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Posts by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇‭

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Q&A Use of real-world languages in a fantasy world

I have seen books where the author prefaces the book by saying it's a translation of some other-worldly book, and then goes on to use real-world languages as a stand-in for the in-world languages. ...

posted 10y ago by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to release a heavy revision to a series without upsetting readers?

Presumably each book contains a certain set of important facts, ideas, exercises, etc. Let's call the first editions books 1.0, 2.0, etc, and the second editions books 1.1, 2.1, etc. If you want a ...

posted 10y ago by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Changing main character within a trilogy, is a good idea?

George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" kills off many important characters as the story progresses, and characters you might have thought were the main protagonist or the "hero" are frequen...

posted 10y ago by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Original writing is lost when using other people's ideas?

The only works that are truly original are by people who've never had any contact with other people. Every work has inspiration from other works, or ideas that are present in other places. Many exc...

posted 9y ago by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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