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Question Should a non-native writer try to use complex English words?
I am a non-native English user and whenever I write something is it better that I use simple words or some rare and seldomly used words? I mean native-speakers should surely understand basic English and simple everyday words, maybe except for a few difficult ones, but will they understand a text cont...
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about 6 years ago
Question Druid girl learns necromancy
I have an interesting plot ready, although there are a few missing blocks which I cannot develop. Story: A girl is a daughter of a druid. Druids are humans who live in the forest protecting animals and nature. They sometimes help humans but try to stay away from them, because humans destroy nature ...
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about 6 years ago
Question Introduce new English dialect
I'm willing to introduce a new character who speaks a different English - he uses all the words with -ed in the past and past perfect tenses and he doesn't use the continuous tenses: > "Eh, they fighted for long yesterday, see'ed it with me own eyes," said the man. "I ordered me a beer, sitted, and ...
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almost 7 years ago
Question How to better imply time and place changes?
For instance we are speaking of one time and then when we finish we speak of a moment that preceded, i.e. Ten hours before that. Or we are speaking about people in a facility and then we change to Later that day in a bar how to correctly imply these changes? How to write them?
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almost 8 years ago
Question Script-style conversations in a book
How good is it to use script-style conversations in stories? > New Hampshire, 2144, Beside a sign at Bulgart st. > > James: Please, Robert, I don't have time to discuss this. You must hand over those documents! > > Robert: I'm not giving away the only evidence to the death of my wife. > > James: ...
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almost 8 years ago