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  1. Yet another newbie asking for help...
  2. First Person -- when give your character's name?
  3. Prologue POV
  4. Fictional companies/employers - what can you get away with?
  5. Mixing Tenses
  6. Why do some characters work better than others?
  7. Characters that just WON'T DIE...
  8. Permission to paraphrase TV shows?
  9. How do you use flashbacks in writing?
  10. Who else likes Easter Eggs?
  11. Dialog
  12. Favorite Typos
  13. Beginning something new
  14. Genre/Sub-Genre Question Crime Fiction
  15. King's Way
  16. how many words....
  17. Completed Novel...now what??? HELP!
  18. When to bring in a Beta
  19. Beta or Agent
  20. Do you google your characters' names?
  21. Nothing--Again, nothing.
  22. When Did "Beta" Become a Dirty Word?
  23. Streamlining, i.e. the Kitchen Sink Syndrome
  24. Absolutely terrified :)
  25. Chapters
  26. Does Your 1st Draft End Too Long or Too Short?
  27. All alone vs. alone
  28. Profanity
  29. Can you be taught to write?
  30. Why am I such a chicken?
  31. Am I The Only One?
  32. Plot resolution problems
  33. Writer's Journal Dimensions
  34. Celebrities becoming authors....
  35. Is 68.5K too short?
  36. I start book 3 tomorrow (or I guess later today)
  37. Question about first person narration
  38. physically flawed hero?
  39. Changing POV
  40. writing times
  41. Anyone else break a novel into chapters after its done?
  42. Strangest place you've written notes for you WIP?
  43. Agent Blogs
  44. Anyone ever worked at a Newspaper?
  45. A Line Doesn't Sound Right?
  46. the beginning: help!
  47. Just finished second novel!
  48. Spelling
  49. How long did revising take you?
  50. Mentioning unfinished novels in a query letter
  51. Spiraling Scope
  52. Dazed and Confused!
  53. publishing excerpts of your novel
  54. Recommend your Editor
  55. Threading timelines
  56. Back on track!
  57. Difficult Homework and Myspace question- this is not a complaint
  58. Flashbacks and Backstory
  59. having a hard time w/ the WIP .... help?
  60. Nit-Picky Sentence Question
  61. Revisions and two versions of WIP. NEED HELP
  62. First Chapter Starts as a dream
  63. Should I use the slang for characters' speech or not?
  64. Retconning events, bringing characters back to life
  65. There are so many degrees of wrongness to my trunk novel
  66. Oh, dilemmas...
  67. covers
  68. A Particular Euphemism
  69. Word Count Question
  70. Plot point impacts
  71. Organizing Data.
  72. My First Conference
  73. IF YOU COULD READ IT OVER AGAIN
  74. How long?
  75. Dreams- what are they good for?
  76. Agency help
  77. Novel going out
  78. Hiring an editor before submitting to agents/publishers
  79. 2008 Conventions / Conferences
  80. Tense tension
  81. "The Career Novelist" by Donald Maass -- worth getting?
  82. What to do when words just don't leave you horny anymore?
  83. I'm in love with...
  84. What should a Prologue contain?
  85. EDITS
  86. In Support of Prologues
  87. Writing something new while revising?
  88. POV problem
  89. Would I get away with this?
  90. Advancing Scenes
  91. Table of Contents?
  92. Whatchoumacallit ... ???
  93. Suggestions for Final Editing
  94. My fiction fantasy novel
  95. Footnotes in fiction: Good, bad, or indifferent?
  96. What's wrong with me?
  97. Anachronistic Timeline, Unreliable Narrator, And Other Fun Tricks
  98. I have a headache...
  99. Avoiding first person POV at all costs? Why?
  100. Submitting a novel with a frame
  101. Anyone see any flaws in this plot point?
  102. Oh, those epic tasks...
  103. Email Queries
  104. Blurbing
  105. Any suggestions on how I could deal with this?
  106. So about those font rules
  107. Agent AND Manager?
  108. Killing a POV Character
  109. Writers' Limbo
  110. Is your plot simple of sprawling?
  111. The Novel Is Alive!
  112. "Silent Query Killer"
  113. Stapling a synopsis
  114. This Novel is Like a Grenade
  115. Contemplating Murder
  116. Would I be terribly un-PC if I set a scene on top of a Mosque?
  117. How many characters do you have?
  118. And...
  119. I finally got it!!!
  120. If you have a prologue, do you need an epilogue
  121. Hitting a Wall at 50K
  122. Titles
  123. Buildings/Landmarks that don't actually exist...
  124. Genre question
  125. How long before you know your characters?
  126. Question for published or agented authors
  127. Competition entry woes
  128. Describing Characters
  129. New Mods, Welcome!
  130. Should I Can My WIP?
  131. Character Generators
  132. Genre Question
  133. Writing Is A Journey, Not A Destination?
  134. Pieced: Yea or Nay and Why?
  135. Pacing a ghost story
  136. POV Character change
  137. MC Starting Alone
  138. Rich and detailed ending
  139. Gotham Writers' Workshop
  140. Drastic change too far in. . .
  141. luxury cruising lines
  142. Genre question I know the answers are here somewhere
  143. character gestures and beats
  144. In and out, in and out.
  145. Introducing Secondary Protagonist
  146. First Ten Pages- where to cut it
  147. Does it work in a novel?
  148. Editing concerns
  149. Is the whole quote thing too cliché?
  150. Unliked MC?
  151. Shakespearean model of 5 acts - please?
  152. perspective change mid-story good or bad.
  153. Wondering about age difference between couples
  154. Don't dive into shallow waters, you'll hurt yourself.
  155. How many of you novelists journal?
  156. Physical Manifestations
  157. How much do you worry about hurting people's feelings?
  158. Different Book, Same-ish Characters
  159. Anxiety of Influence? Need Insight...
  160. Elements of a good denouement
  161. Introductions, Prologues, and Prefaces...
  162. Query Your Brains Out?
  163. Defining Backstory
  164. List of Authors' Agents
  165. Synopsis in first person - any opinions?
  166. Has an agent helped you improve your query letter?
  167. Is reading always such a good thing ?
  168. Mourning Characters
  169. Has Anyone Ever...
  170. Character Sheets, for writing or just for gaming?
  171. Help me turn a caricature into a real person.
  172. Discovering similarities between your plot and another book/movie
  173. Who will want to read your book and why?
  174. Does the MC's age always influence the type of reader?
  175. Main Character: Girl or boy?
  176. what colour is your story? (for synesthetes)
  177. Attributes of a Sucessful Novelist According to Nigel Watts
  178. The novel you wish you had written
  179. Ask Permission or or just do it?
  180. Successful query..NOW what?!
  181. Chapter Summary
  182. Who is the best current novelist?
  183. Help Me If You Can I'm Feeling Down... With Titles!
  184. Is 60K enough
  185. Not send the synopsis?
  186. Debate about Voice
  187. showing past events...
  188. Chapter Length
  189. Happy Ending or Sad & Unforgettable ending?
  190. Repetitive Words
  191. How long is a synopsis?
  192. WIP - Attempt at Thriller
  193. Etiquette in the Novels forum (split from Debate About Voice)
  194. Book series: Why couldn't you finish it?
  195. I've got the main character! Now all I need is a story (and series to go with it)
  196. Who is your youngest MC?
  197. SASE - really quick question
  198. Can you make a successful career out it writing novels?
  199. Third person limited POV?
  200. What, besides story, disqualifies a query?
  201. How do you deal with the deep issues?
  202. Query Stories
  203. Definition of Upmarket fiction
  204. Motivation and Advice
  205. Movies vs. Novels - Structure and Technique
  206. Would you willingly suspend your disbelief?
  207. Name Question... What about a different spelling?
  208. Walking in on somebody...
  209. Letting go
  210. Quandry - Simultaneous Subs, Agents, Oh My!
  211. How many words are expected in a regular novel?
  212. How do you look at first drafts?
  213. Tips and tricks for tearjerking scenes?
  214. how do you start off your story?
  215. What's your first line?
  216. Alchemist steals own book.
  217. High Concept?
  218. Synopsis with more than one MC
  219. Writing novels on your cell phone
  220. No writer can know it all
  221. Generic Names Already Well Known in the Genre?
  222. Diluting Reactions
  223. A Song For Your Character
  224. More than one POV, one novel...yay or nay?
  225. some telling in my WIP
  226. Writing a convincing hate scene
  227. I'm blind! Bliiiiinnd!
  228. How Much Do Previous Publications Help Your Query?
  229. will this work or confuse everyone?
  230. Mistakes along the way...
  231. Just finished a crime novel- What to do?
  232. Illustrations and you...
  233. George Orwell's 5 Rules of Writing
  234. Cover Letter to agent
  235. Synopsis Woes
  236. Double trouble
  237. Books on how to edit your writing.
  238. Bragging time - favorite characters and why!
  239. Horribly awful experience, that lead to plot ideas.
  240. How long to submit the mss?
  241. Novels that flip flop?
  242. Now that you can write- what would you change?
  243. So now I am truly depressed ...
  244. writer's distance from characters
  245. Dreaming up a character?
  246. Can the readers be too invested in a pairing?
  247. Nathan Bransford's "The Surprisingly Essential First Page Challenge"
  248. Narrative...if there a frackin' formula?
  249. Scrub?
  250. How do you write? Heavy, medium, or light?