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Question Use of realism in a fictional setting
I am writing a fictional novel. It is set in many fictional places and the book will have it's own set of rules of physics. However, I feel that if I lose the sense of realism too much there will be no relation between the book and the reader and I will lose their attention. Will I still get a sense ...
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almost 10 years ago
Answer A: How much is considered plagiarism?
Excellent question. It really depends on how you use each similarity. If you make it very obvious that your story has taken elements of the Harry Potter stories (-For example.) then it will be picked up by fans who will start to pick out more and more similarities. However, if you use a few subtle si...
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about 10 years ago
Answer A: Changing main character within a trilogy, is a good idea?
If you've ever read Darren Shan's Demonata series you'd know that switching characters can work effectively, as he uses three different main characters who meet up at the end. So there is definitely grounds for a character switch, it's just about how you go about performing said switch.
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about 10 years ago
Answer A: Can I adapt writing in a RPG forum to writing in a book?
Make sure you have legal consent from everyone who's writing you are using, as it could lead to some pretty serious legal stuff. But if you have the legal consent of all the writers, you should be fine. If it's an open forum then be careful as a flood of new writers could mean you miss chunks of the...
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about 10 years ago
Answer A: Should I use ellipses or em dashes to denote pauses in speech?
I'd use ellipses for pauses, dashes are usually used for interruption. > "I found this - " > > "That doesn't matter, look what I found!" As opposed to: > "She... She's dead."
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about 10 years ago