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- Should these be separate paragraphs? - Writing Forums
Should these be separate paragraphs? Discussion in ' Word Mechanics ' started by The inquisitive writer, Oct 13, 2020
- My character doesnt talk. . . - Writing Forums
My main character is a man named James He suffers from depression He doesn't talk for the first three chapters of the book, because he has no one to
- Possessive apostrophe and names ending in s. - Writing Forums
Based on what I had in school, there are two ways of writing the possessive form using "James" First, add apostrophe and s to the word because it is singular in form whether it ends in s or not ending in s
- How do you feel about the use of the word overall in this sentence . . .
It was luck that had (blablabla), and overall, it was luck that had brought him James " I think your best bet is going to be to use whichever best fits the tone and voice of the story, the best reflection of the character ETA: It's hard to pick a word for a sentence without knowing the whole sentence or the context of what comes before or after
- Names too similar? - Writing Forums
Like James and Jack, as @Lazaares said I work with a Jamie and a Jaime Their names--Jay-me and Hi-may--sound sort of similar but never to the point where I would mispronounce them or hear one and think the other But when I have to call or text one of them and pick the right name from my contacts? Nope
- First person talking to reader? - Writing Forums
Discussion in ' Word Mechanics ' started by James E, Jan 24, 2019 Hi guys and girls, I'm new here, so hello I have an introduction I would like to be in the first person but with the narrator talking directly to the reader The feel being as though the reader is sat talking to the narrator at a bar, so all dialogue but without any description
- Illegal drugs in the 19th century - Writing Forums
Whilst cracking on with a short story today I hit a wall in my plot storyline The story is set in the 19th century and it involves a ship smuggling
- Do you believe white authors should be able to make black characters as . . .
James Patterson, Claire O'Dell, Edna O'Brien, Harriet Beacher Stowe Writing a black character shouldn't be anything different from writing a white character with the exception of color and hair If you think of it as different (how we talk and act) then you are writing stereotype And stereotype is wrong
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