Activity for Ilmari Karonen‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Answer	—	A: How do I translate into a gendered language where the gender would be a spoiler? You do (often) have a fourth option: rephrase the problematic sentence to avoid gender-marked words. For example, instead of translating "How are you?" literally into a language like Hebrew that has gendered second person pronouns, rephrase it as, say: > "How's it going?" or: > "Is everything all... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Answer	—	A: How to avoid constantly starting paragraphs with "The character did this" "The character did that"? Honestly, I see nothing wrong with your example. It reads quite naturally to me, and feels much less intrusive than some of the alternatives suggested in other answers here. It's possible, I suppose, that a longer excerpt written in the same style might eventually start to feel repetitive. From just... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Answer	—	A: Can basic grammar rules be skipped when writing text for machine safety labels? Of course you can't just ignore all basic grammar rules. For example, writing: > Not cover the opening machines power be while do. obviously makes no sense to anyone, even though it's got all the right words (plus or minus a few grammatical suffixes) in there. It's just broken English. But you ca... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Answer	—	A: Needing to Believe the Story Is Real Yeah, mileages do vary, and your friend might just be an oddball reader. Don't worry about it too much. Just write your story the way you want to write it, and see if it works. That said, it's quite possible that you could get even your friend interested in the story without having to "Watsinate" it... (more)	—	about 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: What gender do you think the narrator is? Honestly, I can't tell if the narrator is supposed to be male or female, but I do kind of get the feeling that the author is probably male — especially if the narrator is supposed to be female. (And yes, I got that impression even before looking at your name and profile picture.) OK, let me unpack t... (more)	—	almost 11 years ago
Answer	—	A: How to handle a character when she is lying about her name My suggestion would be almost the polar opposite of Stephan's; I think you ought to try switching back to Nicene/Cherry's viewpoint, at least temporarily, very soon after she's found by Shadow. While in her viewpoint, make sure to have Shadow address her as "Cherry", while consistently using her real... (more)	—	almost 11 years ago