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“It seemed to be a chronic disease. It was as if even the most intelligent person had this little blank spot in their heads where someone had written: ‘Kings. What a good idea.’ Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees.”

— Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

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Using the appropriate vocabulary in your novel

It is very important that the language in your novel reflects the time and place in which the story is set.

For example, my story is set in Italy. My characters would never “ride shotgun”, a term coined in US in the early 1900s referring to riding alongside the driver with a shotgun to gun bandits. 

Do your research! A free tool that I found to be very useful is Ngram Viewer. 

You can type any word and see when it started appearing in books. For example…one of my characters was going to say “gazillion” (I write YA) in 1994. Was “gazillion” used back then?

And the answer is…YES! It started trending in 1988 and was quite popular in 1994.

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If you believe “Kill all blacks” is racist (which it is) but “Kill all whites” isn’t racist or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.

If you believe “Trans people suck” is transphobic (which it is) but “Cis people suck” isn’t cisphobic or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.

If you believe “men hitting women for reasons other self defense” is abuse (which it is) but believe “women beating men for reasons other than self defense” isn’t abuse or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.

If you believe treating females poorly for being female is sexist (which it is) but believe treating males poorly for being male isn’t sexist or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.

If you believe “Homosexuals/bisexuals are horrible people” is homophobic/biphobic (which it is) but believe “Heterosexuals are horrible people” isn’t heterophobic or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard.

If you believe “Muslims need to be wiped out” is Islamophobic (which it is), but think “Christians need to be wiped out” isn‘t Christianophobic or vice versa, you just proved you hold a double standard

Double Standards are NOT OKAY

TL:DR The double standard doesn’t have to be on a wide scale, it can be as simple as what people say

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Writing Tips

To set something down:

Lay    (present tense)

Laid    (past tense)

Laying    (present participle/e.g am, is, are.) 

Laid    (past participle/e.g has, have, had.)

To rest or recline:  

Lie    (present tense) 

Lay    (past tense)

Lying    (present participle/e.g am, is, are.) 

Lain    (past participle/e.g has, have, had.)