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It's also worth noting that universities would accept female students, and that there were notable female scholars, with several women founding universities. The University of Al-Karaouine was founded

It's hard to describe what water smells like if you can't smell it yourself, and not everyone can. Depending on the source of water, there's different scents, but drinkable water ...

I love my story and that's what's important, right? Yup.

pre-1930 = manual elevator = operator needed Also, found a wiki page: If we're calling them lifts, it seems the correct term would be "liftman".

I think the term was lift operator?

In addition to what Jabber (and Rosey) said, panel layouts are also very important. How many panels you have on the page and their sizes respective to one another act ...

You have to be careful how you handle handicaps. Glossing over the inconveniences is a great way to offend or outrage readers, simply because the handicap will look like just ...

Depending on how complex your sentences are, you can have multiple tenses in a single sentence: one main, and possibly several additional tenses. However, you have to be able to ...

So can I just use the "almighty power of third person narration" and write a page or two about who these people are and why they're doing what they're doing? ...

You can mention that Elementals are long-lived and give hints throughout the story at how big the difference in lifespans is. Another alternative would be to have a character ask ...

Behind the Name is a good one.

\o/ And there was much rejoicing. Congrats!

First and third have different approaches/perspectives when it comes to writing. I personally prefer third-limited, since it's a bit easier to convey actions and the magnitude of events than in ...

Rather than rely on flashbacks, why not consider telling the story in a non-linear fashion? It sounds like you're already writing the story semi-nonlinearly. Here's a short example. Played right, ...

1. The RAT (Race against time). Is this always necessary? The current plot I'm formulating does not have this in any form. Unless you're writing an action/adventure or straight thriller, ...