Writers Weekly Newsletter - Friday, October 21, 2016

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Top new questions this week: How can I Avoid Being Frightened by the Horror Story I am Writing? Yes, I have to admit it. I don't like horror movies because (shocker) I find them scary. Unlike other people in my house, I do not like being scared. Especially right before I go to bed. I dislike ... creative-writing horror   asked by Thomas Myron 21 votes answered by Deus Ex Machina 6 votes writing with color, skin tone I'm trying to describe a character in a story and I'm having issues describing her appearance. She is a black woman with specific (vitiligo like) markings and I don't know how to write that. I don't ... fiction characters word-choice   asked by Kali 5 votes answered by what 6 votes Structuring a sentence with two phrases qualifying the same ending For a long time, I have wondered which way of writing the following is correct. (Is more than one correct?) The expected result for integers denotes that a value should be at least a specific value ... style editing syntax   asked by user1295297 4 votes answered by Lauren Ipsum 3 votes How should these be formatted? In quotes or italics? I have a dilemma here and I hope any one of you can help me with this: I have been using double quotation marks for dialogues and italics for internal dialogues but I have no idea how to categorise ... style formatting   asked by newtowriting 2 votes answered by what 1 vote What should be done if there is a dispute of opinions within the editorial team? In a magazine where an individual author's name is not published with the article, it seems obvious to me that the article can be presumed to reflect the consensus of the entire editorial team on ... journalism   asked by Dvij 1 vote Name of narrative scheme What's the term or name of the literary device/technique employed when a novel is mostly written in first person from the protagonist's view, but events as yet unknown to the character are written in ... style narrative perspective   asked by Tony 1 vote How do you avoid unnatural sounding language? I am not asking you to tell me to keep my sentences less than 20 words long because I am determined to write some really long sentences. What I want to know is how to avoid sounding unnatural. Do I ... word-choice   asked by Guido Arbia 1 vote answered by Lythric 4 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Can basic grammar rules be skipped when writing text for machine safety labels? First of all I'm completely against this idea but a few people who contribute to the technical documentation project constantly suggest that to attain a short, quick, economic, comprehensive message ... technical-writing grammar   asked by Montag451 19 votes answered by Ilmari Karonen 19 votes Effective techniques for describing pain I've noticed something in writing: it's difficult to convey pain, and even specific types of pain, to an audience who's comfortably sitting at home in an easy chair. I can hardly imagine pain until ... technique   asked by ElizaWy 14 votes answered by Lauren Ipsum 11 votes

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