Activity for Fayth85‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Answer	—	A: How many pages make a chapter in a chapter book? Forgive me for nitpicking, but I can understand anything in this. 18+ could mean 75 years old, and you don't write the same way for that age group as you would a 18-35 year old target audience. That aside, there is no hard and fast rule. Sure, there are guidelines. One such guideline states that ea... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Answer	—	A: At what point does a POV character noting their surroundings go from showing/telling to an infodump? Info dumping is putting in too much information that bogs down the story. How much is too much depends on a lot of factors, including writing style and genre and PoV. Example: > As was customary in the Holy Roman Empire in the late first century BC, the courtyard was surrounded by Roman cement, mad... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Answer	—	A: Is show not tell less useful advice in first person Hmm. This depends on your writing style. It could be useful as an exercise to not use those words, but it could also be done without having to 'tell' this is what your PoV character is thinking. Examples. (too accustomed to writing 3rd person past, forgive me, but this applies all the same to whatev... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Answer	—	A: How to write a character that isn't who they claim? Misdirection is a common method. When dealing with shady characters, people tend to pick one to hate above all others. Snape was mentioned, and people loved hating him. He was a character that was easy to hate. So you overlook Quirrel in Book 1. This is highly dependent on your genre, though. In a d... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Answer	—	A: A long backstory right at the beginning There are many ways to handle that. Almost too many, to be honest. I can't tell you which to pick, or if the way you are currently doing it is right or wrong. It all depends on your skill as a writer! And more importantly, this is why you need beta readers. They can tell you if you are boring your ... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Answer	—	A: How do I handle teenage sex in books for teenagers? There are various ways to handle this, depending on how you want the scene to come across. Vague. That is to say, the reader knows they had sex by reasonable inferrence. You end one scene with them entering a 'private' area (bedroom, bathroom, remotre area of the woods, etc) and start the next scene... (more)	—	about 8 years ago

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