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A: Creating simple jokes Jokes happen when someone is missing the point. Most of the time, a joke happen when the answer (payoff) to a question (setup) is unexpected or out of place. Bonus point if the joke answer is a correct answer. For example, if I show you my hand with three raised fingers and I ask you what you see, a... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: Turning away from the 3-act structure - what guides my pacing now? For pacing: try subdividing your three acts in more sub-points. Are you familiar with the Seven-point Story Structure? Dan Wells explains it pretty well in this series of short videos. Basically, it is a 3-act structure where each act is subdivided into more points. Now, instead of having: "Normal ... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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A: What would you expect from travel story? I am not sure of what you expect from a travel story, but after what you described I would think of a coming of age story: characters are naive and learn valuable life lessons throughout their adventures. Being in another country, confronted with new cultures and ways of thinking, may be a good star... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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A: The problem with beginning Disclaimer: this answer relies on my own experience and may not fit your needs. If you story starts with someone running, then there must be a lot of action later. Even if it's wrong, this will be the first assumption of the reader while reading it. I will not go in detail about this because Matt H... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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A: How to give cartography information in a fantasy setting without being too precise? You can give hints of cartography through the words you choose. As for an example, let's call country A the Holy Empire of Highmarch, and country B the Duchy of Hillsberry. I just made up these names. But what do they tell to the reader? For country A, we now know that it is probably a vast territo... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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A: What are the advantages and disadvantages to leaving the narrator unnamed? I have no real answer, but a few questions that you can reflect upon yourself to help you deciding: If the narrators' name is irrelevant, why not giving him a standard one? Like, "John". If the narrators' lack of name has no importance to the plot, why is it important for you? Why should it be for ... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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A: How to make the murder's identity less obvious, or make the obviousness not matter? 1. Make sure the reader know who the murderer is from the beginning, and then introduce Columbo. Let's take my joke as a serious answer: assume we know the murderer from the very start of the story, what is the point of the story then? The answer is: What are the aftermath? Is there an investigation... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |