Questions tagged [technique]
Common, repeatable methods of achieving particular storytelling effects or of avoiding narrative pitfalls.
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How to make real world ideologies and forms of government feel more alien?
I am working on a sci-fi project that involves many different alien civilizations and has a timeline that stretches thousands of years into the future. I have used differing ideologies and forms of ...
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Minimal Required Qualities of Sellable Fiction
I have read that fiction will sell the most copies, if it has the right qualities. But to learn to write it requires much time. Nevertheless, by writing and selling fiction soon, I want to earn a ...
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Is this writing technique practiced in RTL languages too?
First of all, I don't know the name of this writing technique, hence I only wrote writing technique in the title.
In English novels most of the time the quoted text comes before the sentence ...
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How are magical spells created in fiction?
How can I create spells for a magic system? Do you use any techniques to create spells? I want to create some spells for my story that I will submit to a contest. I have difficulty with the part of ...
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How do I write only five-word sentences?
How do I write with sentences of five words or less?
That was a way to master brevity suggested in an answer to my question What aspects of flow are necessary for good writing?
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What aspects of flow are necessary for good writing?
I've long attempted to learn how to write rhythmic, flowing prose, before having mastered clarity and content, because I like the way that the KJV Bible sounds and have long wished to emulate it. I've ...
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How to write a protagonist like Joseph K from The Trial, and still make the story compelling?
Recently I finished reading The Trial by Franz Kafka, and besides the excellent narration by Kobna Holbrook-Smith, I'm trying to figure out why the book was so compelling.
I could be asking this on ...
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Constructing the Rhythm/Cadence of a Sentence before Composing the Sentence
I read in a book a long time ago that some authors "work out the rhythm of a sentence before composing the sentence." Is this true? And is this a viable way of writing? Do any of you use ...
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What to do when you can't create something necessary in the story?
I am unable to create clues in my book. The only clue I managed to create is short, and a good clue could use it, but it would end soon and then the character goes in search of what he wants but it is ...
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When do I reveal a prophecy in my story? [duplicate]
My story has a prophecy, when should I reveal it? Should it be in the first chapter? What’s the best moment? I’m not asking for ideas, I would really like to know your opinions to help guide me in the ...
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How does a pantser write a book?
How does the process of writing a book as a pantser work? Do they at least plan the conflict or structure the story in some way, or do they write freely without worrying about that? If they write ...
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Write freely or with techniques?
What would you do if you couldn’t succeed in using any writing techniques?
I can't use writing techniques and it has stopped me from writing. I don't have writer's block and I'm not trying to create ...
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Where to learn about writing?
I have a lot of difficulty writing. I started asking a writer my questions but I think he didn't like it very much. He was bothered and offered me his course, which I can't do at the moment. Where can ...
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How do I convey extreme speed to readers?
In my Urban Fantasy story, I'm trying to introduce and establish an antagonist with light-based symbolism. They're supposed to be the fastest character, referencing the speed of light. Every time they ...
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Stuck on a scene of characters going from one location to another
So the context is that two characters have to go from Country A to Country B. They have to travel through various airports and take a cab in order to reach Country B. The main story starts after they ...
