Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions.
"Creative writing" is a vague term, but generally means fiction, or writing that's not non-fiction, technical, or business writing. This tag should be used when asking questions that apply to multiple categories of creative writing, such as when asking questions that could apply to fiction or poetry alike.
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Fiction is a form of prose writing that deals with at least partly artificial or imagined events and characters. This tag should be used for any questions relating to fiction, including fiction formatting, techniques and publishing.
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This tag should be used for questions that deal with a consistent style in your writing, such as when asking about typical ways to introduce a certain aspect to your reader by showing-telling or if you are concerned that your readers might feel that a change in the point of view might be perceived as inconcsistency.
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Questions that involve people in a work of fiction, including character development, motivations, design, points of view, and representation.
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Plot typically refers to the events and their ordering in a work of narrative fiction. Use this tag for questions regarding plotting, outlining, and narrative arcs. Be aware that questions asking users to come up with plot details for you are off-topic.
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Novels are long-form prose fiction, typically over 40,000 words. Questions that use this tag can relate to writing, editing, publishing, formatting or technique as applied specifically to novels. If the question applies to more than just novels, it should probably use the Fiction tag instead.
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Common, repeatable methods of achieving particular storytelling effects or of avoiding narrative pitfalls.
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Publishing is the act of printing and distributing writing in physical or electronic form. It may refer to the commercial publishing industry, small press, self-publishing and on-demand publishing. This tag should be used for any questions regarding the publishing process in any of these forms.
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Anything pertaining to developing the details associated with characters in your writing.
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Is the literary genre that deals with magic, magic creatures and imaginary worlds. This tag should be used for any questions relating to fantasy, including formatting, techniques and publishing.
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Documentation, tutorials, training, user guides, installation guides, design documents, and all other types of technical documentation in any domain (not just software).
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Questions about text appearance: styling, placement, fonts, indents, bullets.
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Questions involving matters of copyright, encapsulating parody and level of similarity questions, reprinting and publishing of copyrighted works, public domain, attribution, fanfiction, legality, and fair use questions. Any question involving copyright law in the U.S. or abroad should be given this tag.
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Writing texts in a scientific or educational setting: peer-reviewed articles, theses, text books, and others. Use the tag [scientific-publishing] in addition, if relevant.
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Editing is the act of improving a piece of writing. Questions with this tag should focus on specific editing techniques or ways to improve editing skills. Critiques or proofreading questions are off-topic here.
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For questions about the connections between and ordering of elements within a written work.
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This tag should be used for questions about choosing the right words for the context of your writing. Questions about etymology and grammar are off-topic.
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Any effort by the author to produce his own work, whether it be in print, electronic, or other format.
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General legal questions. There are also separate tags for "copyright" and "creative commons". Make sure to specify the relevant jurisdiction.
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Citations are references to published or unpublished sources other than the work one is currently reading. This tag should be used when asking for proper formatting for citations or information about the ethics of citations.
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Use this tag for questions about short stories. Do not use this tag for questions about novellas, flash fiction, or other types of short fiction.
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A narrative is an account of events. This tag should be used for anything related to story-telling, including elements and principles or structure.
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Screenplay storytelling, writing, formatting, and how to put it all together.
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Stories about space, technology, the future, and other things that could be real but aren't.
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Non-fiction is a form of prose writing that factually describes real events and people, sometimes offering additional commentary. This tag should be used for any questions relating to non-fiction, including non-fiction formatting and technique, non-fiction critiques, and the publishing of non-fiction.
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Computer programs intended for writers. Questions involving the use of particular programs, or requesting recommendation for software that will help in a particular task.
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Questions about the rules of grammar, and how to properly apply them to writing. Note that questions asking to improve or check grammar of a specific piece are off-topic.
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Questions about creating and using names. Note that questions asking people to come up with names for you are off-topic.
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This tag should be used for questions about the act of creating elements for your own fictional world that you will use in your creative writing. If you are considering asking a question about world-building, please consider asking it on StackExchange's launched site dedicated to this specific topic, worldbuilding.stackexchange.com.
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Short form writing, often focused on the aesthetics of words as much as the meaning. This tag should be used for any questions relating to poems, including poetry formatting and technique, poetry critiques, and the publishing of poetry.
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Questions to do with fiction or nonfiction tomes, print or digital, either professionally or self-published.
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