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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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Legal effect of standard fiction disclaimer
The more truth you include, the harder it will be for the jury to believe you when you claim fiction.
Defamation is State Law governed. …
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Tracing dependencies and emergent plotholes during edits
The best thing is to get someone else to read through what you have. I find it difficult to look past the changes, because I know what was "supposed" to happen before the change. Someone who is unfa …
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Thinking as a character
The trick is to identify what is driving your story forward. Is it event driven (the volcano is about to erupt and everyone is reacting to that) or is people driven (a group of people decide to rob th …
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Of plottwists and endings
I always find it frustrating (and not believable) when everything is tied up too neatly, particularly if it all happens at the same time. Life never happens that way. When I'm late in a book or a stor …