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Rand al'Thor

06:13

@Tsundoku There are many works of literature in the Star Wars franchise.

@Bookworm This needs more tags.

@Tsundoku There's a meta about that, but not much response (a weak yes with one upvote, so far).

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b_jonas

08:27

literature.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1730/139 “Is it a keeper, or shall I expunge it?” – please use the official term “burninate” instead of “expunge”

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A: What does it mean to "burninate" a tag?

It's right there in the Meme question. It means just deleting a tag. With fire. Meme: burninated Origin: Possibly Jeff Atwood / Strongbad: Trogdor the Burninator Cultural Height: 2010 - 2011 Background: Used in reference to deleting a tag from the system. See Also: The official burninated dragon...

Bookworm

09:15

Q: Why was it so widely accepted for Elizabethan playwrights to "plagiarise" other texts?

It's generally well-known that many of Shakespeare's dramas were "inspired" by, "plagiarised" from or otherwise "copies" of existing works. I use these terms advisedly because, of course, Shakespeare put his unique, insightful and lyrical spin on them to make them the plays that have resonated do...

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Spagirl

12:49

Having just essayed an answer to this question literature.stackexchange.com/q/1065/333, I thought that people might be interested to know that the author of the now deleted answer had his information about Dickens plagiarism of Whittier from the highest authority:

In academia.edu/77770388/… he writes 'In a previous article, I introduced my research into my past life as obscure 19th-century author Mathew Franklin Whittier' ....

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bobble

13:50

@Tsundoku I thought it was borderline but I didn't want to fight the OP over it

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Henry WH Hack v3.0b

17:48

Tips: Before you do any reading make sure to get a full good night's sleep. Although some people say reading before bed is good aswell.

Wait should I read before bed? Is that type of question on topic??? Let me check the help center for the main site...

Quickly scanning the help center's on topic page I have discovered it is NOT on the topic. Obviously because, I am sure this site is NOT about teaching people how to read.

Loong

@HenryWHHackv3.0b Reading in bed testifies to complete devotion to art: you leave it up to the poet when you fall asleep. – Ernst R. Hauschka

Mithical

If I read in bed, I don't go to sleep until I've finished whatever I'm reading, so I cannot recommend that approach.

DLosc

Same

Reading before bed, however, is something I do frequently.

I don't know if it's the best time to read, but it's a convenient time.

Henry WH Hack v3.0b

I heard some people say reading before bed helps you retain more information, but it's probably different for different people.

DLosc

Q: When should you reveal the motivations of a villain?

A common mistake in creative writing is to create a villain without a clear motivation for their actions. Every villain should have a reason for their behavior, even if it is not a justifiable one. There is, however, no clear guideline that tells you when it is too late or too early to reveal the...

creative-writing characters character-development

I pretty quickly thought of the movie Tangled, where the villain's motivations are spelled out by narration right at the beginning, and "The Girl in the Fireplace," a Doctor Who episode where the villains' motivations remain mysterious to the characters and are only revealed to the audience in the final shot of the episode.

Rand al'Thor

18:51

@DLosc Oh, nice example (the latter one, I don't know Tangled)

@HenryWHHackv3.0b literature.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/reading

Henry WH Hack v3.0b

@Randal'Thor Oh OK!

Tsundoku

19:44

@HenryWHHackv3.0b IMHO, the bed is for two things, sleeping and that other kind of "sleeping".

Psychologist Christina Pierpaoli Parker says the bed is for three things, the three S's.

@HenryWHHackv3.0b See for example Learning before bedtime could improve memory – new study (and this is by no means the first study). However, that does not imply that the reading or learning should be done in bed because that creates an association between the bed and being focused, which is the wrong kind of association if you want to sleep there.

Bookworm

20:41

Q: What does the following excerpt from "To Kill a Mockingbird" mean?

Mr. Tate jumped off the porch and ran to the Radley Place. He stopped in front of the dog, squatted, turned around and tapped his finger on his forehead above his left eye. “You were a little to the right, Mr. Finch,” he called. “Always was,” answered Atticus. “If I had my ‘druthers I’d take a sh...