'proved to be' would be correct, but the technicalities are a little beyond me, I'm afraid!
My personal feeling is that character dialogue, or even a narrator, can use casual language, but description should be grammatically correct. That...
Robinson Crusoe is a classic which comes close to your suggestion, and I suspect Killbill was thinking of the modern Tom Hanks version, Castaway....
Can't think of an example, but could your character at location X be in the first person, and describing the action at location Y? (I watched...
Unfortunately, seeing someone covered in tattoos always reminds me of the Billy Connolly tag, "Tattooed f**k-wits". Apologies to all those covered...
Totally recognise that feeling. I'm never certain who is in charge when I write.....Myself, as a kind of literary puppetmaster, or the characters...
Aqueduct is quite commonly used, although where a watercourse passes under a wall or road is usually through a culvert or sluice.
Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy ? :)
Britain, in the past, had several kingdoms, and also a principality,(Wales), hence Prince Charles' official title is Prince of Wales, although he...
Never assume all people react in the same way. Just watched a news report where a young couple behind a shop counter fought off an armed gunman by...
Given that the vast majority of us have never been to Melbourne, I don't see it as a problem to most readers, and suspect it won't be a problem to...
It is interesting when reading these posts, how diverse the planning tends to be. Some people work best with very detailed preparation - a bit...
I'm not sure that you need any advice, it sounds as if you have a very well thought out and planned story, and you need to get it written....
I find it useful to know where I'm going to end up, and a few landmarks to make sure I'm on the right road don't go amiss! That said, I find that...
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