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Answer A: How can one "treat writing as a job" even though it doesn't pay?
Some people are volunteers, and they never get paid (except with a verbal or written thank you). Some people get paid as soon as they do something (e.g. a waiter paid almost entirely in tips). Some people get paid at the end of the day. Some people get paid at the end of the week. Some people get...
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about 5 years ago
Answer A: Character and world building in less than 2000 words
If you are trying to minimize the number of words, it will help a lot if you stick to the old rule, Show, don't tell — Wikipedia (a good rule to follow even if you aren't trying to save words). Telling the reader about something requires words. But showing can be incorporated into the plot. For ins...
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about 5 years ago
Answer A: Does my protagonist need to be the most important character?
Indiana Jones was the obvious protagonist and main character in Raiders of the Lost Ark. But as to being "the most important character", if that quality is measured by contribution to the plot, it definitely wasn't Jones. The Indiana Jones character could have been trimmed back to a few scenes at t...
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about 5 years ago
Answer A: Letting a (secondary) antagonist leave mid story - Should it be avoided?
The real question is, at the end of the book is the reader going to wonder "But what about …?"? If the character wasn't especially interesting and didn't leave loose ends, then there is no need for a reappearance. But too often, that isn't the case. The film "Vertigo)", suffers from this problem wi...
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about 5 years ago