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- Great Expectations & Sincere Thanks
- What Genre?
- Forgivable?
- Editing tips??
- How do you create a smart character when you yourself are not smart
- Title question, please help.
- Does an author's gender matter to you as a reader?
- Indian novels/western readers
- How much to reveal of book one in series book two?
- I can't distinguish between literary and commercial fiction in a principled way
- Which character would you consider more potent?
- Cliche Action
- Songs in Novels
- To prologue or not to prologue
- Dreaming...
- Printing Companies for Beta books
- So attached to character, having a hard time doing what is right for story... tips?
- Uncle Jim?
- How many WIPs at once?
- Novels, arrr, how to name a chapter!?
- The writer who made you want to be a novelist
- write in order, or cut-and-paste?
- Influence on writing style
- An awesome, awesome, amazingly awesome feeling.
- Using a Pen Name
- Famous Writers School
- Trouble deciding on Protagonist
- Journal entries in a novel
- JRW writer's conference
- Battle Scene
- Pen Name Game
- I can't think of a title and it's hurting the writing
- Music Writing
- Would this be too cliche/unrealistic?
- Author Intrusion
- What are they asking?
- Setting your story up?
- 1 & 2 word sentences...
- What Was the Book
- 30 days are up on the exclusive of my full...and I am leaving the country.
- Ever been compared to
- where's the sex?
- Present or Past Tense for First Person
- Is it ok to use AP style?
- Writers vs. their books
- ARCHIPELAGO by Stephen Davis (Read and Review)
- First draft by word count?
- That Extra Special Something
- Do you suffer from MGD?
- World Rights for your Novel
- Writing a book without any ideas....
- Frustrated
- HELP--Another Question by crowlett
- Show/Tell
- Cowriting experiences?
- strange way of setting up novel
- Self Realization Regarding Procrastination
- Ending the book before it is finished
- Interviewing your characters
- Name my character please
- Siblings
- When Good Characters Go Bad
- Forewarning
- Would This Work?
- I couldn't resist the cuteness (lolcat inside)
- Argh - Showing and Telling in First Person - how?
- Good Idea, Bad Idea, or Who-Cares Idea?
- What does this mean????? Please help me
- Is it appropriate?
- YA Novels - What's okay and what's no?
- The well-dressed character...
- Too Controversial?? Advice sought
- False Starts
- How long is too long?
- What's qualifies as a bestseller these days?
- Tonights progress
- He/She looks like...
- Please talk me down: what if I finish and don't know how to revise it?
- My Style of Writing (Why I Do It and Why Others Hate It)
- Leaps in time - "Frame" novel, or not?
- The Power of Positive Feedback
- Ever get the feeling that it's writing itself?
- Please--anyone got a little encouragement to spare?
- Outlining - How do YOU do it?
- Does this book 'stand alone'?
- Novel Scene Question for Deep Sea Fishermen.
- Anyone write 'morals' or 'messages' into their novels?
- Not another genre question!
- Un-killing a character...
- I see the light! *angels sing*
- Writing is...
- Illustrations in Novels?
- Too many false trails
- I need a word...
- What is your MC's profession...?
- Any idea what these are?
- Creating Promotion
- Concerns about length, particularly fantasy
- My Novel is Socially Controversial
- On Quitting
- "Overwritten"
- I hit 100K!
- Harry Potter Book Seven rumors
- The Mark
- and then
- good girl / bad guy stories
- Multiple MCs and Changing POV
- How many rejections?
- In homage to the grand internet muse...
- Is a Rape Scene a No No in a Novel?
- Need agent name but can't find it
- Writers block with a mix of despair
- Cliche or standard and useable?
- ONE REQUEST FOR.. a partial? The whole book? I dunno
- Query Letter
- Tell and then show?
- Multiple perspective disorder!
- How many is too many: points of view
- Genre change
- Comments on "hooks"
- Another Rape Discussion
- Hooray. Someone wants the manuscript
- Can someone please explain 'formula writing' to me?? Please??
- Would this be a "problem" for you?
- How do you ship your manuscript?
- Why Harry Potter??
- Probably a dumb question about cover letters
- POV shifts
- Harry Potter is a WHAT???? ***SPOILER ALERT***
- Looking for a place to stay in Europa.
- Delayed POV
- Dear God, If I'm very very good ...
- Anyone have a www.goodreads.com page?
- Influences Outside of Literature
- SF 'gadgets' - How much description is necessary?
- Editing Checklist
- Tragedy or Comedy?
- First Person Narrator, is not a good guy.
- How to approach revisions
- Piracy
- Writing Life
- The random writings post
- A deadline question for the unpublished
- JK Rowling - what next?
- Writing from the Antagonist POV
- Walks and Writing
- How do you organise your novel? I've been attempting to write mine for 3 years now!!!
- Stuff like this doesn't happen in real life! (Or does it?)
- Long hand or key stroke?
- I'm having trouble writing a suicide note
- A moment of clarity
- Dreams!
- What did you want to be when you grew up?
- Getting into your characters' heads
- Betareaders
- Book Problem
- Is an agent necessary if...
- Being kept in the submission loop...
- Non-English dialogue: opinions
- When/how do you follow up.
- Do you date your work?
- Help me kick this character out of the spotlight, please!
- Revising/Writing
- A new love in my life.
- What to expect...
- What to do?... What to do?...
- How do you deal with rejection?
- outlines, snowflakes, or just write?
- Character trait exchange
- Just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - WOW
- Newbie question
- What are your reference materials?
- Where do jacket endorsements come from...?
- question about AgentQuery's dates
- 2 new Beta readers have chapter 1 and are not responding...
- Characters Available Free to Good Home
- What do you most need help with?
- Does anyone NOT use beta readers?
- Practising the craft outside writing?
- What time frame does your novel cover? And does it matter?
- Backstory in a first chapter
- Writing your prologue...
- Do you get fan mail?
- Politically Correct or Historically Accurate?
- tvtropes tried and, um... true.
- Kicking Puppies
- Chapter Process
- Keeping information from your reader
- Procrastinating at the Finish Line
- Sending Query Letters
- Would this annoy you?
- Comfortable Typing Laptop -- Wrists aching
- Where's the love?
- Is this normal?
- Using Names of Chain Businesses
- Music.
- Quotations for chapter openers
- Loved ones just can't read it.
- Dreams
- How many subplots do you have?
- Multiple genres--pseudonym or not?
- First time novelist.
- Under-25 Novelists?
- Fanfiction Ages
- Query question
- Putting the cart before the horse...AKA looking at agents before finishing the WIP
- The Editorial Notes
- Newbie News Flash!
- How do you decide which project to work on?
- I'm having a moral dilema
- The Dumbest question
- Exact or plus or minus?
- Would you care for a killer-hero?
- Who ARE their agents?
- Question for the Scots and others here.
- Spacing out your timeline...
- Free Online Series of Novel Workshops
- Which one would you pick up?
- Do People Care About Fictional "Procedures"
- Deletion Dilemma
- Describing your Main Character
- What are your character names?
- Formatting a voice in someone's head
- I had a sad day at the bookstore.
- Help me find an appropriate quote
- Crossword help
- Why do you REALLY want to write a novel?
- What is a Beta Reader
- Gimme a kiss -- like this
- When do you work best?
- The Muse.
- Looking for a Beta Reader - Murder in the Dark
- How young is too young?
- A Question About Beginnings
- To Resubmit, or not Resubmit. That IS the question.
- My motivation is dehydrated.
- Can I design my own dustjacket/cover...?
- Fiction: first person "tense"
- Proper prose vs. vivid writing
- Film Options for Books
- Hey you lot...where do you write?
- Tell us about your Sebastian...
- Total Chapter/Scene POV Switch = Effective?
- A Valuable Re-Writing Technique...
- Querying a Series
- I think my WIP just grew 100k words... :-/
- what do you suggest
- How do you create you characters?
- Male or female MC?
- Brain dead for ideas
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