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Posts by Liquid‭

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Q&A Is writing policy pages in a lighthearted manner harmful in any way?

It's difficult to predict how the majority of people would react: it might be subject to opinion. Surely someone would scoff at the jokes or at the imaginary dragon-riding. Thus said, in my opinion...

posted 4y ago by Liquid‭

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Q&A Everyone's a woman: how do you show that through gender-neutral language?

In my latest short story I'm playing around with common gender misconceptions. It's set in a near future society were men have disappeared, and all roles are taken up by women. The theme is played ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Prahara‭

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Q&A Naming Characters after Friends/Family

From a literary standpoint, having to change a character name is kind of an hard choice to make. Names, rare or common as they may be, tend to stick to the character. You have gotten used to "Bob ...

posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Challenges Writing Challenge #2: What the thunder said

Writing Challenge #2 2020-06-06 Liquid here with the second episode of our traditional series of writing challenges. Last time the challenge was about the great outdoors. I wanted to keep u...

6 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Evil Sparrow‭

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Q&A Would it be better to write a trilogy over a much longer series?

I feel like publishers would regard trilogies as a safer bet than a long-winded series. But then again, publishers regard works from well-known authors as a safer bet, too. To paraphrase Brand...

posted 4y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Are friendly writing contests a useful exercise?

Yes, I know that - in theory - any exercise is a good exercise. Context: Lately I've been running a writing group were multiple creative-writing/reading enthusiasts meet. As a group activity, we'v...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing "light hearted" lead characters

For some reason, when I find myself writing a male protagonist, I seem to default to the brooding, gritty kind of man that could easily find his place into a noir novel. Those characters are often ...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Prahara‭

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Q&A How to write strategy and schemes beyond my real-life capabilities?

The author doesn't need to have the same tactical genius of those characters, because the writer has a serious advantage. As an author, you know everything and you can change everything of your s...

posted 4y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Outlining the climax made me lose interest in writing the actual story

The only way to resolve it is to write. I'm a discovery writer too. I get excitement from just "imagining" how things could go, how the world might be, and how the character should react. Did you ...

posted 4y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What should tie a collection of short-stories together?

Short-stories are a nice format to write. If you have been an aspiring writer for at least one year, it's quite probabile that you've got at least three short stories drafted out, sitting in some d...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Personal or impersonal in a technical resume

In CVs or on Linkedin profiles there are often spaces dedicated to past experience. In those sections, one is supposed to describe what work he/she did and what skills he/she acquired on previous...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Dealing with Audience's expectations

Once I heard someone said that there's no such thing as bad publicity. I think it could as well relate to your situation there: you have a great character to begin with and a vocal audience that "w...

posted 4y ago by Liquid‭

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Q&A When writing in third person perspective, how do you differentiate the 'she' or the 'he' from the other 'he's and 'she's?

You just need to get a better grasp on when using context is enough and when it isn't. Quoting from your examples: "There isn't much we can do unless you tell us why you were there." The cop ...

posted 4y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Are competitions worth it in order to get published?

I have recently finished my 25,000 word novella and contacted some publishers and agents about a month ago. I have only heard back from a couple rejecting me but considering the format of my boo...

posted 4y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I have a character introduce themselves as humble without making them seem arrogant?

A humble person tones down his/hers achievements. You can show this in your writing by painting a sharp contrast between what that person does and how he/she tells about it. In the tipical dating ...

posted 4y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you show, through your narration, a hard and uncaring world?

As I've already mentioned, I'm working on a sci-fi novel. One of the main feelings that I wanted to represent when I started is the sense of a vast, empty, artificial world, mostly cold and uncar...

8 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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

In the IT industry, we often write a lot of technical documentation meant for internal use only. Those documents are often stored in an internal wiki and accessed when the need arises. The conten...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Keeping up with multiple projects at the same time

You have two feet. Any attemp to wear three shoes will end badly. I'm the kind of writer who finds starting new projects and exploring new ideas more fun and easy to do, rather than stick to an al...

posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I write humor as character trait?

I have a character that likes to make humor, puns and jokes. Humor should work here as a character trait; something really peculiar to this particular char. He says a lot of puns because he find ...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does the reader need to like the PoV character?

I have the feeling this is already been asked, but I can't seem to find it. Close the question if it comes out as duplicate. There's an issue with novels with a first-person narrator, or a third p...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to shorten a prologue?

I'm going to make two points: Don't be afraid to be more concise in your writing: There is a common misconception between us writers that we could sum up as: the audience is kind of dumb, and I n...

posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Will my book have a better chance at being successful if I include more gender diversity in it?

I'm not sure that gender diversity directly makes you more marketable to a certain gender. You are already aware of certain points, so I'm gonna skip the very valuable advice "if it feels forced,...

posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Do I need to convey a moral for each of my blog posts?

You can try to add a "what I learned" sentence to the end of your blog posts, when there is something interesting to say, if your aim is to give "morals" to the readers. But overall, no: you don't...

posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  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?

I think you may be overthinking the issue. In technical writing when you name three entities with elements of a specific subset, the ordering of the specific subset doesn't come into play unless ...

posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is this an oxymoron, and what would be the purpose of making seemingly illogical statements in writing?

I don't think it's an oxymoron. Sure thing, you have chosen a strange mix of images to evoke - mainly due to the contrast between "cradling" and "rocked". But as far as I read it, it's a legitima...

posted 5y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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