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Answer A: Is it a copyright violation to have the character share some characteristics with a known character?
Copyright law varies by country, so there is no simple answer. But if the first thing readers think of after reading the character description is someone else's character... then you are in dangerous territory, and could absolutely be sued for infringement or get a Cease and Desist court order levie...
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about 5 years ago
Answer A: How to write strategy and schemes beyond my real-life capabilities?
Read. Watch. Take notes. Read books, read newspapers, study history, watch movies and plays... and take notes. You will find examples full of backstabbing, betrayal, dirty dealing, clever schemes, dastardly plots, diabolical designs, cunning cads, biting retorts, and witty dialogue. And that's jus...
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about 5 years ago
Answer A: Where can I find resources about writing a litRPG book?
Webnovel.com has a writing guide, and many of their works have exactly the rpg-based genre you speak of. The genre and trope is very popular in Asia.
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over 5 years ago
Answer A: What website for posting writing is going to give me the least grief?
The only way to not be criticized, is to not share. If you must post, put it to a Dropbox or Drive account and then make select content shareable with temp links to select people. Control who can see it, and you control who can criticize it. Your other realistic option is to create a site that ...
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almost 6 years ago
Answer A: Antagonist that remains unknown
It is possible to accomplish this by divorcing the identity of the antagonist from their presence. If the antagonist has a presence (leaves notes, origami figures, small unicorn statues, a symbol, an ink pen, a minifig, passes cryptic messages and taunts through other characters, or whatever) in the...
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almost 6 years ago
Answer A: How can I make an in-universe random event feel like it was really random instead of just RNJesus' will?
I like to use the solution of Louis McMaster Bujold when I have been faced with that problem. She said, and I paraphrase, "...I try to think of what would be the worst possible thing that could happen to the character at that point in the story, and then I write that. I may not even know the solutio...
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over 6 years ago
Answer A: Why do newswriters separate women when they report on disasters?
Makes an emotional and social impact Making a point of how many women and/or children perished or were harmed in a given event makes a larger emotional and social impact. It turns the causative entity into a cruelty or an horror, be it an impersonal force such as nature or certain views on god(s), o...
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over 7 years ago