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Answer A: How to integrate letters, in-universe book Snippets and the like into a story
I don't know if "best practices" are really a thing for writing, but I use the epigraph on top of every chapter to explain something is relevant to the chapter or something everyone in the room would know. This was mainly because I hate the "as everyone in this room knows, the current president of Un...
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over 4 years ago
Answer A: Writing a short story in the same universe as my novel
I wouldn't get hung up on prequel or sequel labels to be honest. This is more true when you have a story where events are happening before and after another story/novel. However we don't have a label for "quel" for "written after the original stor". :) In general, the length of the piece doesn't re...
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about 5 years ago
Question Formatting multiple languages while avoiding italics for native speakers in their POV
Looking at this question, I was trying to figure out how to format a small family of novels and short stories that use a number of languages. My original approach went with the above question's style. However, over the last few years, I've been to a number of panels about multiple languages and had c...
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about 7 years ago
Question Can I use "fuck" as a non-vulgar verb in a fantasy/steampunk world?
I've been sending my fourth-ish novel through the my writing group. It is about a trio of teenagers running away from some mercenaries. One of them (Maris) is a girl who has only had a year of formal education but grew up on a crowded lumber mill. She has a rather blunt way of speaking. In the story...
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over 7 years ago