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| Edit | Post #38006 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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A: Should I stick with American terminology in my English set young adult book? Use English English except where doing so would cause confusion, in which case use neutral words. If you can't do that, maybe clarify with extra information, (e.g. for "Year 8", you could also add in the age of the character, which makes it clear what grade that year represents) or if you absolutely ... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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A: Protagonist's race is hidden - should I reveal it? Assuming race is not relevant to the story, I think it is still worth considering that you mention it, or make it obvious from the description of the character. A story is more than just a sequence events - imagery and descriptions are important for bringing it and the characters to life in the mind... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: Convincing argument about something I don't agree with Put your research into real life propaganda spoken by real dictators and oppressors. These dictators could never have become so popular if what they said didn't make a certain amount of sense to someone who didn't have all the facts. e.g. While Hitler was rising to power, what he was saying made a l... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Is it "fair" to hide specific thoughts of a character? I kind of like the style of writing the thoughts and feelings of many of the characters, most of which aren't the protagonist. The problem arises when some of these characters are hiding a certain secret from the protagonist, the general public and the reader, which one of them will reveal or be fou... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: The protagonist can't defeat the antagonist without the antagonist being stupid The antagonist doesn't have to be particularly stupid (or the protagonist particularly clever), the protagonist needs to just find a piece of information that the antagonist doesn't have, not because they are stupid, just because different people have access to different information. (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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A: How to demonstrate an evolution of magic without it seeming like it is improvised? You can have a minor effect of a particular type of magic being there all the time and taken for granted, but then the characters maybe discovering why it happens and using that to push the evolution along. For example, we've always known that we get light and heat from the Sun. But only (relatively... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Preserve "The Reveal" vs lying to the reader My story involves a kind of plot-twist towards the end. The problem is that the one of the sources of the misdirection comes from a kind of "Story so far" chapter towards the beginning. It sets up what all the characters know (or at least think they know) about the last few years of a journey they h... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |