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Posts by aparente001‭

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Meta Bravo, and thank you

A very nice start. I'm psyched. Thank you.

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Q&A What innovative techniques can make a textbook for learning a foreign language "pop"?

I'll describe two memorable language books: 1) A slim volume printed on WWII thin paper, published I think by the U of Chicago. Each lesson (chapter) presented about a dozen vocabulary items and ...

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Q&A Writing slurred speech

P.G. Wodehouse succeeded with this. I don't think you can do better than Wodehouse as a model. Here's a thought: Think of how an artist starts with an outline of a house, and then conveys to the ...

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Q&A Writing a character who has panic attacks

Either one is plausible. Work backwards from where your plot needs to get to.

posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Recommend binding for book to stay open

I would like to self-publish a book with a binding that allows for the book to stay open if you put it down on a desk. What would be an affordable way of accomplishing this? Perhaps you need to k...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How much detail when writing technical documentation?

If you're working in a group, check the level of detail of existing documentation, and ask for guidance from your group leader, or a co-worker who seems to know what's what. Picture an imaginary r...

posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Authorship when author leaves the organization that published the article?

A friend wrote an article. She was an employee of a medium-sized national non-profit organization (in the US). The article was published and was sold at a very affordable cost by the organization...

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Q&A How much work does a (nonfiction) ghostwriter typically do?

In wikipedia I read that Cary Elwes co-wrote a screenplay. I imagine that when you co-write a screenplay, the work might be just as collaborative, i.e. non-independent, as when you publish a book w...

posted 7y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What other kinds of writers are there besides plotters and pantsers?

You can set yourself a problem and then set out to solve it. Similar to how a modern composer might choose a 12 tone row and then start working with it. When you do this, as you play with your ro...

posted 7y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Short Story Outline Issues

You will need two documents open at the same time, one on the left, one on the right. Let's say the manuscript in its current form is on the left. Now, on the right, jot down some notes about the...

posted 7y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are these script formats called?

I have found two ways of formatting a script for a play. Character names go in the middle of the page, on a separate line. Example: http://filmschoolonline.com/sample_lessons/sample_script_page....

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing Montage in Novels

If you are drawing a house, and you want to convey a sense of the texture and detail of the building material used, you can draw three bricks in the middle of an expanse of wall. You don't have to...

posted 7y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write from a rich "bad boy's" perspective?

I just heard a Fresh Air podcast yesterday about this. (I'm a bit behind in my listening.) In 'You're The Worst,' Even The Most Flawed Characters Find Love The writer talks about using side char...

posted 7y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Ways of describing new characters?

Perhaps it would help if you had an image or a spreadsheet-style description of each character handy. Then you could dribble out bits of description as things are unfolding. For example, when int...

posted 7y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to stop viewing your story as a film

Conveying your ideas through written words is like carrying on a dialogue with someone through old-fashioned letters, or through email. Notice that the classic big authors received and wrote a lot...

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Q&A First-time author...can I publish in English in Mexico?

What you might be able to do locally, and this might be really fun -- would be to serialize your work in a local English newspaper or magazine. Think of Dickens!

posted 9y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A I have a hard time staying focused on a single novel

I keep getting different great ideas that would fit in different stories. You may jot down the idea when it occurs to you, along with a note about which story you'd like to add it to. Jotting...

posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I handle a backstory big enough to be a story of its own?

If I understood your question correctly, there is a fourth option: Tell the main story, with small sections referring back to parts of the backstory as needed, peppered wherever it makes sense in ...

posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to prepare a manuscript for submission?

When my book is ready to give to some volunteer readers/reviewers: Suppose some of the reviewers want a hard copy. What's the best way to prepare the hard copy for them? Is this the same as the ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Editing a memoir

A relative (who is no longer living) wrote a number of autobiographical pieces which I would like to publish in a book. They're very good but they need a fair amount of editing. I would like to i...

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Q&A Where to put a pronunciation key?

In a recent answer, "pronunciation key" was mentioned. I would like to provide a pronunciation key in my book. It would be about half a page. Where should I put it? I'm concerned that if I put ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Stating facts in novel written in the present tense, third person omniscient. Can I use the past tenses or would I risk losing consistency?

Ken is not in the basement or the attic, or anywhere near the upper floors. The garden? It could be, but it certainly doesn't feel like it. How can she feel it? Has she looked for him in any...

posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I Switch Protagonists Between Books?

Consider Almanzo in the Laura Ingalls Wilder classic children's novels. He is a member of the cast of characters in most of the books. But somewhere along the line he got a book of his own, that ...

posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Tactics to get past getting stuck?

Two ideas for you. Go for a much shorter work, plan it out, and then pick a day when you've got plenty of time to focus on your project, so you can write the whole thing in one sitting. Join a wr...

posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What genre would this fall under?

Crime drama. Wikipedia told me so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_%28TV_series%29 @JStrange88 led me to it.

posted 8y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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