Hi, I’m writing a book and I have noticed a phrase that I have repeated so many times. (Over 5 times in a chapter) ‘I watched as…’ or ‘He/She...
Hi Currently working on a project that requires that I include a list of the most commonly mispronounced English words in the South African...
Most alternative-world fantasy settings are inspired largely by Medieval Britain, with English-sounding names, and as a result English-speaking...
Hello friends. Hopefully, you all are well. I am a new user of this forum and this is my first post. Guys, I need your help. Can anyone help me to...
I am writing a little short story in a futuristic Lagos and I wanted to include the use of Nigerian Pidgin to make the native characters seem more...
Greetings, I'm trying to develop a character that lives in Regency era in England and not sure were to look for resources for correct...
My current novel involves an English speaking protagonist and a former Foreign Legionnaire, who is working in Brazil. how do others approach the...
Okay, so I have a high-fantasy story based roughly on mid-17th century to mid-18th century, mostly in a European-esque region. I was thinking of...
So I'm writing a story that involves a country that hates science and technology and hunts people who practice these things like witches to be...
I'm currently writing a short story with some emotional moments. My goal is for my reader's to feel similar levels/types of emotion that I did...
I mean, do you think and write in the same language, or you think in your first language and write in your second language (e.g. English)?
I'm been using a cheat sheet to remind me how to use body language and expressions to show certain emotions etc. Unfortunately defiance isn't...
This is hopefully just a quick question. In my story I want a character to give a secret message to another character. I want to know if the sign...
I'm currently working building my fantasy setting for my novel and am struggling with the following: within my world will be different languages....
In this hypothetical novel, a powerful confederation of pastoralist nomads have conquered and pillaged some generic monarchy ruled kingdom, after...
I'm working on a novella. The protagonist is a seventeen-year-old girl who's been kidnapped and is being held captive against her will. One day a...
When I was a teen once, playing World of Warcraft, I said in the guild chat for all to see: "Going away for a quickie." When I came back I was met...
body language has been the single weakest point in my game, by far, and part of the reason is because i am for whatever reason TERRIFIED of being...
Hi, I just wanted to get an opinion on including songs written in another language say for example a fantasy language that the reader won't...
First, is there a word in english for sitting down in that heavy, defeated way Cristopher Walken does at the end of the video "Weapon of Choice" @...
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