_X_‭

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 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y 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 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y 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 6y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y 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 6y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y 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 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y 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 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y 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 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y 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 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y 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 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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 6y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

There are two issues at play: First person present tense (FP-PT) is a very particular combination. A lot of the descriptions found with third person narrators, or with past tenses, would feel gim...

posted 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I gave my latest book to my favorite beta readers, and they liked it except for the very ending, i.e. the last 20 pages, which they thought fell short and a bit rushed. I therefore decided to try a...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I am looking for the representative references on writing style in English that would pre-date Strunk and White's The Elements of Style (possibly in the period between 1750 - 2000). I would like to...

0 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭