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A: Signs of Bad Character Development People are multi-faceted, some more than others. You would arguably assign more of this trait to your main characters, and allow very minor characters to by default adopt more of a single faceted approach given they don't take up many words. For example, one day I might be really raring to go, but o... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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A: What aspects of written dialogue are important when giving characters a unique voice? One of the first things I thought of was temperament. Have you given each of these characters a very basic template for their temperament? This also has the added benefit of providing a tangible lead on which to express their backstory through their actions and dialogue. For example, if one of the c... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Vision/dream as an effective opening? I'm looking for opinions on the effectiveness of this opening scene. It's a vision, not that he knows that at first. He thinks it a dream and won't quite act on it straight away. The vision was given to him by a sentient alien. It's basically the first of a few visions meant to kick start a bit of an... (more) |
— | almost 13 years ago |
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Potential confusion: referring to home planet as "Earth" I'm writing a science fiction story and it's based in another galaxy, colonised by humans originally on a geographically equivalent "Earth". My current usage refers to it as "Earth" and provides a short description of why. Specifically: > The sun was shining high in the sky, not quite as warm as a ... (more) |
— | about 13 years ago |
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How common *are* happy endings? I'm curious. After reading some other questions, I've been pondering about the frequency and reason for happy endings. That is, a positive and/or hopeful ending, even if not everything went right, such as the protagonist sacrificing themselves for the good of those around them. I think personally, I... (more) |
— | about 13 years ago |
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A: How do evil protagonists win the reader over in dark fantasy stories? Another example of this as well as Doctor Evil is Darth Vader. - Starts off an innocent boy - Corrupted to become evil and follow his new master under the pretense that he'll save his wife - Convinced in the last moment that there is still good in his heart and overthrows his evil master - Pays for ... (more) |
— | about 13 years ago |