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A saying describing plans being still born or failing before they've begun…?

style essay

asked 17 mins ago vorga2420 1

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How to write a yes-no question in fiction with answer in the same question

creative-writing

answered 1 hour ago George Eco 121

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What makes something “anime”?

genre terminology

answered 1 hour ago Matthew Dave 8,733

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Republishing a poem from a lost journal

publishing poetry scientific-publishing

answered 2 hours ago James 101

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Writing a narcissistic psychopath as a compelling protagonist

creative-writing character-development

answered 2 hours ago wetcircuit 21.6k

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Subtle Difference in Sentence Structure

sentence-structure

asked 15 hours ago austingae 101

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Searching for a word about a particular feeling

creative-writing word-choice

answered 19 hours ago Pierce Devol 153

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Language leaner confuses parts of speech

grammar sentence-structure

asked 19 hours ago Phi Kay 39

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Is “Limit” a transitive verb - use 'to" infinitive a yes or no here? [migrated]

editing

asked 19 hours ago Janice Chang 1

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Is it a bad idea to have multiple bad endings and only one good ending?

videogame ending branching-narrative

answered 21 hours ago levininja 759

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Did you ever get emotionally attached to a character?

fiction characters

asked 21 hours ago Ray 45

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Can a Chapter have up to 500 words [duplicate]

wordcount chapters

answered 21 hours ago Ray 45

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How do I make my supporting POV interesting, altough he is not important in the story?

character-development fantasy pov

answered 23 hours ago levininja 759

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Languages in my fantasy story [duplicate]

copyright constructed-language

asked yesterday Jurnzhia 1

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I'm looking to improve this character and was wondering if I could get some input? Any input is fine whether it's design, characteristics, or story [closed]

characters

asked yesterday Edgy_Author123 1

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Transfer from first person to third person

viewpoint

modified yesterday Nomndeni 1

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I’m having A HUGE issue with my male protagonist

fiction style characters

asked yesterday Ray 45

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How do you write a Stack Exchange answer?

technique structure

modified yesterday Honey 191

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“request a demo” vs “request demo” [closed]

technical-writing word-choice

modified yesterday levininja 759

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Writing an abusive scene

creative-writing fiction

answered yesterday Amzar Hudzairi 1

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Is there anything that ties 333 to 666 in numerology, and can we associate the number 666 by multiplying each digit of 333 by two? [closed]

numerals

modified yesterday levininja 759

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When someone sees something frightening, how can I make it obvious without sounding cliche?

creative-writing scene horror

modified yesterday levininja 759

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Is it ok to underline or italicize the topic sentences of each paragraph of an essay?

formatting

modified yesterday Community♦ 1

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How to convey (screaming) hysterics in dialogue

style dialogue

answered yesterday Wolf of the unkown 1

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A cheap technique to churn out shocking plots under exam conditions [closed]

technique short-story non-fiction

modified yesterday Soha Pine 9

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I need my character to be honest [closed]

creative-writing fiction characters

modified yesterday levininja 759

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Should Person Write Query Letter and Synopsis in Chronological Order Even Though Story is Told in Pieces

historical-fiction queries synopsis

answered yesterday Dmann 191

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Is the Agile planning methodology useful for the writing process of a fictional book?

time-management

modified yesterday levininja 759

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Is the darkest hour/moment a basic plot device? [closed]

fiction

answered 2 days ago Ray 45

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Bibliography format with multiple citations from same book? (APA)

formatting citations apa

asked 2 days ago stigma 1

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1

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47

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Making 2 characters fall on love [duplicate]

characters

answered 2 days ago Amzar Hudzairi 1

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4

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255

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Intellectual rights for a guest blog submission

copyright book blog

modified 2 days ago abhay saxena 1

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14

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9k

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Writing in a Christian voice

fiction character-development dialogue fantasy voice

answered 2 days ago MGOwen 1,859

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I find it tough to write my fictional stories in anything other than past tense, why is this?

creative-writing narrative past present non-ficiton

answered 2 days ago JRosebrookMaye 167

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Getting stuck on imagining what should be happening in the moment

fiction

answered Feb 23 at 15:02 levininja 759

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3

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195

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What makes a cliffhanger bad/good?

narrative readers ending

answered Feb 22 at 23:44 levininja 759

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5

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My autobiography is exciting, but I'm an unknown. Should I make it a novel instead?

novel legal biography memoir

answered Feb 22 at 4:24 Alan Ryan 31

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How do I balance immature levity and flaws and character growth?

fiction characters character-development conflict

answered Feb 21 at 23:08 Karen 51

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Do 'text walls' scare off readers?

formatting readers

modified Feb 21 at 22:50 Laurel 1,633

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Does Blind Querying Literary Agents Actually Work? Is That How Authors Find Agents?

queries

answered Feb 21 at 19:54 Chris Sunami 46k

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How do I write LGBTQ+ characters for a romance story, as a non-LGBTQ+ person, without using potentially offensive stereotypes

romance

answered Feb 21 at 19:14 T. Sar 368

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How to portray a character slipping into insanity over time?

characters technique character-development narrative

answered Feb 21 at 16:46 user8356 584

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Something's missing [closed]

plot fantasy

answered Feb 21 at 6:31 A.bakker 654

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i would like to illustrate poem and compile it into a book, and is it ok to publish it?

self-publishing

answered Feb 20 at 21:09 levininja 759

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How to cite Google Trend?

citations research apa

asked Feb 20 at 20:28 Issuesssss 1

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“To be so”, is it a real phrase? If so, what is the correct way to use it? [migrated]

language grammar

asked Feb 20 at 19:35 In A Castle 1

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Generous with or generous to? [closed]

creative-writing editing grammar

modified Feb 20 at 18:47 Community♦ 1

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What Drives a Broken man? [closed]

characters character-development narrative

answered Feb 20 at 14:50 Jedediah 4,892

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