Activity for vanity
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #37736 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #36645 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #32489 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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A pulse, a throb, and a beat I wrote a passage where one of my characters heard beats, (i.e., the sound) then he found the beating object and, when he held it in his hand, it started throbbing like a heart, (i.e., the feeling). Here is the passage for more clarity: > ...a faint beating sound reached his ringing ears, “dub… dub…... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A flower's head or heart? I’m currently writing a story and one of my characters is a butterfly. In one of the scenes, she manages to run away from a bunch of hungry lizards and hides into a flower; let’s say a Zinnia. When describing the scene I wrote: > “……she dived into the Zinnia’s head and hastily rolled into the polle... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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The use of footnotes to translate foreign words in a novel I'm writing a fantasy novel and one of my characters speaks in English, but sometimes utters single words in an ancient dead language, and I don't want to abusively use that language. For example: > "You're going to be dead SAHU²!" Is using a footnote a good idea, since the words are not too many?... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |