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Is it offensive to kill my gay character at the end of my book?

answered Jan 26, 2021 at 7:39

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Repeated Use of Short Sentences

style voice

answered Mar 8, 2020 at 1:48

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Current events may have ruined a name I was going to use

creative-writing naming

answered Feb 8, 2020 at 3:27

8 votes

How to NOT get sad when writing

emotions historical-fiction

answered Mar 11, 2020 at 0:27

6 votes

How to avoid being overwhelmed by your stories when you write them

dramatic-writing

answered Feb 10, 2020 at 3:14

6 votes

How to create suspense when the conclusion is known?

creative-writing technique suspense

answered Feb 14, 2020 at 17:14

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Exploring one's sexual orientation. The process of it

novel character-development

answered Nov 30, 2020 at 6:03

5 votes

I want to write a male character, but I am lost

fiction characters fantasy

answered May 19, 2020 at 1:29

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How Can I Keep My Novel Writing a Secret?

creative-writing novel

answered Mar 5, 2020 at 1:38

4 votes

Is having major anxiety before writing a huge battle a thing?

characters plot turning-point

answered Oct 28, 2020 at 20:33

4 votes

How do I balance immature levity and flaws and character growth?

fiction characters character-development conflict

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 1:55

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How to write about a character adversely different to you

creative-writing fiction characters psychology-of-writing

answered Feb 15, 2020 at 22:20

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I am trying to write a Shakespearean-style play, but my “ideas” are always something I remember from Hamlet?

style characters getting-started playwriting

answered Mar 19, 2020 at 23:03

3 votes

How do I define smells I have never experienced?

technique word-choice description

answered Feb 13, 2020 at 2:41

3 votes

Mother is writing a book, thinks writing her life stories is same as telling them

style

answered Jan 23, 2020 at 19:50

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I am 10 years old, and I want to publish a book

creative-writing

answered Jan 30, 2021 at 8:53

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Third person omniscient or limited?

style pov third-person first-time-author prose

answered Apr 10, 2020 at 23:21

2 votes

Is italicizing parts of dialogue for emphasis ever appropriate?

style dialogue formatting voice

answered Jan 14, 2021 at 20:21

2 votes

How a character displays disdain for someone

fiction

answered Feb 1, 2020 at 21:08

2 votes

How to describe shock in first person?

creative-writing

answered Jan 16, 2020 at 3:41

2 votes

I have two story ideas and I want to know if they're similar enough to other books/movies to be copyright infringing

fiction copyright

answered Feb 6, 2020 at 2:50

2 votes

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What Is Considered a Pet Peeve When It Comes To Writing?

creative-writing style

answered Feb 15, 2020 at 4:37

2 votes

How to avoid or mitigate heavy science lingo and "technobabble" in a science fiction story?

creative-writing science-fiction science

answered Feb 11, 2020 at 15:37

2 votes

How much of a Novel's Point of View should be from the Narrator

narrative viewpoint narrator

answered Mar 14, 2020 at 22:11

1 vote

Multiple First Person Narrators: how should I differentiate?

creative-writing viewpoint pov grammatical-person narrator

answered Jan 16, 2020 at 4:03

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Questions with flat tone in dialogue

fiction dialogue punctuation

answered Jan 9, 2020 at 3:20

1 vote

Should Authors Strive to Write Stories Easily Understood by 5th and 6th Graders?

editing

answered Feb 6, 2020 at 2:38

1 vote

Wizardry before Harry Potter

creative-writing character-development self-publishing

answered Jan 17, 2020 at 2:13

1 vote

Verbless, list-like sentence

copywriting

answered Jan 17, 2020 at 2:31

1 vote

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I need help with the wording of this book I'm writing. I want it to sound like It is happening in the present, not the past!

time-depiction

answered Jan 18, 2020 at 22:51

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Is it offensive to kill my gay character at the end of my book?

Repeated Use of Short Sentences

Current events may have ruined a name I was going to use

How to NOT get sad when writing

How to avoid being overwhelmed by your stories when you write them

How to create suspense when the conclusion is known?

Exploring one's sexual orientation. The process of it

I want to write a male character, but I am lost

How Can I Keep My Novel Writing a Secret?

Is having major anxiety before writing a huge battle a thing?

How do I balance immature levity and flaws and character growth?

How to write about a character adversely different to you

I am trying to write a Shakespearean-style play, but my “ideas” are always something I remember from Hamlet?

How do I define smells I have never experienced?

Mother is writing a book, thinks writing her life stories is same as telling them

I am 10 years old, and I want to publish a book

Third person omniscient or limited?

Is italicizing parts of dialogue for emphasis ever appropriate?

How a character displays disdain for someone

How to describe shock in first person?

I have two story ideas and I want to know if they're similar enough to other books/movies to be copyright infringing

What Is Considered a Pet Peeve When It Comes To Writing?

How to avoid or mitigate heavy science lingo and "technobabble" in a science fiction story?

How much of a Novel's Point of View should be from the Narrator

Multiple First Person Narrators: how should I differentiate?

Questions with flat tone in dialogue

Should Authors Strive to Write Stories Easily Understood by 5th and 6th Graders?

Wizardry before Harry Potter

Verbless, list-like sentence

I need help with the wording of this book I'm writing. I want it to sound like It is happening in the present, not the past!