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| Edit | Post #38927 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #38540 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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How to write strategy and schemes beyond my real-life capabilities? I am interested in how to write compelling schemes, large-scale strategies and tactics etc. There are lots of fictional stories where the characters are amazing strategists, or incredibly intelligent. I doubt that authors, put into the same situations as these characters, would have the same incredi... (more) |
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How to "Start as close to the end as possible", and why to do so? Kurt Vonnegut has 8 tips on how to write a good story 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. 4... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |