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This question is about hiding from the reader the fact that I am skipping some steps. Worse, perhaps, I don't want to show them, and I may have no clue or intention of figuring out how these steps ...

10 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

One alternative is to "postpone and dilute". It is in fact likely that a very small amount of all the infodump is needed to get the scene running. Add the other elements as you go. To think of a p...

posted 8y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

A world with races (or species) so dissimilar from one another, without a continuum between them, ought to be racist. Subverting the trope, which is a trope in itself, is going to just flip the rac...

posted 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I attempted a password recovery, but it does not seem to work. The error message was: The server encountered a configuration or processing error and was unable to complete your request. Please tr...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by ArtOfCode‭

this is a slight variation on one aspect of Erk's answer. Place yourself in the situation of your character. You're forced by fear to go cautiously from cover to cover, perhaps moving slowly, care...

posted 8y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

In general, no In German medieval times, it sounds unlikely that a princess, i.e. the daughter of a living king, would be able to join the army in any credible manner. The main reason is that she ...

posted 8y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

If the point of view is the same in the two types of narration, then keep it so. If it changes, then adapt the text accordingly. In your example, if you wish to rewrite: I went there. and keep...

posted 8y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

This is not based on studies. It is instead just the subjective experience of plainly and painstakingly having to read through documentations of different sorts throughout the years. Documenta...

posted 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Onomatopoeia consists in creating words whose sound is similar to the sound you want to reproduce. For instant, an explosion could be replaced by a single Bang! or the barking of a dog could ...

posted 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

In light of recent events, I intended to write a simple letter of complaint to StackExchange. The obvious thing to do would be to write an opening with the fact such as It came to my knowledge ...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I imagine that you Master Thesis is about something, which is presented in a consequential manner. I would take the same order in which you describe your work and write the state of the art, point ...

posted 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Real name > Fake name That is true if and only if the narrator is supposed to know the real name of the character. For instance, in a first person narrative, the narrator may not be privy to su...

posted 8y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Three questions, whose answers may help avoiding reader's confusion: 1. Why should the reader care? You have attempted to lay down the foundation of a new grammar for achieving something. To simp...

posted 8y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I would inspire myself to existing chatbots These are just two examples that came to mind, I hope they help: Emacs psychotherapist a rather old one, asking questions on the previous statement wi...

posted 8y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

In a first draft characters are where you need them to be, as many times as you desire. When writing the first draft, either I have planned it, and I know already where everybody is, or I haven't ...

posted 8y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭