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A: Introducing a new POV near the end of a story I recently re-read Mistborn in preparation to record a bookclub podcast on the novel. Imagine my surprise to discover a new viewpoint, from a character I had never met, named Walin, in the Pits of Hathsin, on page 543 of the the novel (total page count = 657). Walin's viewpoint only lasts for abo... (more) |
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A: How to start a story after the inciting incident? ANSWER: Best way to pull off an unusual structure is with literary writing, or with developing characters who are compelling on their own. 1. In Lolita, the seminal events are backstory. We open in the story at the trial of a child-molester, the protagonist. Why does it work? Because he is fa... (more) |
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A: Is there a formula for creating stakes? Answer: In a case like this, the formula is to use others--your character's relationships with his own past self and/or with those he cares about, to create stakes. Example: He wants to help others because if he fails to do so, his father will no longer approve of him. How can his father approve ... (more) |
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A: How can I make a character sound uneducated? Question: Grammar mistakes. Low-level vocabulary. Are there any other tricks I can use? Answer: Yes. A. We can trust the reader. A very occasional grammar mistake goes a long way to get the point across, and the reader will hold the character image they form to inform the rest of... (more) |
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A: Replacing Amazon's ISBNs The following is my understanding and some of my experience. I believe Amazon uses something called an ASIN, not an ISBN. Self-publishing on Amazon does not give you an ISBN, but an ASIN. That kind of number is specific to Amazon. If you wish to have an ISBN on your self-published book (that i... (more) |
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A: How does someone write a moving Declaration of Independence? I'm reading the question with an eye toward language rather than to the actual intent or ultimate purpose of the declaration you're considering, Becky. In other words, my answer has nothing to do with whether it's a good or bad idea to write a declaration of independence for a website. You asked:... (more) |
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A: Is it a good idea to leave minor world details to the reader's imagination? It is good to have specific details that mean something to the viewpoint character. She listened to the music of LILLAHI birds, and it made her calm, perhaps because lillahi birds used to sing outside her nursery window. the flower pot was filled with BETTORNIM flowers. They were hard to com... (more) |
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A: Should you write character description points in bulk or spread them out? I struggle with this on an ongoing basis, though less than in the past. First of all, I notice that experienced authors using just a couple descriptors around the time of character introduction (ideally when the viewpoint character 'thinks about' the appearance), and that's it, and the descriptio... (more) |
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Some authors use acknowledgments and similar non-story sections of novels to feed a reader non-story information. Sometimes, review blurbs from other authors (or reviewers) provide a means of communicating a bit of these sorts of things. (more) |
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A: I want to make two of my characters fall in love I'd suggest asking yourself what it is that precedes the spark of attraction, and how that has differed from one instance to the next, for you. Is/was it a personality trait that attracted you to someone? A physical one? Something as simple as a nice pair of dimples? Maybe it was the scent of fine... (more) |
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Some friends have subbed to them. They're a big publisher, so legitimate. "Check first" meant "Take a look." It might be exactly what the OP needs in terms of a publisher. OTOH Tor is focused on spec fic I believe. Not, e.g., romance. (more) |
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A: What's a good market for experimental novellas? I believe Tor has open novella submission windows. Not 100% certain, but that's who I'd check first. (more) |
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