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A: Intentionally misspelling words in dialogue Usually, that is left for the imagination of the reader. You might want to avoid misspelling on purpose. You can swap the order of the speech and its description. Doing this you can prime the reader to "hear" the dialogue in a different light: > He sung the words, dragging out his L's, "Looking and ... (more) |
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A: How much uncertainity will the 'general (Non-YA) fantasy reader' tolerate? It is fine to keep the POV on the character and go on. The reader will find out things at the same time the POV does. What you should do is to make sure they understand that every information is something the POV perceived, not some absolute truth. (you didn't state but I am assuming you are using 3... (more) |
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What techniques authors use to keep track of their cast? There is a problem as stories progress (especially in never-ending web novels) where the cast of characters keep growing. Some webnovels I follow are in the hundreds! Is there a technique for authors to keep track of their cast of characters? (more) |
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Why do most authors shed their LitRPG elements as the stories go? Is it a genre convention? In almost all the LitRPG stories I read, the start of the stories is full of system messages, +1 here and there, even damage prompts saying "Goblin hits Hero for -8 HP". Classes, skills, experience points galore. For those that don't know, LitRPG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LitRPG) - it is a genr... (more) |
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What makes a siege story/plot interesting? I will have to write a story arc where the main characters will be trapped in a town during a siege. What are the key points I should address / display to make the siege interesting for readers? They are rebelling against the realm, so they are in the underdog position. Some things I thought of: -... (more) |
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A: How to Write about Events the 1st-person Protagonist Hasn't Witnessed? You have several choices. 1) Write a side-story chapter. It could be in third person or first person in the POV of another character that witnessed the event. Third person conveys the detachment from the main character and avoids confusing the casual and distracted reader from confusing the POV hold... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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In a first-person web novel, how to make the reader aware of a motivator the POV is unaware of? In my novel, the MC (and POV character) spares an enemy. He spared the enemy because he empathized/identified himself with them, but he was not aware of it. Later on he will understand his feelings and eventually make amends and the enemy will shift into a friend as they solve their conflict. (MC is ... (more) |
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A: Colours of ultraviolet You can make up a completely alien analogy to viewing colors. Like describing the colors by their frequency using musical notation. There are studies in chromophonics that correlate sounds with colors. One such scholar is professor and orchestral conductor Jorge Antunes. (disclosure: I studied unde... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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How should I move the story forward with the support cast while hiding a plot twist regarding the MC from the reader? I am finishing an arc of my novel, and right at the end some sudden development happens with MC, that is partially obscured from the reader. They can guess at what it is, but it is a sudden change to MC outlook and demeanor. I'd like to move the story forward and start the next arc some time later w... (more) |
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How can I make an in-universe random event feel like it was really random instead of just RNJesus' will? Some stories feature random events that bring about drastic change either to the characters or to the setting. A lottery draw, some gotcha that grants a special skill. Most of the times I find one of these in a story, they seem fake. Instead of feeling random, it feels tailored for the story: The r... (more) |
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What should I keep in mind when reviewing and improving already published chapters? I began writing a fantasy novel as a "last week of vacation fun project", and it hit off very well. It is my first time writing. I'm publishing as a web novel in a popular webnovel site. And of course the first chapters have several points that I think I can improve now, reading back on them. Thing... (more) |
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