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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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Jumping on the Zombie bandwagon
Put one foot on the zombie wagon, and another one in a completely different field. Combine things that haven't been done before.
What would a zombie story be like if it was set in a typical Jane Aust …
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Is it better to have a deadline?
If a deadline forces you to finish something, and make you finish something more often, it will lead to better quality of your writing. Perhaps not on the text you are currently writing, but it will i …
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How deeply should I study the background of a community before writing about it?
Depends on what you are writing I guess. If you are writing an article on that specific subject, I would dive pretty deep into the matter. You usually get to a point where you feel confident about wha …
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Is it so bad to end up with a "done before" plot?
Take a look at Joseph Cambell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces, and you will see that most myths and most religions are basically the same story told with small variations. The same applies for a lot …
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Can I have one Aristotelian comedy and another Aristotelian tragedy unfolding simultaneously...
All stories are about change. A character must learn something (usually about themselves), to overcome an obstacle. A tragedy is when the character don't change, or learn "the wrong thing".
You can ha …