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Q: Is asking to compare one aspect of two different works in regards to writing an acceptable question?

Justin AlexanderThe reason I ask is because both Hitchhiker's Guide and Jonathan Strange have "Lemony Snicket"/first-person-esque/characterized narrators, and I would like to know what makes them different. I think this belongs on Writers SE because I would like to know how to adapt or characterize various POV ...

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Q: Should the amount of work I write as a high school senior be a concern when choosing a career?

Justin AlexanderI attend an arts school called ACES Educational Center for Arts, and this is my third year in the Creative Writing department, which has both workshops and taught classes. I have written lots of material and developed both reading and writing skills as a result of this school and its community. I...

 
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Q: Question to all men about men and their feelings and ability to talk about them! (as research for my novel)

zombysis:) I am a woman and I wrote a book out of the perspective of a guy. Basically his best friend tells him she want to kill herself. So he writes her a diary (addressed to her kind of like a letter) about everything they do together to give it to her in the end and maybe make her feel better. Now ...

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Q: What's the name of this poetic form?

kjoIs there a general name for poetic forms that consist entirely of pairs of rhymed lines, i.e. where the rhyme scheme goes aabbccdd..., and the rhyming lines do not necessarily have the same meter. For example: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/prisoner-zenda I vaguely remember once coming acr...

 
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Q: Can I write a Hero's Journey without them leaving an Ordinary World? (Monomyth template)

Justin AlexanderI was recently taught about the Hero-Journey template Instead of the Hero leaving the Ordinary World, can they remain and the Ordinary World changes and/or warps (possibly along with the Hero)? And what if I absolutely do not want an Ordinary World; could I omit the Ordinary World completely or ...

 
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Q: Using a slash in citations

MarchiI am currently reading Dr. Alia Al-Saji's paper on Racialized Time titled "Too Late: Racialized Time and the Closure of the Past". http://philpapers.org/archive/ALSTLR.pdf Throughout the text, she seems to cite in a format that I do not recognize. She writes '(pp. 112/90-1)' for example. Could...

 
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I just volunteered y'all to help a newcomer:
I don't know Jonathan Strange, sorry. You have enough reputation to use chat, so try Writers Chat -- the folks in our chat room are pretty helpful! (Traffic is erratic but generally strong through the week (tends to be empty on weekends). If there's nobody there now, go ahead and ask and you'll probably hear back from someone later.) — Monica Cellio ♦ 56 secs ago

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