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Question Emotional arc types
Assuming this vocabulary: the narrative arc is the arc which makes the plot go forward, while the emotional arc is the arc which engage the character on a deeper, not always logical level. While there are several lists of narrative arcs archetypes, it seems that the emotional arcs are a path less tr...
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over 4 years ago
Answer A: How to write disorientation with sensory overload?
Here, I wrote this into an answer because what I want to show cannot be written as a comment. When I first read your post, it had not yet been formatted by Galastel. That's what I was referring to in my first comment. Here, I reproduced it the way I read it: Without the edit: > Breathe— Breathebre...
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over 4 years ago
Answer A: How to write a non-fiction book?
To answer your question, you should start writing as soon as you have completed your story arc. If you can write how many "chapters" you will write and what will be their content, you can start whenever you feel like it. You should continue reading this, though: > If I take too long, am I at risk o...
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Answer A: Should I use the words "pyromancy" and "necromancy" even if they don't mean what people think they do?
The weight of this choice relies a lot on context. If your novel is in the "real world", or anything closely related enough to share language or dominant cultural traits, you may want to avoid all those terms and make up new ones. What you did with the creation of "pyromagus/necromagus" is excellent...
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