Activity for E.Milla
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| Edit | Post #25024 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #23929 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #23795 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #23785 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #23600 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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How to create tension during a conversation In my novel my protagonist speaks to a man while being held at gun point. She (protagonist) tried to kill him. He was her boss, was involved in her best friend's death and wants the protagonist dead. He considers her race animals, she tries to reason with him. Although he is threatening her and her... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Does a character without huge weaknesses need improvement? While reviewing my story and notes about her, I realiyed that my main character doesn't have any major flaws. She is a hothead and she has to hide where she comes from, but that's it. She isn't god-like powerful, she just does alright in most things, because she had a lot of training, so more a jack ... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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What information about a fictional world is unnecessary? I was able to gain some insight already thanks to How much detail is too much?, but I still need a more precise answer, because my details aren't bound to a particular scene. I was searching for some information on tidally locked planets (my setting for the story) and while looking at the question... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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How often can I use time lapses? I looked at a few questions regarding time lapse, but I didn't find one that helped. In my story I skip parts of the life of my main character, because they don't drive the plot, but of course write those that do. My protagonists timeline looks like this: child (introduction), teenager (starts trai... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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Flash-forward as Prologue and then Flashbacks too complicated? Chronologically, the story begins with the protagonist as a child and description of her world, which is important to the plot. Since I thought "girl abandoned by parents meets a man who explains how the world works" wouldn't really catch the readers attention, I decided to start the book with a 4k ... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |