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[ "a combination of words that disrupts harmony. But what about a phrase like", "alliteration means repetition of consonant sounds to make text flow more harmoniously, while", "flow more harmoniously, while dissonance means a combination of words that disrupts harmony.", "Are alliteration and [dissonance](http:...
[ "short version is that the main character is turned on by a violent", "a work of interactive fiction and if the reader gets to this part", "character is turned on by a violent act they just committed. I'm afraid", "more detail: this is a work of interactive fiction and if the reader", "on by a violent act t...
[ "I've probably projected this onto my characters a bit - they don't usually", "needs fixing. * Is there any way to know when conflict should happen,", "recent conclusion that my writing lacks conflict. This problem is especially hard for", "that it will end. And I think I've probably projected this onto m...
[ "to increase the romance between two stubborn, but very different characters? Thank you!", "ways to increase the romance between two stubborn, but very different characters? Thank", "some ways to increase the romance between two stubborn, but very different characters?", "What are some ways to increase the ro...
[ "for it already has a certain name, and by using that name I", "and by using that name I hope to maintain that it was not", "on, I have noted relative similarity between a being I've been working on", "by August Derleth. In each reference the being is somewhat different. For a", "being in the Cthulhu Mythos...
[ "going to tell you one last time: Go. Home. Now. > > >", "does not necessarily imply a pause: > > This man, this monster, has", "A full stop has been better used to create unmistakeable pauses in unconventional", "mean that the speaker is trailing off twice, creating two longish pauses. The", "is too stro...
[ "**A rare > sight. Especially between old couples. Most of the time, the", "> had to ask him why. > > > As you can see,", "(this is a first draft so there might be errors): > > Turn", "looking at me as often after seven years of relationship, I > had", "people are squinting at their phones, glancing around ...
[ "quite a trick to explain that. Some considerations: * I do not plan", "here, so here I am. I don’t even know if the word “alien”", "produces a frightening and powerful screech is as common for them as a", "say “wolf” and every reader will know what he’s talking about. Maybe if", "talking about. Maybe if th...
[ "to me it seems a bit boring to use the same style of", "not. But to me it seems a bit boring to use the same", "I generally mention eye and hair color, physical build and maybe if they", "What are some other various ways of describing new characters without giving too", "maybe if they have facial hair or n...
[ "I still want to keep his cockiness there as I'm writing his thoughts.", "arrogant and over confident, but is actually a good guy. It's been hard", "hard for me to look inside the mind of a player. I don't", "actually a good guy. It's been hard for me to look inside the", "a story that alternates perspectiv...
[ "is necessary for the future of the plot, may it be in the", "over a period of time, in a novel?** For example, how would you", "skims over a period of time but has scattered pieces of important information", "a village to raise funds - and during this period, he sees injustices", "just an acceleration in t...
[ "migraine, and I'm not sure why. So do different lighting conditions affect how", "and I'm not sure why. So do different lighting conditions affect how people", "a lot more writing at night, with my lights off. When I write", "do different lighting conditions affect how people write, and am I the only", "li...
[ "keep world-building explanations short versus totally geeking-out?** I believe this is a writers", "the rational part of my brain in others? More importantly, how do I", "How about all the Jamos Gunr gadgets? Especially the fireball-shooting pen (Never Say", "both up. Why? What made me want to know every...
[ "that anything the viewpoint character (of which there's more than one, with more", "I'm concerned that I'll need to do a lot of setting up (and", "have used, but since these will only be meaningful when the reader is", "will have a similar effect on the reader. I'm torn, then, between using", "torn, then, ...
[ "be deemed \"acceptable\" if the readers enjoy it, but as a technique of", "but as a technique of character development, does such combining of enneagram types", "character using the [Enneagram of Personality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality) model. Is it acceptable to combine more", "c...
[ "that come with a fight scene? How do I paint a vivid picture", "action. I usually write slower, dialogue-heavy scenes, and I have become used to", "I paint a vivid picture of it without getting bogged down in the", "a fight scene, that I am lost when it comes to writing action.", "to writing action. I usua...
[ "miko for this? If their kami can provide a blessing the moral of", ". > > \"If you persist I'll have the sane as our dandy,", "> > . > > \"If you persist I'll have the sane as", "has a tendency towards [malapropism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism) but I find that in every sentence she", "you...
[ "the other adopted daughter came from an orphanage (it's assumed her parents died", "daughters (I say daughter here and not niece because neither the protagonist nor", "siblings), the real father doesn't want to know anything about her, and the", "one of his adopted daughters (I say daughter here and not niec...
[ "discouraged, and if so why? I might be wrong in at least two", "abstract concepts. Not the most useful example but something like \"Monads are like", "be wrong in at least two ways: 1. These \"tricks\" are used. I", "the abstraction is all about. As a bonus, it might also make studying", "I mean. It also i...
[ "the reader how it worked through dialogue (if I really had to). Question", "I see a lot of questions on the site [like this](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/26482/how-to-introduce-alien-flora-fauna-without-turning-the-fiction-into-a-biology-bo). They're all", "about really in-depth, intense worldbu...
[ "he's misunderstood. I plan for the two characters to fall in love at", "age (inherited fathers company). Perceived as somewhat of a womanizer, In my opinion", "specific project, though I'm thinking my question could be relevant for almost any", "challenges/issues that make sense for the hero to go through/so...
[ "question. It was the question she always > asked me during any lull", "questions himself constantly in conversation without breaking the flow of the dialogue? Do", "seen this in visual media, but not really in written media so I", "convey the narrator's character and mental inclinations so it would be hard t...
[ "a tech startup, he or she can increase the odds of success, if", "of resources that can help you become a better writer? Why? Note: Please", "become as good a fiction writer as possible, and willing to move to", "or she can increase the odds of success, if they move to a", "Imagine some non-native English ...
[ "one of the primary two. Typically I would address it to a main", "together. Particularly, I'm not sure how to group them together and make clear", "it to a main user: > > Hi (User1), > > > (request", "address it to a main user: > > Hi (User1), > > >", "users, and I'm not sure how to group both of them to...
[ "use more \"color\" sometimes to make it more interesting. What are some good", "straightforward and strictly factual. To a certain degree, that's good, but I feel", "factual. To a certain degree, that's good, but I feel like my writing", "engineer in me that tends to write text that's very straightforward an...
[ "Exlid, the titular Ytash, is a superhero whose powers include the (somewhat hard-to-control)", "gives the viewers a bit of a \"teaser\" look at what's in store", "on that have nothing at all to do with him, right? But no", "something and various other headlines scrolling along in a news ticker at the", "Fo...
[ "built to resemble myself seem pretty well-developed and both reasonable and conflicted in", "are dreadfully unconvincing, and even I notice how improbable their motivations and actions", "myself seem pretty well-developed and both reasonable and conflicted in interesting ways. Aside", "all my characters who ...
[ "usually use syllables, though I've never thought that was very elegant. I've thought", "based on the number of ['on'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora_(linguistics)) units per segment. I know that most", "form is based on the number of ['on'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora_(linguistics)) units per segmen...
[ "if this is off-topic. Or you can also edit the question if you", "story. So I will just ask if how do you start writing a", "where do you start? It'll help me a lot! **NOTE: I'm just new", "you give me an example where do you start? It'll help me a", "leave a comment if you want to improve my question espe...
[ "making a book of poetry and was wondering how many poems do I", "am thinking of making a book of poetry and was wondering how many", "I am thinking of making a book of poetry and was wondering how", "of making a book of poetry and was wondering how many poems do", "thinking of making a book of poetry and w...
[ "here in the US, but was also selling it in, say, Brazil, do", "selling it in, say, Brazil, do I need a separate ISBN issued from", "use a number I already own and assign it the translated version only?", "foreign publisher remedy the issue of being able to sell it in that", "created a Spanish translation h...
[ "if there's a software or app that I can use? Thank you for", "I still want to find something that can help me without so much", "without so much cost. You can even recommend to me if there's a", "there something you can recommend me of how can I improve my grammar?", "prone to grammatical errors, I still w...
[ "Carolyn Gregoire’s article “What Your 'Life Story' Really Says About You”, she points", "with single quotes? > > In Carolyn Gregoire’s article “What Your 'Life Story'", "has to say about this, I'd be happy to know. Otherwise, just best", "quote that has double quotation marks inside it. Would I leave those i...
[ "writers seem to quietly slave away at their manuscripts hoping to hone their", "potentially crippling difficulty the entire self-publishing community has faced is the fact that", "Writing Books](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2013/03/20/the-fast-track-to-making-a-million-dollars-from-writing-boo...
[ "I have written lyrics to which I would like to have music put", "put to. What's the safest and most advantageous way to copyright the lyrics?", "lyrics to which I would like to have music put to. What's the", "to have music put to. What's the safest and most advantageous way to", "to which I would like to ...
[ "best place to start? Text editors? Word processors? Pro writing software? Any suggestions", "like to start a first draft but I can't decide on any of", "a novel and would like to start a first draft but I can't", "on any of the endless amounts of writing software available. What's the best", "available. Wh...
[ "are the romantic scenes (although it becomes sad when the reader knows the", "feel that leaving it that way would be so depressive that the reader", "would be so depressive that the reader would become overwhelmed and put it", "one or two in the beginning). The only scenes that aren't sad or", "However, I ...
[ "in MS Word. I must incorporate some theater-like scenes into a book. In", "into a book. In the theater-like scenes, there will be three to five", "a book. In the theater-like scenes, there will be three to five characters", "three to five characters speaking lines. Very, very occasionally a tiny bit of", "...
[ "submit to a publisher or self-publish. If one submits to a publisher, what", "devour, as they are trying to figure some things out.) Is it still", "share information in (cough) what I consider is a well written way. My", "in a slow steady stream. I am thinking about making my own website,", "been published...
[ "and poems, but what about prose? An example from my own writing: >", "be one from now on. We > will be together. > > >", "all right. I don't have to move. I don't have to do anything.", "now on. We > will be together. > > > Wholly. Forever. >", "floor, blood and bile dripping from my lips, my >...
[ "other English-speaking cultures? If not, is there an equivalent culture-neutral term or should", "not, is there an equivalent culture-neutral term or should I spell it out?", "readers in the US and other English-speaking cultures? If not, is there an", "the usual UK word, 'temping'. Will this be understood b...
[ "theories and philosophies. The book will have subjects people generally refer to as", "from someone older. How would publishers react to this? Would they give it", "have subjects people generally refer to as from people experienced in life, who", "say 20 years old, wants to publish a book filled with \"life ...
[ "so you see physical objects as they are, without needing light (eliminates glare", "decreases it, and the act of creating a barrier. (Currently called Locksmiths, Locking", "changing the shape of materials, provided that it is all made of roughly", "and the names must sound similar, only with a twist. Criter...
[ "but that focuses more on whole stories or serial chapters, not on portions", "read and assist in improving or removing errors. Does anyone know if a", "on portions of a story. Beta Readers prefer lengthy or competed manuscripts. Is", "to read and assist in improving or removing errors. Does anyone know if", ...
[ "guide for special education advocacy. I'd like a sounding-board for these, but the", "feel right. How do I find a critique group appropriate for my work?", "memoirs, some are about history of music. * A combination of memoir and", "two different non-fiction books: * A collection of pieces written by a relati...
[ "I think it would be a good idea to generate a list of", "this is too awful? Is it possible to publish a book in a", "country that doesn't have English as its main language. I have two choices", "address this? Do they pay attention to country when getting a manuscript? **So,", "editable) for publishers? Whe...
[ "and using the exact words, would you write... And then she said, \"I", "a character is referring back to dialogue (telling the story to the reader)", "to dialogue (telling the story to the reader) and using the exact words,", "on the driveway.\" And I said to her, \"So why'd you step on", "why'd you step o...
[ "expression that said, ‘Not bad’\". More generally, is there any collected 'Dictionary of", "bad’\". More generally, is there any collected 'Dictionary of Facial Expressions' or other", "but I'm talking about the more subtle expressions. In the case of what", "Describing the faces that people are making d...
[ "remove all their copy as they claim to own it. I've researched this,", "of the copy and it belongs to the business owner who paid for", "requested. However, they have now fallen out with the business owner and have", "copyright signs on the site for the writer as requested. However, they have", "the writer...
[ "split between the author and the illustrator of a children's book. Does anyone", "know that every case can be different, but it seems like there should", "different, but it seems like there should be a standard split between the", "be a standard split between the author and the illustrator of a children's", ...
[ "story. I have a few of these scenes written up but am having", "that has very little action that focuses mainly on the main character's development.", "short story that is very introspective and has very little action (especially when", "important moments in the beginning and end, and some other details I wa...
[ "is frowned upon. Specifically, my novel's setting is a mix of Italy, Ancient", "gods Is mixing cultures okay, and if so, do you have any tips?", "(mostly for nicknames and cursing) is Romanian. The creatures are also very diverse.", "is Romanian. The creatures are also very diverse. There are for example: *"...
[ "to write about things associated with Asian culture. Think of Amy Tan, Maxine", "the cob. My question is: if I'm trying to reach a wide teenage", "protagonist, with no foreign elements. The closest cultural thing in the novel is", "bookshelves, and those few authors who are Asian Americans tend to write ab...
[ "occurs within a fanfiction\" Self-Inserted Characters commonly have almost NO personality (In order", "Self-Insert character, an example of Self-Inserts include: JRPG Protagonists that don't speak, Kirito,Red", "Self-Inserted Characters commonly have almost NO personality (In order to asist the reader", "mea...
[ "particular instrument, my main character struggles to learn how to properly sword fight", "and stories and may even mimic elements of your life/past without making it", "points I want to hit is where the MC has a \"falling to", "family that was not living paycheck to paycheck. So my main character, I", "se...
[ "be, but I also don't want to limit the public to just a", "of the real life's rules. And including such subjects is a characteristic I", "in some way to please the reader, consequently displeasing myself. But the question", "1-4 of them in each one, and the rest of the story is", "from realistic settings, ...
[ "every new read-through? What makes/can help a novel be re-readable? --- To future", "it about hiding things that the reader discovers with every new read-through? What", "your novel. Instead, I'd like to focus on the following question: Assuming you", "do with the characters? Is it about hiding things that t...
[ "first I thought of complying, but then realized why would I reveal more", "then realized why would I reveal more about my characters or even the", "story that are revealed later. How soon does the classification of a work", "realized why would I reveal more about my characters or even the plot", "the story...
[ "so? --- Edit: I've found a term that may be relevant: Serial Novel.", "allow you to publish a book online in a similar format as Webcomics?", "Is there any appropriate name for this, where you release a chapter every", "a similar format as Webcomics? A sort of, 'Webnovel'? Is there any appropriate", "appro...
[ "back into past tense. Only problem is, I can't write in past tense.", "is super cliché. But I revised the first book in my series anyway,", "me feel like my writing sucks and I should just stop altogether. Any", "say: \"Now I was on the plane with my best friend.\" But don't", "with my best friend.\" But d...
[ "character despises being born into a well-off family. (\"Well-off\" can range from rich-to-anywhere-on-the-middle-class-spectrum,", "and open up the reader's mind to a whole new way of thinking.", "up sounding like spoiled angsty brats. My Question: How do I write this", "like spoiled angsty brats. My Questi...
[ "explanation behind it. It would be similar to things like \"The Call of", "only would there be no explanation for many events, but there would also", "in the story there was no background or explanation behind it. It would", "that not only would there be no explanation for many events, but there", "explana...
[ "limits of words (or even symbols). Limits were about less than 1000 words", "even symbols). Limits were about less than 1000 words or even 100 words.", "can't simply google that contests without it. So anyone who know something about", "ago I've read an article describing several literary contests of prose (...
[ "to be included, which can stay unmentioned? Does the text have to have", "which can stay unmentioned? Does the text have to have an internal division", "infos about the playwright, actors, pop cultural meaning, influences, technical aspects or a", "what degree are additional trivia like infos about the playw...
[ "a guy in jail was confessing to something he did as a kid", "odd scenarios that become quite interesting. It also knows that the story will", "Santa case, it might be funny if the kid took Santa hostage and", "While my brain can see the scenario, it doesn't do well at inhabiting", "tends to invent odd scen...
[ "plan, while pantsers, or discovery writers, simply sit down with no more than", "plotters, or outliners, as they are sometimes called, construct the plot, develop the", "life examples of writers who have described their writing process, or that cite", "or outliners, as they are sometimes called, construct th...
[ "her backstory, her family, her abilities, even her job, but for the life", "a hard time pinning down who she is as a person. I know", "her life, and I don't know how to solve my problem. Any suggestions", "as a person. I know her backstory, her family, her abilities, even her", "out of her life, and I don'...
[ "Aquaman as my reference. But, Aquaman is different with my superhero character, he", "was a normal human in the past, but an experiment caused her to", "a villain for her to fight. I think, it's best if you come", "She was a normal human in the past, but an experiment caused her", "but an experiment ca...
[ "I should fully translate the language in these cases (such that the \"original\"", "in some way, so as to emphasise its significance and make clear which", "norm in written fiction? My gut reaction is no, that the original form", "which characters are able to speak it) is significant to the plot, so", "i...
[ "not telling or plainly bad and metaphorical description. > > It howled at", "in streams around their faces and skin. > > > That's the best", "some older-style works. --- Question -------- So in short, the question is this:", "them to. I don't know if this is showing not telling** or plainly", "quit...
[ "'Woo~!' and in Japanese text, the tilde is commonly used to portray a", "use of the tilde as punctuation in the English language? Would it be", "found in programming and in other languages to express repetition of characters, for", "English language? Would it be appropriate to use it to convey emotion, or", ...
[ "written by someone whose first language is not English (to be fair neither", "is reasonable charge for proofreading a somewhat specialized non-fiction manuscript, written by someone", "cut), what is reasonable charge for proofreading a somewhat specialized non-fiction manuscript, written", "is not English (t...
[ "same person? There are more than one hundred and fifty words in this", "one person describing the past behavior of another, who is absent, to two", "It's just a long dialogue describing the history of that person.What that person", "say something? Do I use a period in different places throughout and start", ...
[ "not entirely sure why I struggle to do so. **How does one go", "quite lengthy. While length itself isn't a problem for me, sometimes my answers", "seems almost impossible for me to fix the problems through editing. Usually I", "okay. However, I'd like to be able to fix these problems myself, though", "patt...
[ "foragers. If your text does not have the scent of the information they", "I know: Hijrp Potfeq. Big long books. Lots of text. Lots of readers.", "quite interested in the content of short, nonfiction pieces I've written have requested", "While the density on the page was not problematic for them once they", ...
[ "questions regarding the same: 1. Apart from basic time and location, what real", "is real and whose events could > feasibly happen in that real-world setting.", "> This is really ambiguous definition. I have few questions regarding the same:", "Realistic fiction typically involves a story whose basic set...
[ "development of this idea throughout history and all the notable mathematicians who have", "I deeply respect and honor giving everyone due credit for their hard work;", "of, I would be delighted to hear about them. P.S. I am new", "certain the majority, if not the entirety, of the material to be presented", ...
[ "uses German words or short phrases almost routinely, without any accompanying English translation,", "accompanying English translation, without using italics, and without any attempt at context that", "of where an accomplished author has handled this problem adroitly, rather than simply", "English translatio...
[ "to support a crowd funding campaign related to the book. The problem is", "a fun introduction to science for young girls and I believe there is", "campaign (probably kickstarter). The book is a fun introduction to science for young", "to sign up to get access to the complete book, or perhaps implement", "I...
[ "has about 60 pages at the moment, not even to the halfway point", "even to the halfway point of the story. What puzzles me is whether", "hope someone with a better experience can help me out. The margins are", "that kind of stuff, so I'll list the settings I found on a", "better experience can help me out....
[ "trying to spread out my description throughout the talking, in smaller bits. Question", "masterpiece novel involved quite a lot of talking. Almost the entire chapter was", "philosophy that I should not have things in blocks. For example, a block", "a lot of talking. Almost the entire chapter was talking....
[ "the character has over the years grown to dislike humans because he had", "grown to dislike humans because he had many negative experiences with them, and", "How does one write such a character without making him too edgy or", "had many negative experiences with them, and is disappointed in humanity itself. ...
[ "a series of books for him. 60,000 to 80,000 words per book in", "I'd be interested in writing a series of books for him. 60,000 to", "series of books for him. 60,000 to 80,000 words per book in the", "LA. He has asked me if I'd be interested in writing a series", "in the series. I am new to the lengthy wri...
[ "should best start by simply jotting down a basic timeline, character profile, and", "That's not even everything yet, though. While I want people in the cities", "Instead, I'd really like it to be a war like a few 100", "a war like a few 100 years back: Preferably with technologies like in", "setting. Howev...
[ "explain in layman's terms, using simple terminology, what exactly is the difference between", "using simple terminology, what exactly is the difference between ISSN and ISBN? There", "internet, but they are complicated and use legal terms, and don't explain the", "links on the internet, but they are complica...
[ "> houses and gazed up at the sky. > > > Needless to", "that the villagers all gathered outside of their > houses and gazed up", "sentence without losing the style and the image that it paints. Thank you", "to lose this sense of things happening in parallel, but at the same", "the detail and the setting, an...
[ "but I cannot imagine how it is possible that there is a great", "Besides, there can be a tension -in terms of emotions- even without a", "writing? Some resources says tension is how much you care about a character", "between Tension, Suspense and Mystery in fiction writing? Some resources says tension is", ...
[ "and the second chapter. The first chapter has an event that takes place", "can I let the readers know almost immediately that it is ten years", "really mention the date in the first chapter so having a date mentioned", "mention the date in the first chapter so having a date mentioned in", "chapter as other...
[ "can I fully remove them from my mind to ensure a finished work", "I do this, I end up deleting the previous novel and have gotten", "an entirely different novel. Whenever I do this, I end up deleting the", "but I can't get rid of the other ideas that threaten to replace", "the first chapter of my latest id...
[ "sound like a name a professional writer would have, does it? Because I", "question: Should I have a pen name instead of my actual name for", "have a pen name instead of my actual name for writing books? And", "professional writer would have, does it? Because I don't think so. So here", "is my question: Sho...
[ "of documenting the no-arguments call in the built-in help? * Should I write", "fit in this pattern. All these variants look quite unnatural: ``` foo Do", "(no arguments) Do the FOO ``` In search for examples I've looked at", "the `-h` or `--help` argument is used to print that help on the", "--help Show th...
[ "years ago. Now it is out of print. The last edition of the", "I cant find its translator. I have found the electronif file of the", "My question is: Can I use that illegal electronic file of the book", "publisher about this book, but I didnt receive any answer. I also searched", "the book below: Title: Car...
[ "my characters. Everything's running smoothly except for the part where I want to", "characters. Everything's running smoothly except for the part where I want to describe", "should stick to describing only one person's emotion. Problem: I want to describe", "I do that? * Simutaneously describing? I feel ...
[ "this fairly frequently. Usually it's just a bit of flavor on the character", "introduced, but I see this fairly frequently. Usually it's just a bit of", "is being established rather than disrupt the reader's picture. I mean, why hide", "now \"folding his arms across his barrel chest\" or a character I envisi...
[ "I didn't ask for payment because the site is set up primarily as", "have written a guest blog post that I would like to re-use (possibly", "payment because the site is set up primarily as a public service in", "like to re-use (possibly in a slightly different form) in a future book.", "book. I have asked t...
[ "work so she leaves, without informing the girl. When the girl, who is", "to urgent work so she leaves, without informing the girl. When the girl,", "enter. For all the right reasons, she joins the children just to know", "home, calls her, she is then informed of the situation. For all the", "was in-charge ...
[ "very short question. I'm writing a trilogy. Book 1 was 88,000 words, but", "trilogy. Book 1 was 88,000 words, but book 2 is probably only going", "I'm writing a trilogy. Book 1 was 88,000 words, but book 2 is", "to gain by making each book in a series a similar length? >", "by making each book in a series ...
[ "word citation and references are use interchangeably. Are they the same thing? <https://www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf>", "appears that the word citation and references are use interchangeably. Are they the", "It appears that the word citation and references are use interchangeably. Are they", "t...
[ "noted [What to include in agreement with a Ghost Writer. . .](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/3776/what-to-include-in-agreement-with-a-ghost-writer) but", "but the cover clearly says \"with Joe Leyden.\" Which says to me \"ghostwriter.\"", "but I'm curious to know if there's an industry standar...
[ "before or after the second plot point? Or rather is it the second", "much consensus on the \"black moment\" or \"all is lost lull\" that happens", "currently learning about story structure and there's not much consensus on the \"black", "there's not much consensus on the \"black moment\" or \"all is lost l...