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Vote summary for Lauren Ipsum‭

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Mar 19, 2026: +1

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What is the proper way to write a date containing two days in a row?
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Dec 8, 2025: +1

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What is the proper way to write a date containing two days in a row?
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Jun 21, 2022: +1

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Avoiding racist tropes in fantasy
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Will it help you to get published if you have a lot of followers of your writing?
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Will it help you to get published if you have a lot of followers of your writing?
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Time measures in fantasy worlds
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How do you avoid the problem of a collaborative work having separate voices?
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How do you avoid the problem of a collaborative work having separate voices?
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What innovative techniques can make a textbook for learning a foreign language "pop"?
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Proofreading a novel: is it okay to use a question mark with an exclamation mark - "?!"
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How to differentiate between two people with the same name in a story?
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Point of View Confusion
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Shifting tenses in the middle of narration
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Is it uncompelling to continue the story with lower stakes?
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How important is it for multiple POVs to run chronologically?
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POV - 3rd Person Rules and Exceptions?
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Can you use a semicolon to connect fragments that are one item in a vertical list?
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Avoiding the "not like other girls" trope?
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How to write a chaotic neutral protagonist and prevent my readers from thinking they are evil?
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Third wheel character
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How do I avoid the "chosen hero" feeling?
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Is writing three drafts really necessary?
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How soon is too soon for a redemption arc?
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Storing WorldBuilding Information
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Confused about when to treat something as a dialogue tag
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Writing a Non Fiction: Need to Format a Continuous Side Bar
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Does this scene fail the Bechdel test?
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How long can a fantasy novel stay in metaphorical Kansas?
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Hate to love, love to hate
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A question about Past Participle vs Simple Past in a novel
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Moving away from a gender-based analysis
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What type of character should I write about first in a potential series of books?
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How do I spot an unintentional promise in my story?
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How to derive a storyline from a beginning?
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Indie Publishing with more than one POD publisher & ISBN
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Saying "The" too frequently
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Is it a bad writing practice to open a story with a time frame when the time frame is irrelevant?
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How significant a role have editors played on books published in the past?
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How does the 3 act structure fit in a Non Linear story?
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Are different levels of character development required for primary as opposed to secondary characters?
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Question regarding narration and 1st - 3rd person swaps
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Do you pluralize a Roman numeral?
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Worth writing, if end is obvious
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In the digital age of Kindle and POD is a book ever finished?
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How can I make the final realisation less depressing?
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Using accent marks in Fantasy novels
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How do I keep the gender of my main character purposely ambiguous?
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Classical Style vs. Modern Innovation
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Is my story a rip-off?
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What English version of the bible should I quote from?
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What do you call a narrator who is not unreliable, but is naive?
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Is this an example of an unreliable narrator?
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Are there any successful precedents of "gentle" fourth-wall-breaking?
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What Can Ensure Re-Readability?
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"Quote" within a quote MLA
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How do I improve "beige" text?
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How do you write dialog for a character with malapropism without it seeming forced?
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Romance without cliche?
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Should capitalization be used for emphasis for a character's tone?
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Creating a story in which the hero(es) lose
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How many rewrites should a writer expect for a novel?
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Tips on engaging the audience in the first chapter?
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What if my story seems too similar to a particular movie?
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Where in the writing process do you work in subtext?
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Suffixing words with -ness, -ish, -like, and others
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Is it good to repeat the same form of event?
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Expressing large numbers in dialogue?
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How to distinguish two different voices in one book?
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Is there any stylistic reason to avoid the word "got"?
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Are metaphors superior to similes in the following cases?
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Writing a novel, can I do [this or that]?
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Impact of views about author on buying book
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What kinds of skill does writing require?
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Is it a bad habit to only write at night?
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How much science/medical detail is too much?
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Describing big cities and using slang words while writing
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Turning normal phrases into gerund phrases: What's the effect in the reader?
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How Can I Reliably Find Well Written Novels?
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Can I publish a book under one company when I have published a book under another?
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How do you write 2 or more characters saying almost the same thing in unison
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Capitalize 'it' when referring to a strange being?
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Using capital letters and full-stop in bullet points
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Writing in English, from the viewpoint of a non-English-speaking character, how can I convey a language very similar to the character's own?
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I'm using the same formula for stakes over and over - is this a problem?
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How can I respond to praise without appearing egotistical?
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Investing in the 'wrong' character, is it a problem with the story?
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What Can I Do to Familiarize Myself with my Characters?
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How to make a mimicking character believable
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Structuring a sentence with two phrases qualifying the same ending
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How do I make sure my audience is aware of subplots?
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Dialogue interruptions — using em dashes
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Will what worked 'back then' work today? (Novels)
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What is useful about writing software?
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Should I use contractions in my narrative?
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Events happening in two places in one short story?
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How can I Switch Protagonists Between Books?
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Can You Mix Readers of Fantasy and Sci-Fi?
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How do disclaimers work for fictional books that are loosely modeled on real events?
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How do I kill a protagonist in a first person point of view?
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How much outlining is needed?
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Introducing a plot-critical hallucinogen partway through a mystery?
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Is it a good practice to add thesis statement to non-academic writing?
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Italics for both internal monologue and dialog emphasis?
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When dialog is italicized, should the quotation marks be italicized as well?
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Comma before names of people or titles
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Word count using "Times New Roman"
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Switching perspectives for a single chapter in a first person POV novel, to do or not to do?
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Would a redemption story be a coming of age plot
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How can I do research about the geographical scenarios of plot?
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Writing dialogue, present or past tense "said"
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Are some ideas too cliched?
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How to describe a diverse set of characters without falling into purple prose or exoticism?
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How find an appropriate vocabulary
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How to call sub-genre of my fantasy?
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Can basic grammar rules be skipped when writing text for machine safety labels?
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Do I need to make use of paragraphs when writing a novel and if so, how?
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How to make a dark story not-so-dark (Shining the light in darkness)
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Can I use names of characters and groups that other authors/creators have used already?
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Where should I place a comma in this sentence?
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How long can a first novel be?
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How do I write from a non-person point of view?
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YA novel with old protagonist?
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How to keep a main character nameless?
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Name of Journal-Like Setting Description Lines Under Chapter Section Headings
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Eliminating repetitive “which was ... ” statements at the end of sentences
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How to create a surreal/fantasy - feeling in a real world?
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Is it a good idea to start each chapter with a snippet from a fictional book?
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High Tech Audience
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Realistically Writing newly-deaf characters
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Tips for Coming Up with a Good Portmanteau (Name Smush)
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What is the formal way to write a reference in English?
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How linear should I be in writing my story?
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What is the best approach to balancing reading and writing for improving my writing skill?
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How to give written advice in a way that is encouraging, not overbearing
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Should you emphasise text within quotation marks?
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Doubts about editing?
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When does satire (parody) become plagiarism?
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Can I write a Hero's Journey without them leaving an Ordinary World? (Monomyth template)
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My Conflict Doesn't End at the Climax. What can I do?
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I'm unable to figure out the logical solution to a problem; how do I keep writing?
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Allowing people to edit/proofcheck my posts on wordpress.com
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Writing productivity trackers
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Gratuitous use of magic: poor writing and/or unenjoyable?
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How Much Dialogue Is Too Much Dialogue
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Wording of comparing X vs Y and X vs Z but not X vs Y vs Z
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In present-tense narrative, does "I spend the NEXT few hours..." make sense?
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seeking a humorous example of long winded paragraph one sentence long
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How do you properly add paragraphs into a research paper?
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Show more not tell implementation in writing?
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How To Write An Unreliable Narrator?
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How do you know if a book is ready?
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Should I use "could be" or "could have been" in past-tense narration?
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In what situation do you put a full-stop after an ellipsis?
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How do you write boy & girl protagonists without turning them into a love story?
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Constructed Language - how to spell words that will be mispronounced in English
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Writing from a hive mind POV
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Do I have to write my book in the main character's POV?
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What to do with cliched metaphors?
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How to find the balance between research and the obvious
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What is a "reflection character?" How is s/he different from an antagonist?
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Can Bridging Conflict Work When the Answer is Known?
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Constructed Language - spelled like it sounds?
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Is mathematical poetry a form of poetry?
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Should "plot" or storyline be the main determinant of what goes into a story?
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Writing a scientific name in an italized phrase?
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How to balance for readers who are not technologically literate
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Point of view chapter to chapter
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How do you make a vague metaphor more easy to understand?
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Alternating names
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What exactly is a copywriter?
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Avoiding passing time by switching PoV - Viable method?
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How much repetition is too much repetition?
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Unofficial Fan Fictions - How can I Secure Them?
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Is it a good writing practice to keep related elements as close as possible to each other?
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A question about dialogue and paragraphs?
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How to tell where to place a parenthetical em dash phrase?
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Should quotation marks for titles of short works be included as part of link text?
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Metaphor or Personification
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Should I use letters or digits in the following case?
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How to indicate that a single letter was removed from a quotation
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What are the initial classes called in university and how do they work?
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Should I write my novel?
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Should you "Show, Don't Tell" when your character is recounting events?
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In modern writing is there a a significant difference between satire and parody?
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Use past or present tense for lasting fact
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How to release a heavy revision to a series without upsetting readers?
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When to be specific and when to let context fill in the holes?
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Killing the protagonist - should it be done?
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Person who invented "formula" for good poetry
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How to describe a scene involving a shift in the environment due to forbidden magic?
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What is the difference between a complication/twist and a situation?
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What are the ethics of using real-world house addresses in historical fiction?
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How to show characters learning something in a non-boring way?
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Can a plagiarist sue one who plagiarized them?
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Referring to sign language in conversations
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Is it considered faulty language to use Spivak pronouns in an essay?
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Fiction Novels & Active vs. Passive Voice
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Hyphen or en-dash
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Successful stories that don't follow the standard story template?
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What can I do to make my writing less choppy?
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How does the placement of transition sentences affects the meaning/tone of a piece?
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Whether to describe personality of a character or let the readers deduce it based on the actions
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Should the word "The" be included in a label when labelling a character?
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How should I write "shush" in a narrative?
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Quotes or no, for Hiccup
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How to write to accommodate subsequent automatic translation
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Difference between an 'Abstract' and an 'Introduction' in a feature article?
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What are the differences between a script and a screenplay?
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How can I get rid of the "things" in the following passage?
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Script Writing as it pertains to TV and Radio lines
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Multiple characters without names: how to address
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Writing in between dream sequences
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Can the term "Glorified delivery" be used to signify giving birth?
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How can I broaden my understanding of my characters?
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Why do writers use "said" instead of "asked" when someone asks a question?
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How to write a press release announcing my own appointment?
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Are there straightforward instructions for MS WORD 2013 for numbering in different formats, yet maintaining a chronological count?
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Location description
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Humor in a fantasy setting
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Is the following extended metaphor/group of metaphors too overwhelming?
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When to use pronouns, and when to repeat yourself?
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How can I get my romance through a two-year breakup?
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How do I evaluate an unwritten plot/story?
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Is it bad to have sentences that are too long?
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Where to put counter-examples within a 5-paragraph essay?
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How can I avoid word repetition in the following paragraph?
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Create and using a custom version of a part of an existing mythology
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What's a word for a person who took a very rough story and made it into a book?
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Pulling an idea through in spite of the need to correct details
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Real, serious and based on personal experience idea, but no previous practice. Where to begin?
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Third Person Multiple POV in a single scene, how to refer each other if one character does not know the name of other character and vice versa
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Techniques for creating a bridge between protagonists from different generations
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Can Readers Relate to a Book without Humans?
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Shift in tense and starting a historical account with the present tense
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Is muteness appearing without explicit reason acceptable?
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Figuring out when a book was printed
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When to use semicolons and when to use em dashes?
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Is there an alternative to the common genre-system for classifying books?
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What factors in fiction arouse readers' expectations?
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Variation in paragraph length
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In end user documentation, should screenshots come before or after the text that references them?
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How to better describe "jet-black (pitch-black) darkness"?
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think, I think, I don't think
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Placing similes at the beginning and at the end of a sentence
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Does writing in a certain mood change how a writer writes?
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Visual methods of plot development?
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How to tell if my story is finished, or needs more?
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Iambic pentameter: how do you use words with 'secondary stressed' syllables?
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Overuse of bullet points
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What is the correct word/term that needs to be before the names of the maker of the project?
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How likely is the "five consecutive word rule" to detect "random," as opposed to intentional plagiarism?
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How to include photos in my Scrivener book?
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How can I convey dates (with ordering) for events happening under different dating systems, e.g. a Sci-Fi story spread over the galaxy?
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How do I cite well known historical works?
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Proper use of the "historical present tense"
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Tracing dependencies and emergent plotholes during edits
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It is a sign of bad writing to have many scenes that are disconnected with the main plot?
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Should I close this quoted paragraph?
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How to tell a story with the least amount of writing?
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Gadgets that make the world/story broken
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How to keep the reader engaged in a novel where "not much happens"?
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Researching sensitive subjects
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Text Editors. Suggesting & Tracking Changes to Plain-Text Documents
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How many errors should I expect from a proofreader?
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Using abbreviations after in-text citations
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How much should I reveal of how the world functions in fiction?
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How to write time duration correctly
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Deciding the setting: real or invented?
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How to represent dependencies in outlines
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Is it okay to call the reader's target audience stupid?
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How can I reconcile the exposition of the three act scheme vs. starting out with a bang?
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How do I start a business-presentation?
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Is the following piece of text comprehensible and written in good style?
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How to leverage social proof?
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When to use the character's name and when to use she/he?
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Petty Character
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Confusing writing in order to show how character is falling asleep - is it OK?
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How does one include sign language in a dialogue?
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Adding more characters as the story moves forwards
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How to improve my skill at writing a question?
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What software can handle both revision control and layout?
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Dealing with personal trauma in writing
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Write about why XX is an intellectual fit for you
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Interesting and easier-to-read alternatives to the scientific academic article
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Writing a Lullaby
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Organizing text snippets for creating different variants of a document (customized for the reader)
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Is it OK to refer to some characters by first name and to others by last name?
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Book recommendations for writing better technical papers
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Is there a quick way to know I have created a Mary Sue?
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When should one use a section sign (§)?
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Which English grammar should be followed when writing for a global audience?
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Multiple POVs in a single scene
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Adding breaks in a novel—spaces, asterisks, or a chapter break?
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How does the 10,000 hour rule apply to writing?
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It is unprofessional to use double exclamation marks and CAPS in a product or service?
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How Do you Stave Off Boredom While Writing?
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Vision/dream as an effective opening?
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Is there a good textbook for understanding literary techniques?
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Quoting text from a country with different internationalization
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How many words (or lines) are long enough to make someone think about his life but short enough to hook lazy readers?
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"In the" vs "At the"
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An alternative to saying 'users' when describing features
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When should I use punctuation with bullets?
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What methods can I use to revise my writing?
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What methods can I use to revise my writing?
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How does one go *back* to editing an older piece?
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Does giving away free stories boost sales?
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How should dialog be formatted?
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Should one blog in a few languages?
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Editors: Edit on first read, or read and edit on second round?
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What revisions for this draft would be more readable and/or more humorous?
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Using uncommon abbreviations
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Are there any techniques that make complexity work?
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How to avoid hearing "that's me!" from your friends when they read your characters?
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Critique: Intro/Prologue to my Novel-in-Progress
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Writing your last will and testament
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Finding before/after examples where writing has been improved, to learn from
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How to write great movie review?
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Byronic Hero characters
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Best humorous exaggerated comparisons
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How to differentiate between two people with the same name in a story?
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What makes an ending "happy"?
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Is it alright to add scenes that don’t move the plot forwards much but develop relationships/character?
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How to work in a piece of information that no MC knows, when writing in 3PLtd?
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Doubt about the difference between a "Beat" and a "Event"
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What things should one highlight as good in beta reading feedback?
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