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  1. What is the best job for an aspiring novelist?
  2. Help!! Please be patient with the Newbie
  3. A word count norm? If there is such a thing...
  4. Using Lulu for family copies - good/bad idea?
  5. Expertise Please...Re: Status Queries
  6. Formatting POV changes and Chapter Breaks
  7. So, my manuscript is up for auction, any advice?
  8. Pitfalls of writing a sequel?
  9. Fly Fusion Pentop Computer - useful for writers?
  10. movie MONEY...please advise.
  11. Programming and writing
  12. First Cover
  13. Dual authoring
  14. Show My Reference?
  15. Where would you say your story begins?
  16. Help! My antagonist is too eccentric
  17. Uh oh - totally out of ideas for my novel
  18. Winging It
  19. How to resuscitate my WIP?
  20. exhume the body?
  21. Writing Tip: Risks
  22. Augh! Wait. Um, I mean, Cool! I think.
  23. When do you share
  24. how do you develop characters?
  25. If you had to do it on a--gulp--TYPEWRITER
  26. The Future of the publishing business
  27. Opening the closet door...
  28. How many words do you average per day?
  29. One more question....is it wise to outline your novel or just jump right in?
  30. Long sections where the MC is alone...
  31. Setting changes and character abandonment: does this bother you?
  32. Showing Character Fears
  33. Need character Traits? This site really helps!
  34. Stuck on a scene and can't seem to move forward
  35. How crazy is it if...
  36. where are word count statistics for best sellers, specifically The Road my McCarthy?
  37. Cartographic help
  38. The Opening Chapter
  39. My mc wants to hum or sing...
  40. 3rd person Inner Dialogue?
  41. Underline all words to be italicized in MS?
  42. Must an antagonist be known early in the book?
  43. requesting BRUTAL feedback
  44. Edith Wharton Letter - House of Mirth
  45. (Decent/Good) Book Advances?
  46. Chapter Numbers
  47. Gender genie?
  48. Titling Chapters
  49. more abandoned ideas....
  50. List of Movies about Writers/Writing
  51. Okay sorry another chapter question
  52. From Windows to Mac - Black Friday Sale
  53. Share Titles, Plots, and Themes
  54. What Genre Is This?
  55. Quoting a Movie
  56. If a movie adaptation of your book was made...
  57. A Reader's Rights vs. A Writer's Perogative
  58. When Do You Give Up On Your Novel?
  59. Prose Writing and Poetic Sensitivity...
  60. Myths, Legends, and Folklore.
  61. camere en milano: hotel ethics
  62. Switching pov's
  63. Sequential versus non-sequential writing?
  64. The terrible, the awful, the horrible....
  65. Article on Lying
  66. Ever had a MC write a poem?
  67. What's It Called...
  68. Writing Convincing Dialogue
  69. London betas needed, also help with slave portrayal
  70. In a bit of a bind
  71. Wanna/Gonna
  72. Samwise the brave
  73. Too many "events" in the plot?
  74. Is this a problem?
  75. Perfected or Abandoned
  76. Changing a Character's Name
  77. How much control do you actually have over your story?
  78. Aliens, broken English and changing POVs
  79. Post-apocalyptic fiction
  80. How do you tell your target audience?
  81. A New View
  82. Agent checkups
  83. self-conscious about the WIP?
  84. Italics
  85. How do you get your characters to write the story?
  86. Having Our Say?
  87. I'm a ruthless killer
  88. Ever have a story hit you unexpectedly?
  89. Name change required?
  90. How do you gain confidence in your novel?
  91. help please
  92. "Sometimes Truth is Stranger than Fiction"
  93. A Question of Illustration
  94. Famous Quotes?
  95. Selling excerpts in advance of publication?
  96. Scene Transistions & Char.
  97. I'm unattached. HELP!
  98. Scene change vs. goal
  99. Getting a Self Published Book into the Chain Stores
  100. Endings
  101. Has anyone finished their novel for NaNoWriMo?
  102. Tips on writing First Person POV?
  103. Wondering how many pages i possibly have...
  104. Hi, I'm Dan Brown and this is my new book ...
  105. Hope and Encouragement for Unpublished Writers
  106. Can you plagiarize yourself?
  107. How Close to the Truth
  108. Smoking something
  109. Hopefully uplifting...
  110. Too early to start promoting?
  111. Unintentional metaphor, symbolism, etc.
  112. How many words on a page of a novel?
  113. Maximally Considerate Writing
  114. Titles
  115. Full or brief synopsis?
  116. Length of Opening Chapter
  117. Critiquing a friend's MS
  118. Does your novel choose you?
  119. What Genre am I?
  120. When do you quit an idea?
  121. Cover Designer Blog
  122. Book Cover?
  123. In the door, out the door, up the stairs...
  124. A little survey about drafts
  125. Sniffing out a Nickname
  126. Resend Synopsis?
  127. Submitting a short story that is a part of the novel?
  128. Laughs
  129. at first i thought this was a joke video
  130. book proposals and pitches
  131. Help me describe my characters.
  132. Yet another book cover topic
  133. My character is running for president?
  134. Contract lawyers?
  135. Does size really matter? (synopsis)
  136. Corporate Business in Fiction
  137. Plot vs. Story
  138. I did NOT see this coming. . .
  139. Is there any shame in self-publishing?
  140. Copyrights
  141. There's nothing like seeing it.
  142. I have a talking cat in my story. Is that a good idea?
  143. A different word count question - I promise!
  144. Who decides what America reads?
  145. When writing does it quickly flow for you or is it forced?
  146. Does any1 know any good programs for writers? Besides Word?
  147. question about historical present tense
  148. Prologues and POV
  149. Sending to a publisher a story in a foreign language. In this case English is foreign
  150. Why 1st Person POV?
  151. Plot Devices - Resource
  152. not sure how people will view my MC in the end....
  153. ideas?
  154. Tell vs Show in First Person POV
  155. Becoming a novelist and proving to others that you have that something special.
  156. As a novelist. What's life like for you?
  157. Switching MC 3rd Person POV
  158. A Novel way of getting published.
  159. How much time is needed to get to "know" a character?
  160. 15k mark and a question about pages....
  161. A Different Way of Sending Manuscripts
  162. World building. Questions that help you think about the world you're creating.
  163. Agent Agreement
  164. Too much writing? A warning
  165. Write First Draft with Chapters or Add Chapters Later?
  166. Hop or No Hop?
  167. Can teen love story target an adult audience?
  168. Manuscript help!!
  169. Toronto Book Expo
  170. How long should a chapter be?
  171. "Manipulating" your readers' feelings.
  172. Question about time sequence
  173. Growing up through chapters?
  174. Found Original Novel
  175. Why Book Tours Are Passé
  176. Young Adult Story
  177. Just discovered what my novel is about
  178. Story Elements and Lack of Knowledge Problems?
  179. anyone only have one novel in their head and not several??
  180. What do you work on when your 'in between'?
  181. Through the end of the tunnel- a guiding hand.
  182. publishing interest good or bad
  183. take a chance
  184. words and copyright issues
  185. Dead end!
  186. summarizing
  187. writing by speaking...
  188. Warming up
  189. The all important 2nd chapter
  190. By hand, by type and storage
  191. Using a 'pen name' - yay or nay?
  192. Fictional towns?
  193. Inviting All Authors for Interview 4 Newsletter!
  194. Valuable things you've learned.
  195. Words, words, words
  196. Adding character development to an already constructed story
  197. The Future of Fiction?
  198. Developing Characters Based On Book's Theme
  199. Published authors: when do you dispense with the betas?
  200. How do you know if your Beta is giving good advice?
  201. For all you guys who work in cubicles
  202. Character Goals
  203. My character thinks a little bit differently than normal. Is she crazy?
  204. Changing the way you write your story as you go along the story.
  205. What would your mother think?
  206. How many beta-readers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? (aka Submit or Wait?)
  207. Do I call the agent?
  208. colloquialism
  209. It's Not His Baby
  210. Error in a published novel
  211. Almost too real...
  212. Fine If It Works or Beyond Annoying?
  213. When writing novels what are the "cliche" or archaic phrases should you avoid?
  214. what is the most extreme thing you've written(or read) in a novel
  215. novel writing v. screenwriting....
  216. The Abstract
  217. not sure where to post this question.......
  218. Is it "cheating" to switch WIP's?
  219. How to get my book published
  220. What do you do when write a story then you realized that it was unoriginal?
  221. How Well Should We Know Our Characters?
  222. Is it a matter of if at first
  223. Too downmarket?
  224. Any tips as I write?
  225. Melodrama
  226. Pacing and clues in partials...
  227. 1st vs 3rd Person - Which do you prefer?
  228. Must the protagonist be the MC?
  229. Book Titles from Songs
  230. Exercise is good for what?!
  231. Why aren't I getting any responses on the SYW forum?
  232. Worried
  233. Correct use of a prologue - Does this work?
  234. Non essential flashbacks.
  235. Ill constructed and lame and incomplete settings
  236. So MUCH on my MIND!
  237. ever typed your own name for one of your characters?
  238. Query--First Five Pages Doublespaced?
  239. How much do you know when you're writing your first draft?
  240. From draft to draft
  241. Great article in the New Yorker about Raymond Carver
  242. So, it turns out my MC isn't my MC after all...
  243. Synopsis Questions
  244. Two characters, one goal, two different reasons: The classic plot, done 10x over.
  245. Good Idea, Bad Story
  246. The Dreaded Domino Effect
  247. The limits of English
  248. Twelve days of Christmas
  249. How do you choose the right title?
  250. What is the first thing your main character wears in their first appearance?