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I'm a conservative leaning, gun owning American. I used to post things on boards and social media about my thoughts and views on things, was a...

April is coming up! So, hello and welcome! This is a thread open to anyone who wants to start, maintain, or reinforce a writing habit. (It can...

I'm working my way through a book of interviews with authors, most of whom are well known. One comment stuck with me: You successfully break the...

I've been on and off weeping for 3 hours now. These young, incredible, powerful voices were most profoundly moving and inspiring.

I've been thinking about this because after all there can be books starring 12 or 13 year olds that are decidedly marketed towards adults. So...

I've done NaNoWriMo a few times, and something about the idea of writing a novel in just a month appeals to me. I'm working on an actual novel now,...

Friends! Fellow authors! My first thread is here and I come to you with a burning question: How do y'all feel about starting a story where the...

Hi everybody, I have a huge problem with my dialogue. I've read plenty of advice on how to write dialogue. My problem is not that I state the obvious...

Hello from Adelaide, Australia. Any other Aussies on this forum?

I am currently reading a 1975 novel by Jeffrey Konvitz called The Sentinel. Konvitz seemed to enjoy a properly placed incomplete sentence (as I do)....

I'm specifically asking for novels, but short stories will work too. I haven't been redrafting my novel properly. I used to print it out and check...

I'm eight books into my s---a---g---a and don't have a clue what the novel titles are going to be (although I have a basic boring idea for the series...

Hi everyone! My name is Harro, I’m from Amsterdam in The Netherlands, I just finished a short creative writing course and I was very surprised...

This probably explains Hannity’s recent on-air meltdown about the sanctity of attorney-client privilege? :popcorn: Michael Cohen's mystery third...

This is kind of a rant/discussion post. I was having a conversation with my mother last night about my art. I write and draw, graphite pencil art...

Summer (or winter, if you live in the future, that is, Australia) is right around the corner. NaNo is over. Sisyphus is (nearly) over. Camp ain't for...

First off, hi to everyone :-) This will be my first post. Many beta readers who have critiqued the first chapter to my current project have...

That chat in the other thread about elves, and my own WIP have me thinking - what are your thoughts about immortal races in fantasy? What do you like...

I'm noticing as I'm writing my series that although I enjoy the story I am crafting and I believe in my writing I still feel a lack of confidence in...

Don't know how often in the past this has been posted. Since I joined last month, I'll start my own, unless....nevermind. Okay, so this was...

Wrote the book 3 years ago. Chances with the Big 5 kaput (ex-agent may have had a short-timer attitude by then). Challenge accepted. Sub to a...

Via The New York Times Trump Orders Strikes on Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack Via The Washington Post U.S. launches missile...

Imagine this: You're sitting on the sofa, controller in hand. Your XboxOne hums and purrs like a contented, braincell-killing cat as you guide a...

VIDEO AUTOPLAY WARNING "I like to think I've done my part." To do...what? Run this country into the ground? Destroy what little credibility...

I've read plenty of advice about the pitfalls of starting a story too long before the action starts, but not so much about whether it's a bad idea to...

From what I've read about scene structure, it states all proactive scenes include a goal, conflict and a setback. Does this mean (not counting...

I hadn't seen another thread discussing this bill. I am curious to hear people's opinions on the bill. Does it go to far? Does it not go far enough?...

It's been years since I left query letter hell simply out of frustration and started self-publishing. Only to find that I have no talent for...