Activity for Arkenstein XII
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| Edit | Post #39412 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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Ability to 'Favourite' questions One element of the former platform that I made great use of, was the ability to assign 'Favourite' status to a question that I particularly wanted to be able to find again. This feature made it a simple matter to mark questions whose answers I had found particularly helpful or insightful, and I would... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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A: Can I modify and turn my published short stories into a novel? Consider Nightfall) by Issac Asimov & Robert Silverberg. The novel was published in 1990, but it was actually an expansion of a short story that Asimov originally wrote in 1941. Unless you have a contract with a publisher that legally prevents it, you can do whatever you like with your own work. (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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From reactive to proactive; When should the protagonist change tack? In my exploration of story structure, I have encountered some conflicting advice. In some instances, it has been suggested that the midpoint of a story represents the moment that the protagonist shifts from being a reactive character, simply reacting to whatever the story throws at them, to being a ... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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Is starting In Media Res compatible with a Three-Act Structure? I have a story in mind which I am confident will fit a three-act structure very well. However, I am uncertain about the exposition that I have been writing, as it feels a bit stifled, almost as though the character is in a holding pattern waiting for the action to start. It occurred to me that I migh... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: Are wands in any sort of book going to be too much like Harry Potter? The concept of the 'Magic Wand' predates Harry Potter by at least a handful of millennia. Consider the 'Rod of Circe' in Homer's Odyssey which is used to magically transform Odysseus's men into pigs. A wand appears again in C. S. Lewis' 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe', where it is the eponym... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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Abandoning the Ordinary World As I understand it, when considering the Three-Act Structure, the first half of Act One prior to the Inciting Incident is used to show the reader the 'Ordinary World'. In the story I am working on, I spend that first half of Act One to develop characters, and introduce the setting, showing the reade... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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A: Crossing the line between justified force and brutality Assuming the detainer is a police officer, in many jurisdictions this would be considered unnecessary force, i.e. illegal, and would likely result in the detainee having to be released. Police forces in many nations are bound by principles of criminal justice ethics, and in fact, there are laws that... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |