Activity for Davislor
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A: Avoiding racist tropes in fantasy I completely agree that Tolkien’s racial hierarchies haven’t aged well. “That’s just Elf propaganda, and actually the Orcs are the exact opposite!” has become a cliché in and of itself. Here are a couple of things High Fantasy traditionally did that you probably want to avoid. Whether or not you con... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: English - Acceptable use of parentheses in an author's name The conventional way to write a nickname is in quotation marks between the first name and the surname. For example, E. E. “Doc” Smith. Either Babs Benge or Barbara “Babs” Benge works, but I’d go with the first, myself. A lot of people publish under a nickname or middle name. (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: Writing in a Christian voice Sounds like an interesting premise. I’d probably like that story for my Jewish family; it sounds like you acknowledge some realities of Jewish life in America that a lot of fiction is ambivalent about. First, I’d like to highlight Arcanist Lupus’ suggestion to read “authentic Christian voices.” Blog... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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A: Is a lawful good "antagonist" effective? People are Complicated And also compartmentalized. You can find a lot of examples in history of admirable, honest people with feet of clay. One very common twist for the scenario you’re spinning is that she really does put her own group of survivors first—but at the expense of others, and that’s why... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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A: What pronoun should a hermaphrodite species use? In colloquial American English, it’s become common to use they for an individual of unknown gender, so this probably would not sound strange to a Millennial or younger. I think, if hermaphrodites appeared on Earth today and didn’t say what to call them, they is probably what most people would go with... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A: Does my protagonist *have* to succeed? The first thing your question brings to mind is Stan Lee saying he wrote Spider-Man to be the first superhero “who’d lose out as often as he’d win—in fact, more often.” So the story structure of having terrible luck and losing until he wins at the end of each installment works, and can sell a lot of ... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |