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Posts by Adi219‭

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Q&A Realistic way to ensure letter is posted in 10+ years time

If your character is influential (and I know this is a bit overkill), they could form something akin to a brotherhood whose sole purpose is to get this letter delivered (think Dan Brown's Priory of...

posted 7y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does my protagonist *have* to succeed?

I'm thinking about a YA dystopian novel and have planned it quite thoroughly. However, when I look back, the antagonists tend to always be a few steps ahead of my protagonist, and my protagonist is...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to avoid pages of dialogue?

I'm starting my story with my protagonist found (by the police), bleeding at a crime scene. When he wakes up, he has no recollection i.e. he's lost his memory. He's interrogated by two Inspectors,...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How many people who participate here on Writing SE have become successful authors? [closed]

I'm not asking for an exact figure, but I just want a rough idea of how well the people here have done. (I know the definition of successful varies, so I'm just going to use successful as a term fo...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I focus on ideas which the market enjoys, or ideas which I enjoy?

Two approaches to writing: Writing about ideas that are currently 'hot' in the market (a bit like when the Hunger Games came out, many authors quickly released books which incorporated the same s...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Set multiple Trilogies in the same timeline?

I'm in the writing stage of my first book, which is to be the first of three books which are all part of, let's say, Trilogy A. I'm planning on writing two more Trilogies (B and C) which all start...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How unadvisable is it to flip the protagonist into a villain?

Essentially, I have a protagonist who I set up as a 'main' good guy in one of my series. However, in my final series, I intend to make him turn to the dark side and oppose my other protagonists (fr...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What makes for a successful resurrection?

If you've seen Avengers: Infinity War, you'll recall the line "No resurrections this time" being said in the scene just after the first (arguably second) on-screen death of a main character at the ...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A When can I kill my character? [closed]

When is it acceptable to kill a character? (and if possible, when is it most appropriate?) BTW, I'm not talking just about a protagonist; I'm talking about any of my characters, whether they're MC...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Adi219‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭