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Questions tagged [labels]

This tag should be used for questions that refer to labels or titles that you give your characters in your work, such as when a character is never referred to by their name but for example by their heritage, size or one of his character traits.

This tag should be used for questions that refer to labels or titles that you give your characters in your work, such as when a character is never referred to by their name but for example by their heritage, size or one of his character traits.

You should mention what genre you are interested in and what about using a label is giving you problems, such as the of a character or the consistency in referring to the character by his label throughout your work.

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Is it okay to use mythology names of creatures in a fantasy world?

In creating my world, I am trying to write down and create mythical wildlife and monsters. I had been thinking of using sirens as one of them. Not a creature based off of them, but the actual Greek fictional entity. Would it be okay to have specific…
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When Choosing Labels/titles for Characters instead of their names

This is probably a repeat of a previous question, but I have a slightly different problem when writing. I don't always want to refer to characters by their names (if I do, then I run into problems with people needing to remember a long list of…
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In a Novel, What is the Proper Way to Refer to a Group by Their Self-Styled Label?

In a novel, what is the proper way in US English to refer to a group by the character's self-styled label? For example: In a novel, assume a group of software coders are working on an extremely challenging problem. While doing so, they start…
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I need some help with a title

I need some ideas for a name/title for an Athens-inspired summer camp made for kids; for a school project. Everything I find/think of doesn't really work or ring a bell, so any recommendations for names would be so helpful!
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How do I indicate a categorical series on a book cover?

I want to create an educational series where the individual lessons are divided into categories. The lesson topics vary and are not representative of the category groups I want to divide them into. For example, I want categories to be Cooking hut,…
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