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Show the visible effects of the pain. Let the reader feel it. I think the issue is that you're being sidetracked into trying to describe the feeling of pain. Pain is a very subjective feeling. It ...
One key difference between a friendship and love is the sense of longing. You can show a friendly relationship when the two characters are together, but it is in the moments of separation that you...
Before we even consider redemption, you should consider the credibility of your character. We consider any murderer to be deranged and in need of either correction or assistance. For a non derange...
If your issue is with the telling of the passing of time, then you could try to show it. This is done by relating events or facts that the reader know would take a certain amount of time to happen...
Years ago I found myself looking at the arrow that was to strike my face. Today I can still recall the chilling horror of the nearly instantaneous realization that it could go through my eye socket...
I imagine that there is a broader issue with the style of such summaries. I'd suggest reading abstracts from articles on the subject. The journal typically imposes a strict limit on the number of w...
I used to have the same issue. Even if I planned ahead of time, I would read again my previous session and find myself editing it. There were multiple reasons for that. First, in between sessions I...
In scientific academic settings, the original article should be preferred, read and cited, and an effort should be made to do so. It is however acceptable to refer to a more recent one under certai...
If it is a scientific article, or scientific text, then by all means use the most precise term. In this case that would be either Aluminium or Aluminum. Pick the one that you prefer and be consiste...
If this is your first attempt, then you actually you don't need anything special, just behavioural loops. Even one would suffice. Your character will start as fully circling in one loop. As they ...
If the elements are independent sentences, as in your example, then you should use full stops. An example: In the present article we prove that: * our model is correct. * The model by other...
Besides the spelling and specific vocabulary, you could make your character Scottish by making him culturally Scottish. This is not about the way you write his speech, but about the content of what...
The main issue is that you have created a stock villain without depth. You have given him a son in the hope to give him a voice, but there is nothing to voice because they are both just extreme ste...
The most obvious, simplest and platform-independent way to achieve your request is to format the blog title entries as: YYYY-MM-DD : title Another alternative is to alter the publication date...
This is an addition to Cyn's crucial point that the center is the story and not the theme. [...] dehumanization of others through the oppression of mutated humans by a fascist dictatorship Wh...
I think adding more text about an anonymous and irrelevant character would destroy any tension you may have built. You have some anonymous character, who is taken prisoner in the event that MC's pa...
A few suggestions. For starters, I'd put the deadline in the email subject as well (and keep it in the email body too), e.g. Monthly report summary - DEADLINE: 3 March 2018 I'd try to edi...
There are two issues being raised: How to plan character growth? There is nothing to plan. Growth happens under any circumstances (except perhaps coma, hibernation and the likes)! Your MC is ab...
A most unwelcome answer 'Tis too late, said one. Not here, said another. Then silence, or rather Mystery not yet undone. There is an unspoken thought, an obvious sky-ridden star: absolute, ear...
I would check with your department on the standard structure of a thesis. Typically these questions are addressed in the relative documentation. If your thesis includes a methods section, then, by...
One more option is to write them as hypotheticals. "If I had known that..." If I had known what terrifying events were unfolding while I sat in the cafè! Twenty miles from Pittsburgh, on the o...
How can I convey her inner conflict and inability to trust herself in an effective way? You have to first make the reader be willing to trust her, then voice her inner questions, and only finally ...
I think that the statement is very generic. It could be used on just any review in any topic. Make it more specific. Or remove it given that it is essentially content-free For instance, This chapt...
When bored, the mind often just wanders in thoughts of its own. The repetitive scene can be a moment for the character to express his/her thoughts, or for the author to introduce flashbacks. You ca...
Great characters need not be perfect, but they will definitively strive to achieve perfection. If a reader is caught in the detail of all the meat and eggs that your characters eat, rather than dra...
