Posts by Neil
Reading broadly is one of the best things a writer can do, aside from writing a lot, but reading only what you consider good writing is somewhat limiting. Books that have issues have a lot to teach...
Are rhymes bad in prose? Sometimes yes, it depends on the prose and the rhyme and how it's used. Poetic devices like rhyming and alliteration can be used in prose but it's not at all easy to do w...
There may well be such guidelines but they'd probably be publication-specific and situation-dependent. They'd also have to be developed ahead of time. For example, an encyclopedia would have only...
This has been handled a few ways in comics: Have the text in word balloons be a translation of the original, with a footnote indicating "translated from other-language-name". You can graphically...
Yes, dialogue is included in a screenplay. The word "screenplay" is movie-speak for "script", and it's exactly the equivalent of a play's script. (The TV version of "script" is "teleplay".) In ...
Getting eyeballs on the manuscript is a good way to reality-check what you've written. I can think of a couple of options: One strategy is to try posting on discussion boards where fans of scienc...
I am not a lawyer, but I'd avoid doing what you suggest. Here's why: Will this get noticed? Maybe not. If it is, can you get sued? Definitely. You don't need a justification to sue someone, just ...
People don't behave rationally all the time, and neither do characters in fiction. Your characters don't need to make the right choices all the time, they just need to make believable choices that ...
This is not legal advice and I am not a lawyer. Great question! I think the answer lies in this: But what about a big known brand, like Google? In a story set in our time, it would be rather ...
Alyssa is upset with her sister. Assuming that this will be make even more obvious by context, I think the text is fine as it is. You could make the sentence perfectly clear, but keep in mind tha...
