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Posts by Doctor Zhivago‭

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Q&A Using "show not tell" while characters are planning for something that happens

I would start by "showing" what the guards are up to in the eyes of one of the plotters...then connect this vision to the eyes of another plotter who sees the same thing...thus "showing" without te...

posted 8y ago by Doctor Zhivago‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A A villain that doesn't even know the hero's existence?

The idea that The Villain knows the Hero that is coming for him does make for a much more dramatic entrance. One might as the author go so far as to put the Villain as a possible winner too...keep ...

posted 7y ago by Doctor Zhivago‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Have a tough time figuring out third-person prose

I prefer to think of an either "almighty character" or a kind of Carnival Barker when writing in the Third Person...he can do anything he wants...and indeed he should passing through time and space...

posted 7y ago by Doctor Zhivago‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to make a mimicking character believable

Don't make it a person. The best example is The Raven who only says "Nevermore." This is very clearly a very intelligent being and yet his lexicon is limited to not only one word but a "kind of a ...

posted 7y ago by Doctor Zhivago‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Making People Unsure which Characters will Survive

The simplest way is to kill your main character in the first page. You can then play with time in order to make him your main character and then have people discover only at the end that the story ...

posted 7y ago by Doctor Zhivago‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Could I have a writing phobia?

One solution is to try and write a story backwards...literally. Obliterate the very idea of making sense and this helps me at least to think in terms of creating and not so much writing...thus bei...

posted 7y ago by Doctor Zhivago‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Why not God as our subject?

Certainly there are many Science Fiction writers who touch upon the subject of beings supreme to Man...but always Man is central in writing.

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Doctor Zhivago‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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