Activity for Michael B
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| Edit | Post #16460 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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Can technical writing suck less I currently have the prospect of writing a considerable amount of technical documentation (describing interactions with an extremely complex online service). I consider myself a reasonably proficient creative writer but that never seems to do me any good when writing tech docs. The problem, of cours... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |
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A: When does satire (parody) become plagiarism? This is purely my thoughts on this from a literary viewpoint, what I'm saying here could very well be legally wrong, I'm not a lawyer, and not even attempting a legal opinion While I think this is very strongly a legal question, ultimately you are using somebody else's work in a transformative way. ... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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How much heed should we pay to writing advice In replying to this question I thought this would make a good question... This entire site is devoted to giving people advice on their writing, there are a near infinite number of books and magazines that intend to do the same. Personally I have an approach to writing that seems to go against a lot... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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How rough should a rough draft be For a long time I would edit chapters as I wrote them, to make them as complete as possible. Unfortunately this often resulted in me running out of steam and never actually finishing them. I've recently started trying to allow myself to write rougher first drafts in the thought of cleaning, editing ... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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A: How to format multiple inner voices, differentiating the text from dialogue? and omnipresent inner voice The most important thing you need to establish is a consistency of approach. Decide on a way to introduce a voice, reinforce it a couple of times and then get on with writing. The important part here is showing the reader what you're conveying, rather than blindly sticking to prescribed style. (if ev... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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A: Are there good tips on being a better *creative* writer? I would say that if you're a coder by trade, then creative writing is very similar to creating a complex piece of code. If you woke up tomorrow morning and decided to write a word processor in go (or some other random language you didn't know) It is unlikely that you're first few iterations would be... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |