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Fiction is a form of prose writing that deals with at least partly artificial or imagined events and characters. This tag should be used for any questions relating to fiction, including fiction formatting, techniques and publishing.
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Can novels have twist endings?
I am not opposed to twist endings, but consider:
A twist has to be earned. Remember The Sixth Sense or The Crying Game. People loved those movies, because the twists made sense. Compare the 2001 v …
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Are there good tips on being a better *creative* writer?
Creativity is in small things. In 37 plays, Shakespeare didn't have one original plot.
Orwell said, "Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print." …
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Do writers use highlighting to clarify ideas in their work in progress?
Whenever I see a novel of fiction with a map, a family tree, or, God help us, a glossary, I'm strongly inclined to discard it unread. …
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In what order should I describe a setting?
I don't know if there's a rule, but I have a meta-rule: the description has to follow an eye-line. That is, everything is described in the order that a person might see it. So I might start with the …
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Can a book be written without an antagonist?
All fiction must have conflict, but that conflict certainly doesn't have to spring from the existence of a personified antagonist. …
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What are some good strategies to use when naming a fictional city?
Within the US:
place names all over the country derive from tribal names and native-American toponyms: Seattle, the Dakotas, Massachusetts.
cities are named for prominent people who died before the …
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Types of characters for three protagonist
I think the trope is less of a conscious choice than the result of a series of decisions by the author.
First, the author wants the protagonist to have broad appeal. Because he is intended to be a r …
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