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A: Is using a different voice for protagonist's narration and dialogue ok? Generally speaking, this can work really well. It makes sense that the narration would be different from the way the character speaks. After all, the narration of a story has a different context: the character is not talking spontaneously, but is choosing his/her words more deliberately. They're te... (more) |
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How can I convince my reader that I will not use a certain trope? Imagine a fantasy story in which there once was a very powerful evil divine being, but it was defeated long before the beginning of the story. For the story it is very important that it was defeated, and things would be really bad if it was still alive somewhere, biding its time, waiting for revenge.... (more) |
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A: How to write a convincing religious myth? The easiest way to accomplish this is to imitate the style of real-word mythology. There are various different sources, which all have different styles and different symbolism. In the Western world, probably the most well-known stories are those of Greek mythology, Nordic mythology, and of the Old T... (more) |
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A: How do you show, through your narration, a hard and uncaring world? This really depends on the type of world you have in mind. It isn't quite clear from your question whether you are talking about e.g. alien planets that are hostile to all life (toxic, radiated wastelands), or whether you are talking about a civilization that has become cold and uncaring (cyberpunk-s... (more) |
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A: How to express sarcasm in non-dialogue text? Don't use quotation marks. They just look as if you don't know what word to use. It makes you (the author, not the narrator) look lost for words. That's not your intent. One option is to change the sarcastic part to something that makes it clear that the intention is sarcastic: > He gave him an o... (more) |
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A: How to describe a fist bump explosion? It depends on the tone of your story. Is it humorous? A fist bump explosion is usually a dorky thing, so my first instinct is to describe it in a funny way. However, it also depends on the style of narrator you have. Someone like Terry Pratchett, who uses humour and often has a kind of analytical, ju... (more) |
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A: How do I make a "contract" with my reader? The answer by DPT gave an example, which was: write a small prologue, or preambel, about a well-known story (for example a biblical one), and then sum it up with something like "Sometimes truth lies not in the facts, but in the ideas under the facts." This is admittedly a rather (for lack of a bette... (more) |
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A: What points should a "Character Interview" method for character building hit? There is one thing that comes to mind - the "36 questions that will make you fall in love with someone". It's a slightly different premise, of course, but the point of these questions is to make a connection to the person you're interviewing. So there might be something you can use there. Here's the... (more) |
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Is it possible to narrate a novel in a faux-historical style without alienating the reader? One thing that often annoys me in historical fiction or fantasy books is the dissonance between the writing style and the events and historical period described in the book. The writing is usually very modern, it's fast-paced and uses modern idioms and phrases. By contrast, I love reading works from ... (more) |
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