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  1. Character name change
  2. Titles - how do you choose yours?
  3. Citing another author's ramblings
  4. How to write / what makes a story
  5. A Troublesome Sentence
  6. Query Statistics/Averages
  7. A fistful of anonymous supporting characters
  8. Exactly what is speculative element?
  9. Verb needed to with "Mmm-hmm"
  10. Question on use of caps with Poker
  11. Where should I post my writing?
  12. trying to find a certain phrase...
  13. Please help with this paragraph
  14. Scenes Vs. Chapters
  15. How many characters should a book have?
  16. Spelling
  17. what genre would this book be?
  18. Said and thought
  19. How to start Eight?
  20. Subgenre guide & Word Counts?
  21. Starting sentences with "but"
  22. What's wrong with this sentence?
  23. Another Question About Pseudonym
  24. writing out all numbers? - time, years, ages
  25. Need help with a song title.
  26. Plot Devices
  27. John said? said John?
  28. Legal (copyright) question
  29. -st ending (among/amongst-while/whilst)
  30. Weird question about word count
  31. Dashes
  32. I can't articulate anymore....
  33. How do I kill off my 1st person character?
  34. Copyrights on Pop Culture Catchphrases
  35. Cover letter needed with Vita?
  36. Overly real dialog--is it bad?
  37. Time of year to query
  38. Detail Problems - big words, flowery descriptions
  39. The Big Reveal--when to release information and when not to?
  40. How many pages this?
  41. Said, Replied, Asked, Responded
  42. Commas
  43. Sending Manuscripts - simultaneous submissions allowed?
  44. Query envelopes-handwritten okay?
  45. Editing question
  46. Which is correct? - same character speaks again, keep in same paragraph?
  47. Writing Dates - spell out day/year numbers?
  48. Do agents cost money?
  49. MLA reference
  50. Can I use...
  51. Show and Tell Confusion
  52. Quoting Authors, Songs, other References
  53. Question about split infinitives : )
  54. Would this be considered trademark infringment?
  55. Pen Names
  56. My Cousin Vinny defends Hanibel Lector - Copyright issues
  57. Repeating . . . - include summary of previous chapter?
  58. Quick Question - redundant title?
  59. How can she get away with this?! (How to make bad things happen to your character.)
  60. Why write?
  61. Is a Kiss Just a Kiss? or is there another way to say it?
  62. Question marks in thought dialog
  63. Curriculum Vitae vs. Portfolio
  64. Full Moons & Platinum Pens
  65. Page Settings for novel
  66. Yodaisms and Telling...
  67. Another title question.
  68. Word Count UK
  69. What things should writers avoid at all costs?
  70. Character Names (do they affect how you perceive the character?)
  71. Some questions on point of view
  72. Said-Bookisms, Tom Swifites, What have you
  73. Preface vs rest of story- P.O.V question
  74. How do you quote lyrics being sung?
  75. Every time I sit down to write...
  76. POV switching
  77. Is there any other way? (how to describe unseen people/creatures)
  78. Question on Third-Person Omniscient
  79. Random Question (author using initial, middle name and last name)
  80. Canadian, Eh? (A question about spelling)
  81. Divine Dialouge
  82. Breaking the fourth wall
  83. Quick question on tense
  84. Sign Language Portrayal in Writing
  85. can of worms...
  86. Double-Spacing After Punctuation
  87. Queries
  88. Time for a Name Change?
  89. Toward or Towards? Farther or Further? Is there a rule to this?
  90. Sentences without verbs
  91. Using Words in a Foreign Language
  92. Maximum Word Count and Agents
  93. MC sees future...but it's psychic
  94. In the know?
  95. Timescale
  96. Sympathetic Characters
  97. Quick question
  98. Need opinions on this sentence.
  99. Help! It’s my 2-hour time of rewriting and I suck at it.
  100. Probably a silly question to ask... (SASE mailing/return addresses)
  101. Character Names. (I have my own question)
  102. Main Character(istics)
  103. Singular 'their'
  104. Standard MS Format - Australia
  105. Third person limited vs Focused Omniscence
  106. A question about punctuation.
  107. Is there a word...
  108. How do I mention this
  109. STYLE Element
  110. Opinions on a sentence
  111. Lay vs. Laid
  112. Best way to lay out a plot?
  113. Argh! What format for the Full?
  114. Is this the correct wording?
  115. What is a canon sue?
  116. dashes -------
  117. Query format questions
  118. Fictional Memoirs ?
  119. Flashbacks
  120. Is There a Hidden Message in Your Writing?
  121. Synonym for (bad) singing?
  122. Is there a word for this?
  123. Smelt or smelled?
  124. First Question..
  125. First Drafts?
  126. Tense
  127. How do you do your re-writes??
  128. Is this irony?
  129. Some constructive feeback?
  130. Dashes --- II (incomplete thoughts---)
  131. Unemployment
  132. president/presidency... emperor/?
  133. Legality of retellings
  134. POV and tone of narration!
  135. The Name's the Same
  136. First one always the hardest?
  137. Is It....?
  138. How do I structure this idea?
  139. Total no-no to switch POV?
  140. This sentence- good, bad or ugly?
  141. Simple idea machine
  142. What does "lyrical" mean to you? Examples of Lyrical Writing?
  143. Distracted by my plot
  144. Sending book round before it's finished: a good idea?
  145. Style problem.
  146. Help me rewrite this sentence
  147. How do you write a day of the month?
  148. How long should an outline be?
  149. How Do You Go About Proofing Your Work...
  150. To 1st person or not to 1st person - that is the question. . .
  151. Information on MS Headers
  152. Contractions
  153. Creation of the Universe (Prologue)
  154. Word Count
  155. Absurd v realism
  156. Posting my novel online
  157. what is necessary for article writing
  158. Random Questions From a Newbie
  159. Dialects and Dialogue
  160. Mixed Fonts
  161. Ditching Adverbs
  162. Passive Dialog Difficulty
  163. Em Dashes??
  164. I feel like I've made no improvement
  165. Ma'am or Madam?
  166. think of starting a book
  167. First Person Narrative - Selecting a voice
  168. Which genre to write in?
  169. How do you combat the revision blues?
  170. Researching Tips?
  171. Anyone else loves research?
  172. Creating and Developing Characters
  173. Writing Great Dialogue?
  174. Does this sentence make sense?
  175. Writing Books Recomendation
  176. Writing Course - "write a book in 28 days or less"
  177. Assuming a new identity
  178. Do I Always Need To Explain Why Characters Are Flawed?
  179. How to write? PERIOD!
  180. showing vs telling - 1st vs 3rd person
  181. tooth/teeth
  182. A question of tense
  183. rhetoric problems
  184. Problem with internal dialogue
  185. Beginning Writing Mistakes (article on agent Kristin Nelson's blog)
  186. Show and Tell
  187. Flat vs Round Characters
  188. Question about a diary...
  189. Profanity
  190. 5300 words = how many paperback pages?
  191. Melodrama
  192. Do you try to form an emotional link between MC and reader?
  193. The overuse of a single word
  194. What is the difference? Giggling vs. chuckling
  195. How do I fix an overuse of It/There
  196. Plot holes
  197. Did you have to retrain yourself… to delete that 2nd space after the period?
  198. Best and Worst Kinds of Characters
  199. OK to start a novel with dialogue?
  200. To first person or not?
  201. Do these paragraphs flow? + passive vs. active examples
  202. Who are "you" "we" "us" ....
  203. Looking for my Title
  204. How do you deal with information already known?
  205. Young Adult new to writing.
  206. Brainstorming Techniques
  207. Writing YA?
  208. Advice anyone? - starting a novel
  209. Internal Conflicts
  210. Question about Point of View (moved from Novels)
  211. Short Story to Novel
  212. Skinny Fingers description - which version?
  213. Organization or Ad Lib?
  214. Quotation marks...?
  215. definitions please
  216. Do you know of any writers that...
  217. I am looking for some good grammar workbooks...
  218. run-on sentences
  219. Contraction Conundrum
  220. Paragraph ending - suggestions?
  221. The Cone Gatherers help.
  222. Books To Improve Writing
  223. Audio-books, The Cone Gatherers...
  224. Repetitive Spelling Errors
  225. Lonely MC and show vs tell
  226. Exclamation in dialogue...
  227. Another Dialogue question...
  228. Is it plagiarism if...
  229. Readers Block!
  230. My Problem (Several problems with writing technique)
  231. Repetition
  232. Where to "Finish" Your Book Before Taking it to the Editor?
  233. This Paragraph Seems Awkward, Help?
  234. To Edit or not to edit?
  235. How to check wordcount?
  236. Some basic questions. (unsolicited mss.? SASE?)
  237. Apostrophes and capitalisation.
  238. How to format reading aloud
  239. Period dashes ... for want of a better term (ellipsis/ellipses)
  240. Ingenious character development techniques
  241. Question on introduction to the story.
  242. My Haven of quick-n-dirty questions...
  243. Interviewing Characters
  244. Which Plot?
  245. When to Show and When to Tell?
  246. Excerpt POV Question
  247. Start new paragraph for dialogue or stay in same para?
  248. What to do when writing becomes "work"?
  249. Weak Characters
  250. Don't you just wish there could be music...