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A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.
should be used for questions about pseudonyms, for example about an author choosing not to reveal his real name to his audience by using a pseudonym when publishing. Pseudonyms are also somet…
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for questions specifically about issues encountered by authors writing or publishing their first work. DO NOT use this tag simply because you are a first time author.
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Emotional bonds and interactions between 2 or more people: platonic, rivals, love-triangles, sex partners, families, or groups. Relationships can be a positive or negative, with undefined rules and ex…
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Conflict is a concept from narrative fiction. It refers to either the ambivalent emotions of the hero ("inner conflict") or the opposition by antagonistic forces that the hero encounters. In a group o…
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You make me laugh! :) Questions about using humor in writing. What's appropriate, how to gauge what's appropriate for the audience, balancing humor and drama, and how to make something funny. Use [c…
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should be used for questions about the craft of writing fan fiction or related writing topics, such as questions about copyrights. Fan fiction is characterised as new works that are being cre…
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should be used for question relating to the craft of writing letters, such as styles that are commonly used and common phrases used in business writing.
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'Theme' refers to a message being conveyed to the reader by the author, through a piece of creative writing, usually a novel.
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should be used for questions related to the usage of science in your writing, such as when asking how much science you should use while constructing the world for your fictional novel. Contra…
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Technical-writing questions that are specific to documenting software. See further guidance in the wiki.
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should be used for questions about the tone of a literary work that you are currently writing, such as asking about learning a certain tone for your characters that is inspired by an existing…
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should be used for questions about money and finances involved in being a Writer.
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should be used for questions about the so-called flow of a literary work. This includes the flow of sentences because of difficult words and the flow of the overall plot because of interrupti…
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for questions regarding the plot structure of a fictional work, such as novels, screenplays, or radio dramas.
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should be used for questions about the usage of metaphors, a type of figure of speech that refers to one thing by mentioning another thing to for example show similarities between the two thi…
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should be used for questions about typical guidelines that an author may want to follow to become a better author.
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should be used for questions about the usage of footnotes in writing, such as when citing something in a paper or using footnotes as a stylistic device in your novel.
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should be used for questions about the usage of exposition as a means of highlighting the background information of the world or characters that are being described in the literary work you a…
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should be used for questions that deal with reviews of your own literary work from other people or with writing a review yourself.
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should be used for questions about common problems starting a piece of work or a unit of work.
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should be used for questions about young characters in your work and problems that may arise for you from choosing these characters. For questions about writing aimed at young readers, use […
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Questions regarding the beginning of a work, or regarding the meeting of characters for the first time.
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should be used for questions related to publishing on Amazon's Kindle, a tool to read E-Books.
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For questions about brainstorming techniques. Do not use this tag to request help in brainstorming ideas for your work; those questions are off-topic.
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should be used for questions that are about career options that are related to writing, such as being a poet, novelist, editor, publisher or worker in a technical field.
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should be used for questions that are about how to proofread your work or the work of someone else. Questions asking us to proofread your writing for you are off-topic here.
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should be used for questions about fights of any scale - from small-scale fighting scenes in your action packed fantasy novel to large-scale wars between the nations of your modern alternate …
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should be used for questions about the process of printing a physical book.
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