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Advice on updating century-old children's story that has phonetically-spelled black dialogue
First, I think this question needs some background, but if you want to skip that, please skip down to "HERE'S MY QUESTION".
Most of classic American children's author Thornton W. Burgess's ...
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Can ibid. follow op. cit. instead of loc. cit. to convey "exactly as in the op. cit. above"?
It would seem that the more familiar ibid. could be used instead of the more intricate loc. cit. in such a case.
For example if we have:
11. Stern, op. cit., p. 58.
and the subsequent citation is to ...
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Use nonbreaking space when cross-referencing and citing?
I am writing a scientific report. In general, should I use non-breaking spaces in my cross-references and citations?
Here are some examples where I use tilde where a nonbreaking space might be used.
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How do you write a submission for a previously published book (taken off the market by the author) and introducing a 2nd book in the original series
The original children's historical fiction picture book was self published by the author. It sold a few thousand and was on Amazon but was too expensive to continue being published by the author's ...
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Scrivener challenge with page numbers
I am having a challenge with getting page numbering to work in Scrivener (Windows). I have set Page Header/Footer checked for "Not on page 1", unchecked on "Count page 1". Here is my problem.
I have ...
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How do you write dialogue that sounds chaotic but actually tracks?
I'm working on a character who talks fast, jumps between ideas, interrupts themselves, and generally sounds like they’re rambling—until, somehow, everything circles back and makes perfect sense in the ...
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What should I name my role when using an AI tool to convert a public domain prose text into poetry?
I used an AI tool to convert a work of prose that is in the public domain into a long poem. I was thinking of crediting myself as transcriber and editor, as it took me almost a week to convert the ...
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Can single-paragraph discussion prompts include multiple questions/topics?
For every assignment of this course I am required to follow Purdue's English Page for Paragraphs, The Elements of Style, write in a consultative register, and keep my full response as a single ...
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How long does it take to publish in a magazine?
How long does it take to publish in a magazine? I have had a piece under consideration—with a fair number of emails and discussions with the editor—for five months with the editor still on the fence ...
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Tagging dialogue lines with character names using hotkeys
Is there a program/tool that can use to deal with boilerplate such as indicating who is speaking in my text on the go with hotkeys? What I'm imagining is, for example, when writing a back-and-forth ...
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Can I change my name after publishing? Do publishers take poorly to it?
I just published my first childrens book under my chosen name. However, I am gender queer which is why I have a chosen name and I thought publishing under it was the right thing for me but now that it’...
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Scrivener, footnotes are missing/misformated when compiling to PDF (Windows 3; V3.0)
I'm creating a novel in Scrivener 3.0 that makes heavy use of footnotes. In recent compile tests on a chapter, I'm finding that on one page the footnotes are being displayed laid on top of the text at ...
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Is a comparative title in an ongoing book series considered a recent comp or not?
I have a novel where I have an excellent comparative ("comp") title in mind, but the book is part of an ongoing series of novels (scifi/fantasy, if it matters). The suggested time range for ...
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How can I make my blog more popular?
I write an action movie review blog where a review is published every Monday. How do I publicize my blog to bring more readers my way?
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How do I develop the self-discipline to persevere through writing challenges?
While I own many books on writing, I've come short of learning to write with excellence, not having practiced most of the skills that are taught in them, and having seldom endured through the writing ...
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