Activity for johnny
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| Edit | Post #31905 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #19532 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #19499 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #9714 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #9365 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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What is the character called that is only there so we can have information from the main characters? If I have a character, typically it is a bad guy, but not always, and you see this in movies a lot, but there is always another character with one of the main characters, so we can have some dialog to let us know what's happening. Maybe it's mostly in movies, but the bad guy always has this guy with... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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How do you use showing in animal fantasy? When I read showing in stories with people, they describe facial expressions for showing (among other things). What can a writer use in an animal fantasy? I'm sure it depends on the animal, but aside from a mouse or rat, try a bird, how do you show what the animal is doing, thinking, etc., without ma... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Do Epic Fantasy and Sci-Fi books have inherently more descriptive language? For example the book Eragon by Paolini, and Magic Kingdom by Terry Brooks. These both have lots of description. To me that means lots of showing and less telling. Other books don't seem to have that much description. Some Sci-Fi has this as well, Jurassic Park, & Chrichton's other books. I've downlo... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Is an Introduction and a Prologue good or bad, especially in middle grade fiction? Is it bad to use an Introduction and/or a Prologue in Middle Grade Fiction? I have a lot of information that is useful, but the information in dialogue will sound fake and way too much info-dump like. I liked the way Jurassic Park does it. Has an introduction with the fake backstory and history over... (more) |
— | almost 11 years ago |
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Is it okay to mention a person's nationality and accent only once or twice in a story? For example, if you have a guy who is an Indian (from India), and you say something like, > Sukant answered in his Northern Bhojpuri accent, "Yes. It is indeed true. Many people come into my store but not everyone for buying something." Now later in the story, do I have to write things that "sound"... (more) |
— | about 11 years ago |