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10h ago
While doing some personal research on Californian death penalty, I stumbled upon the cases of John Davenport and Albert Brown of the 1980s. For some context into my questions on them, here are the backstories of their cases:
John Davenport:
Davenport, a member of a publicly unidentified...
Some questions of mine regarding 1970s laws inspired by a few Californian death penalty cases ..read more
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10h ago
Greetings! I am writing a story set in Nazareth in the Galilean hills, most likely 1 AD in AD 4–6. I am going to make the characters speak formally without the slang of right now, though I will probably add the slang of that time. I know there's more subtle slang that we use everyday without...
Examples of Slang To Avoid ..read more
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13h ago
Hi wonderful community,
I have a two part question about formal formatting of a novel that's getting ready to be published.
1. What are the formal formatting rules for a novel?
- Is there a standard for typeface, font size, line breaks, margins and other formatting rules that are universal...
Novel formatting ..read more
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1d ago
I have recently come across different definitions of Catch-22.
A Catch-22 is a dilemma from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent situations.
A Catch-22 is is a paradoxical situation where one is caught between two contradictory choices, often leading to...
Catch-22 ..read more
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1d ago
I've heard of ARCs but not AUEs.... What are they for? Have you read any?
I caught a few typos and weird sentences that i thought was weird that it was in an ARC... Then i noticed the cover had "Advanced UNCOPYEDITED Edition"
Just curious...What is the expectation with this edition?
(Book is...
"Advances Uncopyedited Edition ..read more
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2d ago
It's a wonderful moment, when I have finished a story and am happy with it -- and thrilled to know I can still do it. Realizing that it is original to me, so that I found some vague idea in my mind and finessed it into an actual story, one that, so far as I know, has never existed before. Not...
That magic moment ..read more
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3d ago
Hi there,
I'm working on a crime novel and I feel I need to speak to an expert in the field for research. I've written loads of fiction, but I've never really written something that needed this much real-world information.
There is little on the internet about police procedures and practices...
Anybody writing crime/murder mystery in South Africa ..read more
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3d ago
When does it become necessary to name a main character's family members?
My protagonist's mother and sister appear in the first chapter of the novel and a chapter towards the end of the novel. They are not the main characters, and they don't appear without the protagonist Jo. Do I name them...
Main characters' family members - must they be named ..read more
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5d ago
What makes a novel a “cult classic?”
According to The Atlantic:
A book that earns the title of “cult classic” is one that combines two seemingly contradictory qualities: It has a passionate following of people who swear it’s the best thing they’ve ever read, but also, outside...
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Cult Classics ..read more
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5d ago
My habit troubles me: for a fantasy/science fiction theme, my brain tends to first write a relatively complete world background, and then write about the plot itself.
Then, when the world setting limits the space and development of the plot, the problem arises:I always hope to adapt the plot to...
Oh! Terrifying World Set Disease ..read more