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Posts by user96551‭

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Q&A How to convey breeding through character dialogue

I'm trying to write a story based in medieval times. Some of my characters are kings and nobles so I'm trying to make their conversations more... "regal"... or "elegant". But I'm unable to create ...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Traits of Bad Writers - Analysing Popular Authors

I realise that this question can fall in the scope of personal opinion but I am looking for something concrete. Very often, not only on this site but other writing related sites, I find people con...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can the antagonist mislead the readers?

I am writing a story from a 3rd person perspective as the omniscient narrator. When my antagonist is revealed first, people believe him to be a certain person - X, not that any one says that to him...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Naming a character late in the chapter but introducing him first

In the novel (3rd person omniscient) that I'm writing, there is one character that has an overbearing presence all through the story but is never seen and no one interacts with him. What I'm trying...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to develop a more vivid and descriptive writing style

One of the problem areas that I face while writing my novel is that I often get stuck when writing descriptions. I do well when writing action sequences, when writing dialogues, when showing charac...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A I feel stuck in a [description/action] sentence structure

I'm writing the first draft of a story, I've found that increasingly, I'm writing sentences in a format (I don't know the technical name of this) similar to below - Coming to a stop at the foot...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing the nitty-gritties of a particular scene

I am currently writing the first draft of my novel. I have its outline panned out, down to the chapters, even what should be happening in each chapter. I have written a rough draft, where I have de...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to decide which sentence structure is correct?

I'm trying to describe an action (a gust of wind blows) and its result (the flame is doused) and its subsequent effect (the room is plunged into darkness). However, I'm facing some issues with how ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I capitalise the first letter of a title that an unnamed character has?

I'm writing from a third person viewpoint. I have a character who does not have a name. He is simply known as "The Sentinel". In fact, that is the only introduction he gives for himself. So when I'...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user96551‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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