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Posts by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 l...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I write about a particular lingering thought? [closed]

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 betw...

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

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Q&A 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 particula...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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 v...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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, quintupl...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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 ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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