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Posts by M. McGarry‭

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Q&A How much detail is too much?

I've read a few amateur stories online and sometimes the author will include so much detail that the reader gets a little bored or distracted and forgets what the actual story is talking about. How...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by M. McGarry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Options for point of view in a story

At first I was going to tell my story told from my main character's point of view, but now I'm wondering if I should make it coming from the point of view of a third-person narrator. I wanted the...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by M. McGarry‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Describing big cities and using slang words while writing [closed]

I've been trying to write a book that takes place somewhere in America, maybe New York, Chicago, or another large city. But the problem is, I live in Hawaii and have never been to a city that large...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by M. McGarry‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What if my story seems too similar to a particular movie?

I'm writing a story about fictional beings who have the power of the four elements. Only very few, very rare people posses the power of all four elements while most only have one. My main character...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by M. McGarry‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A I have a hard time staying focused on a single novel [closed]

I am currently writing three different stories. I didn't start this on purpose, because I knew it would be very difficult to keep up, but I couldn't help it and kept getting different great ideas t...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by M. McGarry‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to stop viewing your story as a film

When thinking about scenes and story ideas, I can't help but picture something playing out as a movie. It's so much easier to picture someone moving and doing things than to actually describe what ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by M. McGarry‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭