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| Edit | Post #37860 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #13665 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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How to deal with foreign language in dialogue? I'm writing a story about a little girl who got bit by an unknown snake species and is being treated for it. Out of the 3 snakebite victims, this little girl seems to have the best prognosis. Here is a summary of what happens in the second chapter of my story, where I introduce a foreign language spe... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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How do I write alternate history? I plan to write an alternate history story that eventually leads to Texas taking up most of the area that otherwise would have been the USA. It starts with the European side of things, in particular the French and the Russians. I have thought through what I want to happen in my alternate timeline bu... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Should I write about a particular lingering thought? I have had the thought of writing about a nation with states on another planet. The planet is earth-like and the quantity of some resources is higher than on Earth. There are some differences between this and the USA, namely, no war and the fact that the 2 nations are on different planets. Another m... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Redouble, double, or double again? I have seen double and double again a lot. Redouble, not so much. I found out that redouble can mean to double again, to double, or in general to intensify whether that is double, triple, quintuple, or something else. So if I want to use double again I pretty much know when to use it. However I wou... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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2 points of view at the same time I am writing a book about lions and other African predators. The main focus in the one I am working on is lions, but I do quite often refer to 2 big cats that aren't lions. Those are cheetahs and leopards. I'm worried about the reader confusing these big cats with each other. When Duma (who is a che... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Should I completely eliminate passive voice I have read that a lot of passive voice deadens the story to 2 dimensional even if you are just trying to show something that takes time when you use the passive voice. I quite often use passive voice. A few examples from the Rubiks World novel I am working on are: The 17x17 was most likely to be ... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |