Activity for user8727
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| Edit | Post #13933 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #12427 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #12055 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #11762 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #10860 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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What do I put on my copyright page when self-publishing? The question is pretty much what the title is. I do know that all intellectual property is protected by copyright law from the moment of it's creation. I have backed up my work with several methods, some of which are fairly paranoid. On every book there is a copyright page and usually it says: "Copy... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Skipping the action scene My novel has a lot of fighting scenes. It's natural since its about a war. The problem is that people don't read books for fighting scenes. Numerous fighting scenes is just bad writing. J.R.R. Tolkien decided to knock Bilbo Baggins unconscious rather than to write a single one (although I did read th... (more) |
— | almost 10 years ago |
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What are ways to "Show, don't tell" without simply listing bodily actions? Tell: > Andy looked angry Show: > Andy scrunched his eyebrows together, he gritted his teeth and glared. His skin turned a bright red making him look like a raging demon. Are there other ways to 'Show' other than to list bodily actions? Or without using the word 'Like'? (more) |
— | almost 10 years ago |
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Omniscient POV vs deep 3rd person POV After submitting my manuscript the publisher responded with this: "Thank you so much for your interest in publishing with XXXXXXXXXXXX. The publishing industry, however, is very competitive and a novel must be head-and-shoulders above other manuscripts to stand out. To accomplish this, a story needs... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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A: My Hero is captured, now what? Another route you could take with the story is for your hero to use trickery on one of his captors. for example: Hero shows a few gold coins to a guard. Guard reaches his arm through the bar to get them. Hero grabs guards arm and pulls. The guards head hits the iron bars and renders him unconscious.... (more) |
— | over 10 years ago |