Activity for RE Lavender
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When a story is longer than a book, is it best to wait until the entire story is done before completing the first book in the story? I have been working on a story for several years. The manuscript is now currently longer than 1,000 notebook pages (roughly 615 pages in print by my calculations) and it’s only a third of the way through the plot. So, I’ve known for a while that this is going to end up being multiple books when it’s ... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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What are some good strategies to use when naming a fictional city? I've read a lot of the questions on here concerning naming characters and deciding on whether to use a fictional city. I have already decided to use a fictional city in the piece. But, my problem with naming concerns finding names for cities. What are somethings to help with this? And, what should I ... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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How do I decide whether to answer questions, or leave them unexplained? At first glance, the question may be subjective, but let me provide a specific example: A story I'm self-editing takes place in a present-day small Virginia town. At present, the town is being haunted, in a sense, by a creature. A few weeks before the story took place, a curfew was initiated. After ... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Ways to avoid repetition of "filler" words in writing? I wasn't entirely sure how to phrase this in the question box, so it may seem like a duplicate. But, I did look at these questions (What are the tricks to avoid repetition in writing?, How to avoid repetitive sentence structure?) and didn't find the answer to my question. What I want to know is What ... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Do you need to end a story with the same perspective you start with? This may seem like an odd question, and perhaps I am over analyzing this a bit too much, as I usually do when it comes to my writing, but here is my concern. The novel I'm writing is in its last chapter, I know exactly what's going to happen, how it's going to end, etc. but I wrote it in 3rd person ... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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How to determine whether or not a plot twist is needed? I should start by saying that this question is not this question, How to decide if a plot twist worth doing despite how similar they sound. And, the answer I'm looking for was not at this question either, How/When to include twists when developing plot. So, here is the situation. The novel that I'm ... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |
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Switching perspectives for a single chapter in a first person POV novel, to do or not to do? Allow me to explain what prompted the question before you immediately say that it's not okay and it would confuse the readers. The protagonist of the novel - also the narrator - has the ability to see the memories of others, sometimes as they are being made, through flashbacks. (Please don't get int... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Benefits of Chapter titles in fictional writing? So, I'm in the process of writing a Sci-fi novel, and I use a website to upload chapters before I complete it. On the website, I use chapter titles simply because "RE Lavender has just updated Faces, Names, and Memories, Chapter 41 - Way Out." looks more interesting and distinguished on my feed then ... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Using "show not tell" while characters are planning for something that happens In a narrative I'm writing, the characters have to plan an escape from a facility. The thing is, they'll be doing the actual escape in the chapter following them planning. I know usually the right way to go is to show, not tell. But, if I show the characters' planning processes during the hours they ... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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First person POV "mom:" vs. "mother" This may seem like a duplicate of Changing the way one addresses a character in a dialogue to create variation, but it the answers there did not apply. My question is: When writing in the first person, is it appropriate to alternate terms of endearment, like using "Mom" and "Mother" interchangeably ... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Writing dialogue, present or past tense "said" This may seem like an off-topic question, but it's really more about writing than about the grammar. I use a lot of dialogue in my writing, sometimes too much, but while I'm writing it, though the story itself is in the present tense, I don't know whether it would be confusing to use the past tense ... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Specific character's thought in 3rd person omniscient writing I'm currently writing a story that is being told from 3rd person that switches perspectives frequently, but I'd like to focus on only one character's train of thought for a paragraph. The thoughts aren't in the first person, though the thoughts are not part of narration. Example: > Rhea sees this, ... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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A: Why end sentences with commas instead of periods when the sentence is in a quote? The reason for using a comma instead of a period depends on what purpose the dialogue is serving in the sentence. > "She's late again," mumbled Jackson. In this case the dialogue, "she's late again," modifies the main verb, "mumbled." > "She's late again." mumbled Jackson. This case, however, is ... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |