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Writing a surreal, dreamlike setting?
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How long does it take to publish in a magazine?
Awarded Dec 5 at 5:21
Language of other countries
Awarded Dec 4 at 10:49
Is there a way to make text feel like an unhinged rant while still being readable?
Awarded Dec 3 at 19:04
Does it come off as weird/offensive to describe someone as 'brown' in partial reference to their skin color, but in absence of a specific descriptor?
Awarded Dec 2 at 15:16
Past progressive in a novel
Awarded Nov 29 at 11:47
Describing exclaimations from a group
Awarded Nov 26 at 10:27
How do I make a situation that looks like a planet will be destroyed, but without actually destroying it? [closed]
Awarded Nov 22 at 19:21
Tagging dialogue lines with character names using hotkeys
Awarded Nov 22 at 16:26
Is there a smooth way to indicate that third person pronouns don't matter so much in my worldbuilding in English?
Awarded Nov 22 at 16:11
Should Greek or Norse mythology be used?
Awarded Nov 22 at 15:41
Citations while writing a summary
Awarded Nov 21 at 0:15
Blending First and Third Person: A Wording Question
Awarded Nov 20 at 9:42
What is this called? Using one word that has a one meaning but then is given new meaning in a subsequent clause or sentence
Awarded Nov 17 at 18:36
Thoughts on using "looking to" in marketing content
Awarded Nov 17 at 14:37
Should I use 1st-person or 3rd-person perspective for an alien character alone in a post-apocalyptic world?
Awarded Nov 16 at 22:31
How to come up with a good scenario of events between the characters of my book?
Awarded Nov 16 at 15:27
Can my narrator's thoughts be in the same paragraph as another character's dialogue?
Awarded Nov 15 at 18:55
Should I change my character's name if it's a variation of mine?
Awarded Nov 15 at 11:42
Does every piece of dialogue need a dialogue tag like "she said"?
Awarded Nov 14 at 2:34
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Awarded Nov 13 at 18:46
How do you know if your story is too complicated or just complicated enough?
Awarded Nov 13 at 15:30
How do I use an image as an epigraph?
Awarded Nov 10 at 7:41
"Such" vs. "Said" vs. "The"
Awarded Nov 8 at 9:35
Writing a concluding paragraph
Awarded Nov 6 at 14:46
Can I use a place from another book in my own?
Awarded Nov 5 at 10:46
I need ideas for what to refer to animal characters as. For humans, we have the word "people." I'm looking for a similar one for animals
Awarded Nov 2 at 20:03
How Should We Implement the Given-before-New Principle in Fiction?
Awarded Nov 1 at 15:06
How to self publish [duplicate]
Awarded Oct 31 at 1:55
I have a character that has a slightly similar name to a title of a book. Do I have to change it even though it’s spelled completely different?
Awarded Oct 29 at 21:55
Conveying to someone through eMail that they are the one millionth customer of my product without sounding suspicious
Awarded Oct 29 at 3:07
High tech crime [closed]
Awarded Oct 28 at 22:51
How do I tell Scrivener table of contents to use chapter names and not numbers?
Awarded Oct 28 at 8:31
Should I use a dash or a comma here?
Awarded Oct 25 at 12:04
Can I change my name after publishing? Do publishers take poorly to it?
Awarded Oct 25 at 9:56
Can I just change the whole subplot for a new character?
Awarded Oct 24 at 15:32
Is it better to create a new word, or add anew connotation to an already existing word? Does it matter?
Awarded Oct 23 at 19:30
Legality of screenshots from TV commercials
Awarded Oct 19 at 18:05
How much artistic license with history is needed for historical fiction?
Awarded Oct 16 at 15:17
Looking to include hijabi character in children's book about magic, would that go against muslim customs?
Awarded Oct 16 at 0:56
Where can I get a feedback for my lyrics from native english speaker?
Awarded Oct 14 at 8:16
How to deal with footnotes in cited sections?
Awarded Oct 14 at 8:16
Posting Poetry by Deceased Persons
Awarded Oct 14 at 8:16
Can I name characters after characters in another work of fiction, or is that going to lead to copyright issues?
Awarded Oct 14 at 8:10
How to find or create a mantra or guiding quote for a character?
Awarded Oct 12 at 14:03
About a way to express a posture
Awarded Oct 12 at 2:09
Fictional settings & fictional towns - how to be realistic with geography for a realistic setting?
Awarded Oct 9 at 23:17
In historical fiction, should the narrator call the characters by their last names or by the nicknames used by other characters?
Awarded Oct 5 at 20:49
Avoiding ambiguity when using pronouns to refer back to different parts of the preceding clause
Awarded Oct 4 at 0:40
When should I use the setting to express the motif, and when should I use characters, plot events to do it?
Awarded Oct 3 at 13:00
self publishing - what are the steps from end of writing to publication?
Awarded Oct 2 at 18:17
How to include multiple rare events in a story without it feeling contrived?
Awarded Oct 2 at 13:56
Story by two people, but written by one... whose names go on cover?
Awarded Oct 2 at 13:50
Writing from the First Person Singular vs. Plural
Awarded Sep 30 at 12:04
How can I find a good idea for a dragon-battle scene? [closed]
Awarded Sep 29 at 21:51
APA citation style for different authors with the same last name
Awarded Sep 26 at 11:19
How to slow down plot in slowburn romance?
Awarded Sep 25 at 19:20
Can anyone provide some more examples of picturesque speech?
Awarded Sep 25 at 17:01
Is it okay if I use a historical figure's name for a work of fiction completely unrelated to history?
Awarded Sep 23 at 10:56
Transitioning between scenes in a novel
Awarded Sep 20 at 20:17
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