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Hi! My apologies if this ends up being a silly question, but not knowing the answer is irritating me.

I understand the basic patterns for short versus long vowels, but this particular ending seems to break them (at least when it's an adjectival ending).

I know that "it's just an exception" can be a correct answer when it comes to languages, but if there is a reason for the short vowel, I'd love to know what it is, so please don't feel scared to throw some linguistics at me, especially if it would help me understand those patterns better.

Thanks!

The first book I ever read on writing seemed to combine structure and plot (for an admittedly decent reason), and never really discussed form, so now that I'm working through Damon Knight's Creating Short Fiction, I'm realizing that I have a lot twisted up, and that I need help really separating things.

From what I've learned so far:

• Plot: the events that take place in a story.
  • Events are connected mostly causally
  • Example: Princess is kidnapped (A), Prince heads out to save her (B), Prince fights through castle to rescue Princess (C), Princess and Prince return home (D)
• Structure: the organization of the story, or stories in general
  • Several different types (3-Act, Save

I understand the purpose of each one individually, but I'm curious how one connects to the next.

Do the actions taken at and after the midpoint lead directly to the darkest moment, and does the result of the darkest moment lead directly to plot point 2? Or do these points stand mostly on their own, and the connection comes from just the logical progression of the story?

I could see either answer being correct, and maybe that itself is the answer: whatever works, works.

And before anyone accuses me of overthinking this: yes, I am, and I'm enjoying it. I like the theoretical aspects of writing as much as actually creating stories.

An Earl Weatherwax is mentioned here. That information would be immensely appreciated.

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[The article](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198430605/)

I found my great-grandfather's name in a US Indian census roll record. That by itself is strange enough, but I started to recognize a few of the other names there as well: Bellecourt, Bellanger, St. Clair, and Roy. These names all either show up in DNA matches' trees (though some trees are questionable at best), or are the matches' names. Couple that with the fact that the record is for the Chippewa tribe, which I believe stretched from Minnesota (where I live) to Quebec, and the fact that many of my matches tied to my great-grandfather have connections to Quebec as well, and this is turning into one hell of a coincidence.

Any ideas why these names would show up in records like this? We

So, I'm trying to track down my great-grandfather, but I'm running into major issues. As it stands, I have no idea if he had any siblings, or who his parents were. I never met my grandfather, and it seems like everyone related to that side of the family hates each other.

What I have:

• Name of his wife (my great-grandmother): a few people in the family have confirmed her name
• Birth date: WW2 draft card, great-grandmother listed as next-of-kin
• Birth place: two different states listed; one from the draft card, the other from a census record that he filled out and also includes my great-grandmother
• Death date: SS index, birth date and residence match, but I have not directly seen any

I know an obvious answer would include length and complexity, but beyond that, what are the big technical differences?

Do novellas hit all the same plot points as a novel? Do they have subplots, but fewer than a novel? Do they have _no_ subplots? Is description and language more terse? Etc.

I know the answer can vary between works, so I'm only asking in a very general sense.

I'm just starting to really hit writing hard, and ignoring short stories, most how-to's, for a lack of a better term, focus on novels. I know part of the process is revision, feedback, etc, and I'd like to practice with shorter pieces, and eventually work up to full-length novels.

To be clear, I'm not worried

Just curious, mostly. My game updated early this morning, and it's stuttering a lot, now. Any time I go into a new area, it happens, plus some.

So, I'm fighting >!Gonska!<. It isn't too bad, until after his second break. Then he just gets pissy and completely wipes my entire front row. At first, I figured, "okay, a single big attack to corner you a bit. No biggie." Then he wiped out my back row. Up to this point in the game, I've obviously had some fights where I've needed to actually think, manage buffs/debuffs, etc, but nothing close to this.

The recommended level is 31, my team is 34 at least, and while I wouldn't say I'm using the best gear, it sure isn't the worst. Elem def is 200 minimum up to 400.

To be clear, I'm not new to Octopath at all, but I'm obviously doing something stupid here that I didn't have a problem

The combat in this game is really clunky, and the thought of spending 12+ hours on LitF sounds like ass. If I were to get the UFO ending, the shorter one, on Lost in the Fog for action, would that be enough to trigger the trophy?

I'm using a guide to get all the endings, and it said that doing things like purifying the sword are permanent per save file. So, for example, if I purified the sword, would that lock me out of the non-purified ending for that save?

I just want to make sure I'm not gonna shoot myself in the foot when I go for the remainders.

I need to fuse him for platinum, but I'm not super interested in dealing with Merciless.

I need to fuse the lil' guy for platinum, but I'm not super interested in playing on Merciless.

So, what's the verdict?