See I hate italics and inner monologues. It isn't always the case, but when an author does this - you know they will use it as a crutch for large...
This is essentially what my beta readers have stated, and asked to add "he thought" etc into it, which I don't like. I have studied free indirect...
ChickenFreaks explanations make more sense. Jane Austen et al seemed to spearhead the "free indirect discourse" and it was the ability to go from...
No worries about thread hijacking - if tangents are made and people learn, that's great. Let me try to rephrase what I mean here. I am mostly at...
This seems to be the most popular opinion. Sure, a horse like animal will evolve on another world probably - but they wouldn't call it a horse. Of...
It seems to be a purist issue. Most Sci-fi readers hate a space travel novel suddenly finding a dragon, and fantasy readers hate a dragon novel...
I don't want to integrate magic and technology as the premise is non-magic users wan't to be independent to a source they have no power or control...
Hi All, My WIP is a fantasy (Yes, saturated I know). However, it is a technological fantasy - similar technology level to Earth right now, maybe...
Is the novel set in USA? Plenty of genuine militia exist who are very pro 2nd amendment. They would probably be able to survive that kind of...
This has helped me a lot. I won't lie and say I now understand. I have a mental block on this and will try to unweave it. I am an old dog trying...
(Hopefully they are the right quote tags) This example has helped a lot, but I still read it as the narrator as reading Rayne's mind. I read it...
The issue is I never use "he thought" etc. I go from the narrator making a statement from the characters knowledge about the situation or the...
Moderator note - this thread was split from the POV questions thread Thank God - It isn't just me!...
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