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This line is Backwards. It's also written in Passive Voice. It should have been written this way: Example 1: As evidenced by the gear shaft protruding from the wall into the sewing machines, they were completely mechanical. An even easier way to write this would be: Example 2: One could tell...

It is a lot, and I struggled for years to learn it all too. Chronological sentence structure and knowing how and when to paragraph properly crosses all formats from paperbacks to online story sites. Remember, these rules were invented to make stories Clear and Understandable to The Reader. That...

Okay, first we need to do some defining. According to the publishing industry in the US and Canada: Pornography consists of images, video content, and illustrations of people having sex. -- In short, if it's not a Picture, it's Not Porn. -- The main audience of Pornography tends to be Men...

Never assume the Audience is an Idiot. -- That's a great way to insult your readers. Also, there is Always that one guy who knows your subject: island living, and sailing, so much better than you do -- even if you happen to be an expert. I can't tell you how many times I've bumped into one or...

This should be posted in it's own thread so lots of people can see it, seriously. -- It shouldn't be hiding in mine. Make sure you give it a good title too.

I think linguistics is a very cool major. It would come in handy when you have to make your own languages for a novel. I had to do just that for a sci-fi series I wrote. The story had too many positions and concepts that weren't covered in English. LOL! The real world does indeed tend to shave...

Thanks! People can be quite oblivious to the obvious. Exactly! One grows from their experiences and the other fails to adapt to changing circumstances. Winner is the Hero. <-- Winners write the histories. OMG! You get it! LOL! -- I think I like you. Have some coffee. ☕

You're a literary major? -- I'm so sorry, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. hopefully you'll get over that sometime soon. He is a main character -- the third in the triangle: The Ally, though labelled by Aristotle as The Victim. He is also the Main Viewpoint Character -- the one who tells...

You're welcome. -- I wrote the original essay out of sheer spite, fresh from an argument with a Literary Major. I'm sure you can spot the traces left over from my ire.

You're welcome. I hope it proves useful.

When the Hero is NOT a Hero After one too many arguments about Protagonists and Antagonists, I went back to the original source: Greek Theater, and made my own versions of those definitions to make explaining how I do character-building much easier. This is the result. DISCLAIMER: This is...

I write much faster when I take the time to fully imagine a scene before I try to type it. I go back and edit once the full scene is completely written. Coffee & cigarettes help.

Actually it's more like: Act - 1 Invited to fuck, they consented. Act - 2 They had sex. Act - 3 What happened after the sex. Act - 4 The rest of the story. To tell the truth, I was Not expecting to like the movie. I watched it because everyone around me was using references from it. I was very...

I think you may be right. It looks like you do have a strong premise going on in there. By the way, ALL Art (and invention!) begins by Imitation -- by copying. -- There was this amazing video that covered this topic, but I can no longer find it.

The Mysterious and Maddening PREMISE In my opinion, Good fiction, no matter the genre, presents us with characters dealing with a basic human issue. This 'Issue' is the story's heart - the Premise. What the heck is a Premise FOR, anyway? PREMISE was one of THE toughest concepts for me to...

Creative Narrative A Description Exercise. WARNING! Contains some ADULT Content! DESCRIPTION is the key to fleshing out ANY scene if you want the Reader to see in their minds the scene you envisioned when you wrote it. Especially Sex Scenes. Don't just call it 'juice'... Describe HOW the...

That's fine. I'm here to help if you have any questions about writing. -- Just please keep aware that most of what I know was hammered into me by my editors. There are many differences between what's allowed on sites like this and what's allowed by the US publishing industry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

Google: Morgan Hawke for my published work. -- You can also put my name in the search bar on Amazon.com. Google: OokamiKasumi for my fan-fics, or just click on the Ao3 link in my signature. That sounds like a You problem.

Um... I was a copywriter, but I'm also an author with 34 titles published to my name through 4 publishers? Oh, and I write fan-fiction too. Never used AI. I've heard about it though...

Trending...? Hell no. That's only the most recently popular. -- Well over 80% of those will be dropped by the readers because the writer stopped posting chapters somewhere around chapter 150. For a better idea of what's actually Popular consistently (over a long period of time,) you should look...