blackbird
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See all 32 »Sometimes, I have trouble coming up with a way to end a description properly, especially one that's at the very end of a chapter. What are some of the things you can do, especially when the descrip...
3 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 6y ago by Mark Baker
Can we dialoguify sounds? By dialoguifying I mean turning something that shouldn't be put in quote when that something correspond to sounds into a dialogue by putting it between quotes and treating...
4 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 6y ago by Mark Baker
Should you only use colons and full stops in dialogues? I thought about using a semi-colon in one of my dialogues, but I had second thought about it, because when we talk, we don't really different...
5 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
Is there a better way to introduce acronyms through a dialogue? One way of doing it, is to mention what the acronym stands for at the beginning and then use the acronym afterward, but that's a bit ...
3 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
In the Bible, the apple is a symbol for knowledge, immortality, temptation, the fall of man and sin. The book itself gave the apple a symbolic meaning. How can you as an author give an object like ...
3 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 6y ago by Mark Baker
Is there a "right" way to interpret a novel? If so, how do we make sure our novel is interpreted correctly? I have been told that there's no way of interpreting the true meaning of a book written b...
6 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 6y ago by Secespitus
Is there a good reference book on allegories used in literature? I am looking for a reference book that gives references to use of allegories in the creative literature. For example: If a novel use...
0 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
I noticed writers in the past used a different format, in terms of punctuation, indentation, quotations, spacing, and paragraph length, and the format can be different from author to author and fro...
0 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
How do we distinguish how a character pronounces a word and how it is spelled in a dialogue? For example, some people pronounce words in a different way than they should, how do you show that in a ...
2 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/The_Edge_of_Dawn_(Seasons_of_Warfare) The following is the short version of "The Edge of Dawn". Reach for my hand, I'll soar away Into the dawn ...
2 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
A caesura is a slight pause that's important in poetry, because for example alexandrines require a caesura in the middle. But the question is where can we put them. I know that we tend to put the...
1 answer · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
Should we avoid "nonsensical" or "unclear" metaphors? I am not sure if this is a case of "nonsensical" or "unclear" metaphor, but sometimes you have certain phrases that doesn't seem to be suited f...
1 answer · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
What's the proper way of indicating that a car has reached its destination during a dialogue? For example, two persons have a conversation, and they reach a destination, is there a standard way to ...
1 answer · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
How do we write a movie script with a view towards establishing all of the visual symbolisms and how they should be interpreted? Often, movie scripts often only have dialogues and some very brief ...
1 answer · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
When writing an error prompt, should we end the sentence with a exclamation mark or a dot? I am writing an application for iPhone and I have some error prompt in my application like "Your password...
3 answers · posted 7y ago by blackbird · last activity 7y ago by System
