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Question Writing in a character's voice. How deep should I go with immersion?
I am writing a story that has ten main characters, each chapter is a progression of the story but from the perspective of one of the ten. As you can imagine, this presents it's own unique challenges, which I'm looking forward to overcoming. To differentiate between each of the ten characters, I obvi...
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almost 10 years ago
Question Should you "Show, Don't Tell" when your character is recounting events?
"Show, don't tell" is a popular ethos amongst writers, and one that is very important to writing engaging stories. However, I'm in a situation whereby my protagonist is recounting an event from a previous chapter, revealing something specific that she noticed whilst the events were occurring. > Whil...
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about 10 years ago
Question Normal structure for Dialogue paragraphs
Now I'm not sure whether this is something that's an accepted teaching with regards to structuring paragraphs, or just something that is commonly used... I'm talking about paragraphs that are structured as follows: > "Quote," attribution, "continuance" You see this throughout literature. My quest...
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over 10 years ago
Question Conversation with Multiple Characters
I'm writing a dialogue heavy scene. The protagonist has met with a group of mercenaries that he spent a great deal of his younger days with. He doesn't come to them for a catch-up however, he has ulterior motives for the meet. The protagonist is sat at a table with his three old friends. He's fillin...
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almost 11 years ago
Question Elmore Leonard said Avoid Prologues... Why?
I've just spent the better half of a month writing and perfecting my prologue. It sets the tone for the rest of the story with an event which kickstarts the main narrative of the book. Why should I avoid a prologue? Is it the type/style of narrative in a prologue that needs to be avoided or is it t...
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almost 11 years ago
Question Using capital letters for shouting
I respect that with the power of language, we don't necessarily need to capitalise anything, because a description of how a character is speaking is more powerful. Take my example: > The hooded man took another hard right through a thin gap between two stalls, forcing Rett to speed up again. With t...
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almost 11 years ago
Question Procrastination on a Crucial Scene in my Book
I'm in the process of writing a book and through my plans I know I have a fairly crucial, game-changing scene coming up. I can't help but put it off! I don't want to force myself to sit and write it through because quality will suffer. How do I help this procrastination and regain the spirit of my w...
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about 11 years ago
Question How do I better handle my nameless main character when trying to retain mystery?
I have written a short story, and the main character is referred to as "he" right the way through - the idea being that this character is very guarded and mysterious. My plan was to not reveal the name of the character because that would be too personal and would allow the reader to "get to know" the...
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almost 14 years ago