. "mother"

Addressing characters in dialogue: Anything goes. I usually call my mum 'mum', but I might call her 'mother' to be mock-serious. 'Queen of the Muffins'? Sure, if in the middle of some exchange it...

posted 8y ago by Cakebox‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Hang on - where's the main conflict?

My two cents! Which cost me significantly more after this morning's referendum result, mind you... What's conflict? Conflict exists when one desire is opposed to another. The opposing desires ca...

posted 8y ago by Cakebox‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I express that a culture has a different standard of beauty?

Lots of helpful answers here. I'm adding one more as I think the suggestions which accompanied this quote... The show-don't-tell style that is so popular among aspiring writers today, forces yo...

posted 8y ago by Cakebox‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can one not let their voice show through in all the characters?

The other answers are good but they strike me as abstract. Maybe I'm a philistine, but I like my advice concrete and practical. Different people naturally use different: Vocabulary Sentence leng...

posted 8y ago by Cakebox‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Structuring a sentence with two phrases qualifying the same ending

To answer your question: all of your examples are grammatically correct. (Well done!) However, in most contexts, clarity and readability are even more important than grammatical correctness. By th...

posted 8y ago by Cakebox‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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