Posts by FraEnrico
Fantasy worlds are usually set in a separate world, time, and space from our own. Many are set in an alternate world and dimension. They feature medieval-like setting and technology. Yet some fant...
footnotes (for the purposes of adding further information) are not permitted in an academic text writen using in-text citations That is 100% true according to some specific guidelines, while i...
I have the very same issue on a comic series I'm writing: I want a band of rascals to stand as the main core of the story, instead of a single hero. My teacher told me that this can't be achieved. ...
Another italian non-professional here, ciao :) I have no experience in publishing, and I am going through similar questions myself. What I understood so far is pretty much what the others already ...
It sounds like you're looking for Wattpad (https://www.wattpad.com/home) I don't use the platform myself, but for what I can see, it allows you to upload chapters of your book up to the full book, ...
I am thinking about setting my story in a postapocalyptic world where all art and literature are gone, and people are mostly illiterate. People lost the ability to formulate deep thoughts, became i...
I would avoid the following: Stereotypes: it is very easy to describe cliches (screaming, sadistic violence, rage outbursts, contradictory or erratic behaviour, etc.) but they lead to a flat and ...
Read literature from the country or period you want to write about. If you want to write about norse mythology, open the Edda and get names there. If you want to write about the french revolution...
You cannot treat the group as a single unit. There is no such thing as "the gang is the protagonist". You can have a group (a gang, a party) with individuals, each with their approach to the stor...
"Show don't tell" doesn't mean that for every feeling there is a periphrasis that expresses it better. So there is not a specific phrase to use for each case. It's never about single expressions, b...
Be aware that Star Wars, as most fantasy fiction, relies strongly on tropes and cliches. This means that 1) you expect a villain at some point 2) the villain's traits are obvious: dark, grim, hunch...
Read, read, read, read. The only way to learn words is to ingest them, to feed on them. The only place where to look is books. Read a lot of different authors, styles, genres, ages. The more word...
We should have more details about the story you are writing, its setting and themes. But generally speaking, I think about two scenarios: 1) the character talks about things that are unusual to ...
I personally think that most people give too much importance to the plot than to what the story means, or what the characters have to say. I feel that is because a clever plot is more exciting and ...
I see that the 3 Act structure can be applied over almost any story, from Hamlet to Mulholland Drive, from The Matrix to Rocky. Story structures like 3 Acts, or 4-5 Acts, always feature a Character...
In traditional story structure theory, the ACT 1 is made to set up the world and host the inciting incident, the ACT 2 is made for the main quest and sequence of obstacles, and ACT 3 is made for th...
