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Is it a good idea to give your manuscript for publishing to a considerably new publisher (start-up)? In our local area, there are many new publishers that claims to publish our writeups. The time frame of submission review is less. Also, they are cheaper than the renowned publishers. Is it a good idea for a novice writer to submit the manuscript to such start-up publishing firms when they themselves... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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How to identify whether a publisher is genuine or not? Despite an identical title: This question is in no means duplicate of this question. In my local area, there have been various ads running on social media that invite novice writers to contribute their original writings for their upcoming anthologies, books, and novellas that will be published both ... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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How to eliminate standoff between "Lengthy" vs "Concision"? Often while writing a software requirement/change-request documentation, I need to include the quoted requirements descriptively, the impacted modules, the changes provided both in UI and in logic. While writing this out, the document often tends to get big (mostly 1000-4000 words - 5 to 7 pages of M... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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How to describe accents? India has a diverse range of languages and accents. Moreover, people from different parts of the country have different accents of speaking the same language as well. For example, a person from Gujarat state tends to speak English in an altogether different accent than a person from Karnataka state. ... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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What are the differences in writing a narrative between a CV and a resume? When I googled "The Difference between Resume and CV", the first result I bumped into was this. I am highlighting a few points that are mentioned in it below: > The primary differences between a resume and a curriculum vitae (CV) are length, what is included, and what each is used for. While both ar... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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How to invoke interest in readers for second part of story when first part is not so popular + old? I started a story and published it online in 2016. And then I disappeared due to various unavoidable priorities in life. But now I want to restart. But I am not sure. There are already less views. Plus, the write up is pretty old (almost more than 2.5 years). So first, should I even attempt? And Even... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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Is it important to consider tone, melody, and musical form while writing a song? Be it Mowgli and balu singing Bare Necessities or Enrique singing Somebody's Me, each song (or poem) has their way of being sung. Were such songs written after selection of musical note, tone, and form? What is the order? First music is created or song is written or vice versa? What if I want to wri... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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How is the monetary value of a single submission determined? I have read couple of submission guidelines and publisher notes that pays on the "word" unit for descriptive essays, articles and lists. (For ex, 2₹/word). Then there are different guidelines for poems - that weighs the value over number of lines used and number of constraints followed. (For ex, stri... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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Is it okay to majorly distort historical facts while writing a fiction story? Suppose A is a famous historical character with a known history of emotional attachment with a particular set of people. If I would want to write a fictional story about character A that might involve distortion of the actual incidents of her/his life, will it be okay? How much is too much while han... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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How to make readers know that my work has used a hidden constraint? According to this wikipedia article, Constrained writing is a literary technique in which the writer is bound by some condition that forbids certain things or imposes a pattern. The same link also provides examples of constrained writing. I will mention a few for reference: > Ernest Vincent Wright's... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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What exactly is the difference between Wordpress.org and Wordpress.com and what should be used for self publishing? I recently came to know that wordpress.com and wordpress.org are two different platforms for publishing. But despite browsing on various links I am not able to fully understand the actual difference between both in terms of blogging. I am a hobbyist blogger and my requirement is just to increase outr... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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How to write a puzzle without being too descriptive or vague? I have recently joined the Puzzling.SE site and I am excited to ask few puzzles there. However, I am stuck, rather confused as to how a puzzle qualifies as good and precise. I want to ensure its clarity but at the same time I don't want to end up giving hints or make it easier. Of course, the ease a... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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Are too many exclamations wrong? Exclamations, I feel, are a good way to describe tone without actually writing the tone. But most of the time I end up (as per reviewers) with too many of exclamations. Many also say that too many exclamations resembles immature writing. So I am confused. Are exclamations wrong? NO! NO!!! NO?! No.... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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How to make sure that my reader has not forgotten an incident or character which was described earlier and referenced much later in the writing? In the context of writing a fiction novel, how to make sure that readers remember several of the incidents or events or even characters that were described in earlier chapters, when the same gets referenced in the much later part? I have also experienced this myself as a reader, especially in myster... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Is it important to describe every character of the storyline? Note: I am not sure of which site this question belongs to: Writing SE or Literature SE. If this question is unfit for this site, I will happily migrate it there. So I am writing about the protagonist's school life adventures. Naturally there are lot of characters - classmates, school teachers, fri... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |