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Posts by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How can I effectively research for a high-fantasy setting?

Base parts of the setting on real world cultures or locations. Unless you have near-infinite time to do your worldbuilding, you're probably going to keep coming back to our world. So start th...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Meta Flags page returns 500 error when having a flag on a deleted post

This was a data error -- the post you flagged was spam, we do some extra stuff when nuking spam, and something went wrong. Fixed now. You won't see the post you flagged because it's completely go...

posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta How can we revitalize our community?

I wonder if segregating content that was imported and not further improved would help. Create a new category, maybe called "Archive", and move there any post that hasn't had any modifications post...

posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Are speaker tags always necessary when multiple people are in the conversation?

Sometimes it doesn't matter who said what. In your example, where everyone has the same goals and is working together, it seems fine to leave most or all of them out -- the focus here is more on t...

posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Alternatives to second-person POV narration in RPG settings

In your first example, all three of your sentences focus on the effect. Instead, mix in some descriptions of the cause. Instead of: You have a feeling of immense dread as you take in the macabr...

posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Compelling story with the world as a villain

A villain has intention -- it's out to cause some outcome, foil the main character (if it's personal), and generally advance its own agenda. The world, on the other hand, just is, barring worlds wi...

posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Referring to different instances of the same character in time travel

The Magic 2.0 series by Scott Meyer has this situation with a core character (so it's not a passing situation). The narrator and the characters identify the two as Brit the Elder and Brit the Youn...

posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write a good moderator nomination post?

A nomination post is basically a sales pitch, packed into 1200 characters. You need to persuade readers that you are or might be a good choice in a few hundred words (give or take). So a nominati...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Do publishers care if submitted work has already been copyrighted?

If you live in a country that is a signatory to the Berne Convention (most countries are), then your work is copyrighted as soon as you create it, regardless of whether you go through any registrat...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to tag distinct options/entities without giving any an implicit priority or suggested order?

Full names and arbitrary names are good solutions to the question you asked. To address the question behind the one you asked -- the implicit "superiority" in ordering -- write examples that don't ...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How much episode recap is necessary in a tv-focused podcast?

You said in a comment that this is for an existing, old show, presumably one with a fanbase. While your listeners have presumably seen it (they're listening to your podcast about it, after all), t...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Making science for toddlers easy to remember

It's been decades since I was a kid watching cartoons on TV, and I can still sing some of the Schoolhouse Rock songs. Schoolhouse Rock, for those unfamiliar with it, was a series of short (2-3 min...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Adding tags to documentation built in Flare?

Our software documentation set (for a SQL analytics database platform) is large, because SQL and databases have many pieces. Often a single statement, function, or feature will be highly related to...

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Q&A Should I create a domain name using a pen name that is common with another person's domain name?

Names are almost never globally unique. This is true whether the owner chooses or the owner's parents do. Author Alex Feinman even has a note on his web site (.net) saying "looking for the other ...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Symbolism of 18 Journeyers

I see two parts to your question: signaling that 18 is significant, and signaling why it is significant. Assuming that you'll have Jewish readers too, don't skimp on the first part -- you want to ...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to include external references when writing internal documentation?

The guiding principle in my experience is: put the link where the reader needs the referenced information. Examples: "This interface is like Somebody Else's Thing (link, or make SET a link itsel...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Do we need to make consistent use of archaic English in our poem/novel?

Regardless of what you're writing, if you use an archaic form readers will notice, and if you use an archaic form only once and not everywhere it applies, readers will notice that too. If you're d...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is in scope for criticizing technical writing

This answer covers a single work like a paper well, and what it says applies to larger works too. Correctness and clarity are the most important factors in any technical work. For larger works, su...

posted 5y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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