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Answer A: Adding breaks in a novel—spaces, asterisks, or a chapter break?
If you are writing content, then use the proper sematic markup that indicates a break; e.g. a paragraph style made for that purpose. Are you designing a style sheet or the layout of a work to be published? This is the wrong S.E. Point is, focus on the content, not the formatting. That's what Adobe ...
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over 7 years ago
Answer A: What do you do to prevent dips during which you're not writing anything?
Think about the writing when you’re not at the keyboard; e.g while walking the dog, especially if this immediately preceeds the writing time. Have an idea or three queued up before you start.
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over 7 years ago
Question Which canned Licence to use when posting short fiction?
I’d like to post some writing on my own website, and not lose sellability. It may be a portion of something that eventually gets sold to a magazine or somesuch. But many times I don’t mind letting others build on the ideas, too. I've heard of the Creative Commons licence, which is available in sever...
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almost 8 years ago
Question Resources for learning how to craft plots
The main problem for someone moving from non-fiction to fiction is the development of a plot. It is especially frustrating to someone who already knows how to string words together and "write well", who can express himself in the medium, to be unable to write a story. I found a book 20 Master Plots ...
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about 9 years ago