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Q&A 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)...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by vanity‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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:...

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

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Q&A 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. Wh...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by vanity‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭