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June is around the corner! So, hello and welcome! This is a thread open to anyone who wants to start, maintain, or reinforce a writing habit. (It...

Immigrants arrested illegally crossing the border with children are now being forced to wear yellow bracelets to identify them. Their children are...

People say it takes a few years to get up to speed on being a good writer. Maybe not for everyone, maybe for some people more than others, and I'm...

I came home from fishing today and the internet was on fire. Roseanne opened her big mouth and inserted her even bigger foot with some racist tweets....

. . . and other long-time allies: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44320221 Expect to start paying more for all manner of goods, very...

OK. Here's the rules: 1) Someone will post a picture of someone notable. Then, people will guess who it is! 2) The point taker will then be...

I looked, and maybe I missed it if its posted anywhere, but I'm curious if anyone should or should not mention their beta reader responses to...

I've sent my novel off to my editor. I say that but it's more informal than you think. My best childhood friend edits for a major newspaper and she'd...

I think this is an interesting approach to writing a novel. I'm using Blogger so this is my reference point, but Wordpress is very similar. There are...

Well, hello! This is my first post on Absolute Write but I've been lurking for a while. I need to get something off my chest. My unagented,...

In the story, considering the MC was a child soldier when he was young, would it be ok if the main villain had sexually abused the MC as a kid? My...

As Trump was leaving Air Force One for his upcoming meeting with Kim Jong Un, Fox news called it. Link video twitter link

Hello, it's Daniel! :) I searched and could not find a topic for this. How do you go about planning your stories? I just dealt with,...

First of all, I'd like to sincerely apologise if I am accidentally duplicating something that already exists. I did have a look through the forums...

1475 immigrant children who were seized from their parents and placed in the care of Health and Human Services in 2017 are unaccounted for. ...

I don't even know where to begin. My story is so disheartening that I hesitate to even post it. I've written more manuscripts than I can count - the...

This just came up on the news. https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/us/anthony-bourdain-obit/index.html *stumped for words* -cb

I may have bitten off more than I can chew.... I used to be a very linear writer--I had to write in order or it just didn't work. Well, getting a...

1. I thought I had made my protagonist likable, but just got a few comments back ... and he isn't, not yet. Are there simple tips on this? I know the...

For several years, I've drooled over the idea of having two monitors. It seems very useful, and there's the cool factor too, but now that I've got...

An undocumented immigrant from Ecuador, who is married to an American citizen (they have two small children) and has applied for a green card, was...

I know that's a ridiculously subjective question. But I'm currently around 32,000 words into my first draft of my first novel, and I am realising...

Hey, lovely people, how high would a theatre's gantry be from the ground (the structure that holds the lights, ropes and equipment, etc above the...

Okay, I give up. The world has officially gone mad....

Reality once again exceeds the reach of satire: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44305873 caw