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Posts by hildred‭

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Q&A What factors in fiction arouse readers' expectations?

There is a difference between unresolved conflict and unaddressed conflict. Unresolved conflict pushes a story, unaddressed conflict drags the story. Both use energy (both the author's and the read...

posted 9y ago by hildred‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Humor in a fantasy setting

I think the paladin and the cleric should be madly in love with each other, and keep trying to convert the other to their religion so they can get married. This gives you a great time to call someo...

posted 10y ago by hildred‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Why do writers use "said" instead of "asked" when someone asks a question?

In this case he wasn't expecting an answer. Gandalf, that is.

posted 10y ago by hildred‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Creative writing exercises for engineers

First you need to remember that people are different. Some are most creative without rules, some are most creative when breaking rules and some are most creative within rules. The best creative eng...

posted 9y ago by hildred‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A First-time author...can I publish in English in Mexico?

As I am not in mexico, I will look at this from a slightly more abstract position. First to note In my hometown I only know of one publisher, but my dad retired from that after publishing only one...

posted 9y ago by hildred‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Using a foreign language that uses a different written alphabet

Outside of scholarly of scholarly work the norm would be to transliterate. Now I am all for violating norms, but it is riskier, more work and you have to know what you are doing. if you can pull it...

posted 9y ago by hildred‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How does DRM impact the sales of eBooks?

I am a bibliophil. I can easily spend a couple hundred dollars in a book store, and have done so many times. I often buy books online that I can not find locally, again hundreds of dollars. I also ...

posted 10y ago by hildred‭

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Q&A tools for writing scripts

It has been a long time since I last tried to write a play, and I hated it, not the play (which became a short story), but writing one. The word processors made working with script layout a pain, a...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by hildred‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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