Saying someone is 'programmed' to do something is a figure of speech which is used colloquially so it might not conjure up the same image as...
I think it might be a tilde! Though I haven't a clue what it's official use is... like @Sifunkle I use it to mean approximately, sort of the words...
As a reader I don't have a problem with some italic text. Personally I really struggle to read more than a line of all-capitals but can handle a...
Not at all! I've found the thread quite fascinating, I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I'm not comfortable with using 'tomorrow' in past tense either, it just feels like a present tense word to me. We might be overthinking it!
Agree with the others that having an atheist doing the questioning/harassing/whatever the heck you meant, (and then subsequently being proved...
imo you always need to understand why characters might do something, otherwise it's unbelievable and difficult to empathise with them. I don't...
Agree wholeheartedly. It's all about finding the right way for you and sometimes that takes time. It also irritates me when people imply that...
Haha I certainly won't be giving a rundown! I think I'll go with my instinct and forego all descriptions of clothing unless directly relevant to...
Calibri for modern-day, Baskerville Old Face for historical, and Times New Roman for history-themed contemporary :p I also change the page colour...
Thank you for your replies. This was my thinking, but then someone commented saying they'd rather see more clothing description. I think I will...
My story is in third person, from the MC's POV (close third?). It's fantasy in that its set in an imaginary Earth long before globalisation began,...
Nah I thought that too, but I tend to shower commas everywhere so I didn't say so...
Separate names with a comma.