Activity for user2859458
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| Edit | Post #23363 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #21537 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #20916 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #20642 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #14973 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #14093 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #13864 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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What is the motivation to use a useless dolt as a protagonist? I want to root for the protagonist. I want to feel the weight of his burdens so I can turn around and celebrate with him when he overcomes them. However, occasionally I come across a protagonist who is so unbelievably stupid and useless I just can't bring myself to feel bad for him. So it's a natura... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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How do I ensure what I am writing captures what I'm feeling as I write it? If I want a character to respond with anger, I want the reader to understand why the character is angry. I want the reader to be caught up in the the events that lead to that anger and be given reason to feel the things I do while I'm writing. But sometimes, the things I'm feeling "in the moment" don... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Should a reader have enough information to deduce the twist? When building a twist into the ending, should I leak enough information such that astute readers could predict the twist if they stopped and mulled it over or should I withhold key elements to guarantee it is a surprise? As a follow-up: Does a reader feel smart or robbed if they can see the twist? ... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Why introduce new physical appearance details late in the narrative? I find it horribly irritating when I'm half way through a book and suddenly discover a character I imagined as skinny is now "folding his arms across his barrel chest" or a character I envisioned as one ethnicity is now described as another. It's really jarring. Seems like it would be a bad idea to ... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Should I have my work edited by a freelance editor before seeking publication? I have a friend who is a freelance editor and I was planning on employing her to look over my novel before shopping it out to publishers. However, I don't know if publishers like this or not. Do they hear freelance editor and cringe? Do they get weird about editing something that has already been ed... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Legal or copyright problems using Google drive or other cloud storage for story notes? What kind of problems (if any) might I have with copyright laws when keeping story notes and some or all of my writing on cloud based storage such as Google drive? How might this affect future publication? (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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A: How to decide whether a story is worth writing? To be honest, until a story passes a certain threshold of completeness I don't think it can be determined if it is worthwhile or not. Pretty much every awesome plot can be summarized in a way that sounds dumb, and every lame plot can be made to sound interesting; so the storyline alone is not enough ... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |