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Answer	—	A: Are these fictional musings convincing or overwrought? Flatten the scope - you are attributing personality to the people he sees, but the words imply they have none. Also focus on the self-obsession of the narrator ( as per @J.R. ). Just my suggestion for re-working it: > "Outside my window I make out figures who have simply given up. They glance in the... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: Legal ramifications for writing about fictional relationships with celebs One question that becomes very important is whether you are being positive or negative about the celebrities. If you are going to suggest that, for example, David Cameron had a gay affair with your lead character, then don't - you will get in trouble. If you are wanting to suggest that your lead char... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: Is there a quick way to know I have created a Mary Sue? "One day, nothing significant happened. Everyone got on as normal". What does your character do on that day? If they cannot get through a normal day, doing normal things - which may vary depending on the setting - then they may be a Mary Sue (a term I had never heard before, but I recognise the trope... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: In a "learn to do X" book, should a section review come before the quiz / exercises or after? The review will have different purposes - and should be written differently - for each of these places. If it is just after you have read the chapter, then it should be summing up all of the major issues in the chapter, a way of setting in your mind the critical parts, as a starter to the quiz, which... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: How to write about things which depend on each other The only way of not having forward references is to build up everything from the bottom. So you start with a glossary, defining the terms you are going to use. In some cases, these can cross reference to each other, as they will all be in the same area. Then you do your definitions - the basic proces... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: How can you write less to say more? Most of the time, the answer to this is structuring of the writing. I work in Software development, and you are right that a lot of technical documentation is appallingly overdone. The straightforward answer is to take stuff that is written more than once, and write it once in a definitions or expla... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: What is the use of "Ends." to indicate the end of a document? It is part of the standard way of finishing a press release. Some of these formal documents still use these conventions. It comes, I think, from the time when press releases came on a teleprinter, and it was important to mark the end, so that it was clear to the recipient that the entire release had... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Question	—	How important is it to know the end before the writing the beginning? One of the Rules of writing indicates that knowing the end before the beginning is critical to writing. Which I find odd, because in my writing (early days, probably doing it wrong), one of the best things is that I don't actually know what the end is on my first run through. I think this gives my wr... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: How can I convey that my viewpoint character is lying? I think you are on the right lines, in that including contradictions is a good way of indicating that the person is not telling the truth. Of course, you need to avoid the danger that readers think you are just being sloppy. I think the speaker needs to be caught in a lie - realise that they have sai... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: How to objectively judge the storytelling in a writing contest? I think for a writing competition, you need a theme or focus, and maybe - for that age - some guidelines. Are you after an imaginative story, or a factual-type report of a fictional situation, or is there a setting it should take place in? You then have something against which you can judge them sub... (more)	—	almost 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: How do I cleanly show the passage of time, with multiple, varying time scales? Firstly, while I like HP, I am not sure they are the best style guide for a writer. They are not all especially well written. The stories and concepts behind them are superb, which is what captured the readers imagination. Secondly, the writer is describing the critical events, and giving the timesc... (more)	—	about 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: Is it overkill to follow style-guides for technical writing? If the documentation is only ever going to be written by one person, and read by the same group of people, that documentation does not require a style (assuming it is internal documentation, not going to customers). As long as both sides understand it, it can work, although it may take newcomers to t... (more)	—	about 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: How does one avoid bland, generic fantasy while they write? Further to Steven Drennons answer, make sure you get people to read it who know and understand the same sorts of influences that you have. This means that a) they are more likely to be your target audience and so will give you a critique based on those you are writing for and b) if you are writing ba... (more)	—	about 12 years ago
Answer	—	A: Petty Character I think that the image you have is only one aspect of pettiness. I would express that person as Grumpy Old Man, one of whose characteristics is pettiness. I tend to associate pettiness more with younger women, being unnecessarily bitchy, pedantic, and for the purpose of being difficult and unhelpful... (more)	—	about 12 years ago