Activity for AmaiKotori‭

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Comment	Post #39275	I am definitely in favour of brevity in this instance, primarily since those operating in good faith rarely need the specific proscriptions (and can simply be warned/corrected if they do slip up), while those not will only use them as an excuse to rules-lawyer. The main downside of the short version... (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Comment	Post #39220	Thanks for setting this up, looks quite promising. It was rather depressing to decide to get involved on the original Writing just as everything fell apart. Is there any way to sort questions by asking date rather than latest activity? (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Answer	—	A: Are there any websites that show you the popularity and regional use of words? Google's Ngram Viewer can be used to show the relative popularity of a word or phrase in its various collections over time, and it does have American and British English corpora. E.g. 'mum' comes in at 0.00001% in the American English corpus in 2000, and 0.00003% in British English, so one can surmi... (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Answer	—	A: Will an unrealistic character be out of place among other realistic ones? It's generally fine for minor characters to be shallow, especially if their impact on a scene is minimal, and putting more effort into your main characters than your side characters is perfectly normal. However, when you say: > Really I just need him to get in the way of my protagonist in minor sit... (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Answer	—	A: Is the genre 'fantasy' still fantasy without magic? Firstly, it's certainly not going to be a 'waste of time' to write the story you want to tell, regardless of which genre it might end up being described as. Fantasy is a very broad genre; any story recognizably set in a world other than our own can easily be described as fantasy if it doesn't focus ... (more)	—	over 4 years ago