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[ "Dostoevsky. If you read \"Crime and Punishment\", you know he does not describe", "Fyodor Dostoevsky. If you read \"Crime and Punishment\", you know he does not", "know how. I'm practicing to learn how to write like him. Could you", "write a book like Fyodor Dostoevsky. If you read \"Crime and Punishment\", ...
[ "in first person and have never been drunk myself. The choice in the", "character's illogical justification for their action?** To be clear, the links that I've", "make sober and that no one regardless of opinion would consider logical. I'm", "but I don't know how exactly to write the train of logic. Should",...
[ "I think including the lines a character would've said if they weren't interrupted", "help the actors and directors. Is there a standard way of doing this?", "interrupt each other frequently. I think including the lines a character would've said", "said if they weren't interrupted could help the actors and di...
[ "facing the door.* I am sort of imaging something like this: [![enter image", "sides and far side of the stage, creating a wide U-shape facing the", "the stage, creating a wide U-shape facing the door.* I am sort of", "I am sort of imaging something like this: [![enter image description here](https://i.stack....
[ "800 page book for $11/book. The exact same printer bid this time as", "to the current book. 4 color cover. * Paper - 40 pound preferred,", "for bids and got prices ranging from $100/book to $150/book! We expected prices", "Cover - Kivar 3-17 white cover stock preferred, alternative paper type option will", ...
[ "with no room to add more without detracting from the rest of the", "an author has added extra \"padding,\" to a story where it doesn't belong.", "more stuff to the book to increase its length. However, like most people,", "not accept a book with such a short word count. By some accounts,", "genre of my sto...
[ "like the idea, not the exact setting and character names. So why not", "it their own? The end result, the published movie, will be quite different", "If someone sends a movie studio a movie script they wrote and the", "be quite different from the script anyway. So why would they pay for", "a movie script t...
[ "not tell the reader what the book is about other than the unexpected", "event which would change his life forever. (Total beginning chapter is 605 words.", "reader about who he is and his physical appearance (now in his 60s),", "(2 sentences), and an unexpected catastrophic event which would change his life ...
[ "“You’re bloody in!” THE PROTAGONIST'S REACTION (ONE VERSION) Bullv spread his arms and", "I am thinking of something akin to a shrug, or a slight opening", "When I try to write this, however, I am getting caught up in", "shrug, or a slight opening of the arms, paired perhaps with a slight", "THE PROTAGONIS...
[ "somewhat cliche and masculine. I would ideally like this to be a story", "cliche and masculine. I would ideally like this to be a story about", "incident or something more feminine than quest-for-adventure/grand goal. I'm just wondering if y'all", "want her to be strong but also feminine, and I feel like the...
[ "it down than listening in lectures. I had never written anything before and", "novel so that I can walk away from it and start working on", "book. I know it could be better. It will never be a huge", "will never be a huge hit and I’m fine with that. After entering", "know it could be better. It will never ...
[ "girl who dies by suicide. The story is told from her perspective in", "its centered around a suicide and the afterlife, and I want to know", "around a suicide and the afterlife, and I want to know the best", "Reasons Why\" kind of effect. I want to be sensitive about this topic", "I want to know the best w...
[ "or differences the four power sources might have. What do you guys think?", "like a wand or broom. A vampire or werewolf is a good example", "tech users in my world are Transhumans, Cyborgs, and normal people in suits", "example is maybe a magical being having magic be a part of their", "Mutations are gene...
[ "a larger story will be told about a community of time travelers and", "destiny in that community. As I look at resources on plotting, it occurs", "Hijrp Potfeq books, for example, involve clues and evidence and cracking a mystery.", "before she can return to her present day. The idea is that this", "advent...
[ "an internal list of sibling supporting points, with multiple sentences per point, sometimes", "so rigid with the paragraphs](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/35629/how-much-can-the-supporting-sentences-deviate-from-the-topic-sentence-before-int). * [I think I'm also seeing advice to", "Thing is, the...
[ "way and then have the character speak to me and interrupt the story.", "the character talks to the audience to give his/her commentary on the situation,", "might go about writing a character in a story that breaks the fourth", "images or video) has paused their own story to engage with the author?", "one w...
[ "can know if that character name is taken. If it is, does that", "how I can know if that character name is taken. If it is,", "a title like “Panda Jack and the… fill-in-the-blank”. I am just trying to", "the same name? For example, I created a superhero back in 1981-1982 while", "created a superhero back in...
[ "I'm a minor who's working on the second draft of my novel (the", "publish my it when it's done? If so, then will my parents get", "If so, then will my parents get credit for it instead of me", "of my novel (the first was about 77k words). Can I traditionally publish", "minor who's working on the second dra...
[ "be for an AI with above-human intelligence who is also a POV character.", "around as of 2023 so that makes it a bit harder. What would", "I was writing a sci-fi work and I decided it'd make sense that", "Doesn't have to be tied to these sub-questions, tell me as much as", "this. This will be for an AI ...
[ "to explain it in a few words or less. How can I concisely", "stack exchange. Is there a meta post I can look at or something?", "my personal statement, there is a limited amount of characters I may use", "exchange. Is there a meta post I can look at or something? >", "draft, it seemed to me that my reviewe...
[ "the two following bits of dialogue is correct, and I haven't been able", "Zotn says, \"it's a beautiful day!\" 2. \"Hello\", Zotn says, \"it's a beautiful", "says, \"it's a beautiful day!\" 2. \"Hello\", Zotn says, \"it's a beautiful day!\"", "what it is called. 1. \"Hello,\" Zotn says, \"it's a beautiful da...
[ "noun name of the country (\"Pakistan\", \"China\"). I would have expected that Pakistani", "military rescues...](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/children-stranded-chair-lift-900-feet-above-ground-northern-pakistan-2023-08-22/)\" \"[Pakistan crowd vandalizes...](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...
[ "white person with straight black hair and blue eyes and a heart shaped", "cases but there seems to be some cases where color of skin, face", "colors and shapes) people with light brown skin. You could probably get around", "use Asian as a descriptor in a story where Asia does not exist", "to be some case...
[ "am asking my child to close the door completely, should I say, \"Close", "If I am asking my child to close the door completely, should I", "my child to close the door completely, should I say, \"Close the door", "close the door completely, should I say, \"Close the door good.\" or \"Close", "asking my chil...
[ "(the first was about 77k words), but I've been doing my research on", "to traditionally publish my novel, but I'm not sure if mentioning in my", "of a novel I'm writing (the first was about 77k words), but I've", "on my second draft of a novel I'm writing (the first was about", "letter to agents that I'm a...
[ "that would be too repetitive. Does someone have an idea on how to", "of events. I want to leave an ambiguous ending, because the narrator doesn't", "plot, but has no particular role in the turns of events. I want", "to refer to them; maybe with their role in the story, because even", "maybe with their role...
[ "that points to the simple fact that we all have committed and contributed", "and then be exposed to the wrenching consequences this has on my protagonist.", "painting society itself as the bad guy, though there is a villain. Family", "while at the same time I am making society very relatable and identifiable...
[ "gifted at writing. I have many adults around me who have the talent", "the talent and I know I have it, I just doubt myself because", "I have many adults around me who have the talent and I know", "courage to attempt to write a small novel, 100-150 pages. I’m 13, which", "100-150 pages. I’m 13, which I’ve ...