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Posts by Sweet_Cherry‭

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Q&A Different ways to emphasize

My previous question was "Are paragraph spacing used for emphasis?" and that got me thinking even deeper about emphasizing. I'd like to emphasize to create tension and make the reader continue rea...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Are paragraph spaces used for emphasis?

I am writing a story and I have these 3 sentences that elaborate on the ending of a first page. This way the reader will continue to read my story. My question is, am I allowed to place paragraph ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Any details/advice on how to write on a tiny notebook/notepad in your hand while standing up?

I usually have the same problem. What I'd do is get a notebook with a hard cover, or just find a wall or something.

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Single author scientific paper, 'we' or 'I'?

If it's a single author, use I. I is for singular, and if you are doing the research and all that stuff by yourself, then take credit, unless someone's helped you. If you use "we", then there must ...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A In first person narrative, is it acceptable to end rhetorical questions with a period?

A question is a question. The reader may not understand if you don't put the question mark at the end. If you're reading outloud, a sentence with a question mark at the end would curve up, but if i...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are some good places to receive feedback? [closed]

A lot of people have been asking for some feedback about their poem/story. In an attempt to help find them a website, I couldn't. I googled feedback for writing however I didn't find any websites w...

0 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write a good application? [closed]

I recently wrote an application to get into a different program for high school. Now I feel like I could have done better with being more formal and get my message across that this program is suita...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Categorizing paragraphs in a stack exchange answer

I stumbled across the question on Writing Beta about "How do you write a stack exchange answer?". The best answer says use headings. What would the headings be for? The main idea/topic of each para...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it ok to reference something modern to give the reader a better idea of what something looks like if the book is set in the Middle Ages?

No, because you'd want your story to be as realistic and logical to the timeline your story is in. If you re-read that sentence, it would sound very weird because cars and swords were not used in t...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should a table of contents be followed by a pagebreak

Normally yes, because you wouldn't really want the table of contents and the beginning of a chapter on one page. It looks neater, and easier to manage when you finally print it out.

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What would a reader like to know about a character first?

As a reader, what would you like to know about a character? Their physical look? Their friends? Their talents? Their thoughts? Usually you would need some physical description, but also deep though...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A To read or not to read similar works before write my own?

If you feel that it will get harder to write if you read another similar book, then what I'd suggest would be to plan your story, then read similar books, or finish your story then read books to im...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write a reminder on the day before a meeting?

"Shall I meet you..." is fine, but you would try and make it sound pleasant. Maybe you are looking forward to it, or maybe you could talk to them about something interesting, then say something lik...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Ways to improve an article

Another way to improve your article is peer editing. Ask your friend or family to take a look at your article and see if you can improve on anything.

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are proper ways to end a business letter?

How should you end a business letter? If you are writing a letter to your grandparents, I would use With Love from 'name' However, if you are writing a professional letter to someone impor...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to expand my vocabulary?

The only thing you can do is to read and write, but reading will help the most. In order to learn something, you need to keep it in your head. Say you're learning piano. You need to keep learning n...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I make dialog sound like that of a six year old?

Try to think of that whiny voice you told to shush up ten times a day. Usually, six year olds wouldn't have a good vocabulary, so change the words so that they sound normal, and not that smart. For...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I show the confusion my character feels?

Usually if you're confused, you would most likely do the following: Act weird (He told me he currently worked at NASA. "Huh? Oh y-yeah. T-that's nice. H-how is the um.. The job?) Look confused (D...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I plan the chapters in my book?

What I would do, would be to write down every basic event, and then on top write which event in which chapter. So it would be like this: Chapter 1: -Event 1 -Event 2 -Event 3 Chapter 2: -Event 1 ...

posted 6y ago by Sweet_Cherry‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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