Activity for Babika Babaka
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Edit | Post #25109 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
Edit | Post #17761 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
Edit | Post #17440 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
Edit | Post #14298 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
Edit | Post #13584 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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Can an "adult" story have a child protagonist? Is it ill-advised to have a child protagonist (either first or third POV) in a story that contain a fair share of violence and gore ? I'm worried readers of this kind of story may not relate with a young character, or find the whole thing annoying/tasteless. To be clear, my story isn't a non-stop ... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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How to use sociological and/or psychological studies in character building? A story I’m trying to write have several characters who have been raised in foster families. None of them have been physically or emotionally abused, but I still felt like their childhood sould have some sort of impact on who they are, even as adults. So I’ve started reading real world studies focus... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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How to describe a diverse set of characters without falling into purple prose or exoticism? In my setting, a city was founded by people from all over the world, and developed in almost complete isolation (long version here). The story in itself starts several generations after the foundation. All inhabitants of the city have mixed origins, but not enough time has passed for an “average phys... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Writing from a hive mind POV The story: Centuries ago, humanity have been incorporated into an alien hive mind, spread by a bacterial-like infection. The "bacteria" infects the blood and brain and allows the infected to join their minds together, there is no alien overlord, just an interplanetary community of spirit. Everyone i... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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How to write when thinking in multiple languages? When writing, scenes come to my mind in different languages mixed together. For example in a single scene a description will be in French, some dialogues in English, with a few words of Spanish and Occitan appearing here and there. Sometimes a single sentence contains three different languages. The r... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |