User Dale Hartley Emery - Writing Stack Exchange

Dale Hartley Emery

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What's the modern way to handle gender in tech writing?

answered Jun 3, 2011 at 3:41

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How does one write a character smarter than oneself?

answered Nov 17, 2012 at 0:59

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Avoiding the "as you know" trope in exposition

answered Oct 20, 2015 at 19:06

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Is it smart to reserve one's best ideas or to utilise them early in their writing career?

answered Jun 3, 2016 at 1:02

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How to avoid repetitive sentence structure?

answered Nov 11, 2012 at 20:15

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Feedback: What to use and what to ignore?

answered Jun 15, 2015 at 20:30

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Writing Multiple Novels Simultaneously

answered Oct 3, 2013 at 20:42

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How should a writer use version control to track drafts, rewrites, and revisions?

answered Feb 17, 2013 at 2:22

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How do you convince your publisher that your story is good?

answered Dec 12, 2010 at 21:55

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Getting emotional while writing, good or bad?

answered Mar 3, 2011 at 9:36

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Software for developing and organizing characters

answered Sep 20, 2013 at 20:54

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Is there enough money in writing for me to quit my dead end job?

answered Oct 1, 2013 at 22:42

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Is there a way to know who bought my books on Amazon?

answered Jan 6, 2015 at 10:17

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How to handle foreign military ranks?

answered Feb 1, 2011 at 19:57

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Is it a bad idea to publish individual chapters of my book idea online for feedback?

answered Jun 14, 2015 at 21:06

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How to refer to character of focus in a story

answered Apr 17, 2011 at 23:27

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Alternatives to "he said" in dialogue

answered Dec 27, 2012 at 6:44

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At what point does a POV character noting their surroundings go from showing/telling to an infodump?

answered Jan 13, 2018 at 23:46

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Citing Myself As a Source

answered Feb 25, 2012 at 19:44

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What's a good way to backup your writing?

answered Jan 20, 2011 at 20:42

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If I get a free ISBN through Amazon's CreateSpace now, will that impact any decisions about getting my own ISBN later?

answered Sep 25, 2014 at 10:32

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How to show characters learning something in a non-boring way?

answered Jul 11, 2014 at 20:37

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Finding the 'voice' of a character

answered Mar 2, 2011 at 11:09

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How Do you Stave Off Boredom While Writing?

answered May 24, 2011 at 14:42

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avoiding making all your characters sound the same

answered Jan 2, 2013 at 20:36

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Should mystery stories have resolutions?

answered Dec 27, 2017 at 3:48

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Is it bad storytelling to have things happen by complete chance?

answered Jan 30, 2017 at 0:36

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Meretricious - A bit too fancy?

answered Mar 17, 2011 at 0:30

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Is CreateSpace 100% free for self-publishing?

answered Sep 25, 2014 at 19:16

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Main male character description

answered Jun 20, 2014 at 19:14

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