View Full Version : Novels
- Backspace Conference
- Slush Pile question
- Metered Mail?
- SMS - Saggy Middle Syndrome
- Names
- Any 'more each time' novels/stories?
- Would you sign my copy, please?
- Pitfalls for being too nice?
- My story has gotten away from me :(
- 1850's Cussin'
- Plot Synopsis Project
- A Slice of History out of a Jumping Around Pie
- Illustration question
- flashback or no?
- Formatting for sending mss in question...
- Odd ways you write-Odd things that inspire
- How Do You Kill Off a Character?
- Sharing what I learned to get published
- redeemable?
- Profanity through first person narration?
- The hardest part to write?
- Spells/Different language-italics or no?
- Novel Names - my experience
- Having trouble getting back into my story...
- How many MC's are too many?
- ANOTHER BLURB QUESTION
- Overly Emotional Novel
- Poem excerpt formatting question
- So I just came up with the best idea ever . . .
- Book structure help
- Stuck on a plot point... Argh
- Main Character's Name.
- Susan Breen's "The Fiction Class"
- How much does you second draft differ fromthe first?
- Does anyone include a Table of Contents?
- Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- POVs in a first novel?
- Hey when writing your stories, have you ever felt possessed?
- venturing into the land of "book 2"
- Where do Story Ideas Come From?
- Plot problem
- What's hot, what's not?
- Do you print out your novel drafts?
- Question
- training my MC
- researching jurisdiction?
- Villain's POV, more questions
- Journal style stories
- Tips for getting back in it
- After signing a contract??
- From third person limited to first person . . .
- Do You Interview Your Characters?
- Which is harder...
- spiritual fiction publishers?
- The realities of fiction writing - a question
- How often do you give up ?
- The unpublishable first novel
- Requested Material, so why am I nervous?
- Ever dream about a favorite author talking to you about your work?
- Do you write in sequence?
- How often do you write on your WIP?
- Writing a 'tweener -- NEED ADVICE!!!
- The two most beautiful words: The End.
- Character Rants
- Adding length and bulk to a story (without padding and fluffing, of course)
- The Eternal Word-Count Question
- Printing Drafts for Editing Versus Saving Money
- How Many WIP's is Too Many
- Sarcastic Literary Heroine?
- Please help w/hero / heroine conflict
- Yet Another Favorite Thread
- What does "ready for submission" look like?
- Tax ideas for would-be novelists
- For the sake of my novel, I have...
- Getting over THE HUMP!!!
- Anime and Novels (Good Combo?)
- Comparing your MS to an oldie
- Life is in the details
- I made my character just a little bit more real!
- which genre this should be in?
- Character that is too much like me.
- How To Set The Scene
- Ever go against your gut?
- Contracts
- The mythical hero versus the flawed hero .....
- Oh my god. It's SO much fun to edit...
- How much is enough? Or is it ever enough?
- What is a novel in dramatic (or play) form?
- YELLING DIALOGUE when there's a lot of background noise!
- A short story expanded to a novel
- Question about queries .....
- Advice on exclusive
- Good Guys vs Bad Guys -which is easier to write...
- Published Fiction Writer Interview
- Working the Jigsaw Puzzle
- Could my first novel really be my second?
- Back cover
- Writing For Audio Books
- Back after self exile
- The First Three Chapters
- How my day with Junior High students went
- mixing points of view...?
- This is gonna sound weird
- Apparantly I am Tone Deaf . . . or maybe Tone Blind.
- I'm On A Writer's High!!!
- Another Lyrics / Copyright Question
- Departure Novels
- This old scam??
- Paying Homage to other works
- NY Times Best Seller
- When you write a story, or have an idea. It's always the same genre.
- Stupid long chapters!
- Help with building a society
- Writing first novel
- Scenes & Sequels - Anybody have a firm grasp?
- I hate my book
- 3 Act structure in each chapter?
- Gack! I just dumped my novel-in-progress!!
- Having a Small Press Published Novel?
- When do you write your Query Letter?
- Just a Little Confused
- Oh, enough already!
- Oh My God, I can't end Part 1 like this
- THE END ?
- Beautiful Covers
- There's no victory in safety
- Formal qualities
- Fiction writing and the economy
- What's with dialog tags these days???
- Re-querying agents
- Referring to nameless characters
- Pen names
- Gut-wrenching for MC?
- Chapter breaks
- Need Help Keeping Track of Details
- The Process And The Goal
- WeBook
- Episodic novels. Are there many around?
- Overused?
- Reality check time: editing a draft
- Agent guide books: worth getting?
- What makes a novel 'genre' or commercial?
- Inside the process
- Question about prologue and setting
- Revising is giving me zits and secretary's butt.
- MC's field of awareness
- Setting the scene -- why has it gone out of fashion?
- Have You Ever Had...
- Learning Curve...how long have you been writing novels?
- How do I know if I'm info dumping or not?
- Rules & Trademarks...
- Using famous places/things?
- What are these things called?
- .rtf Format?
- Can't you just ACT interested?
- Am I crazy, or could this work?
- To describe, or not to describe? THAT is the question.
- i've been hobbled... please help
- Lore retelling: Help and advice
- Favorite minor characters in fiction (other than yours)
- help needed!!
- Chapter Length
- Write for yourself. Now I get it!!!!!
- Jumping from non-fiction to novel?
- Writing "for the Market"?
- What happens to your characters vs what they do
- Would this work for you or annoy you?
- A great new query resource
- you MUST try this!
- What genre is this?
- The intricacies of the fictionalized biography.
- Your old writing vs your new writing
- Question about Style...
- Hyphens, right or wrong?
- First person help
- Outlining article from Jim Butcher
- Publisher vs Agent
- Writing samples
- publishing houses in LA???
- Word Count too low?
- Ever get burned out
- Question!!!
- Controversial issues in a novel
- Why do my characters hate me?
- What about your writing has really surprised you?
- First One is in the Mail
- Taking (and giving) critique: etiquette? (Moved from Look at This!)
- Serendipity
- Overdramatize or not?
- Picky novel formatting - need advice
- Page Breaks or Master Document?
- Oxford Shorter Dictionary
- Where does the "plot proper" start?
- Iconoclastic techniques
- With what POV and tense do you typically write?
- To Psychology students and the General Readership alike
- Eating your ice cream cone from the bottom (or, sudden changes in process)
- When a secondary character threatens to take over the story
- How to go crazy...
- Books you love and hate
- Rewrite from first to third person?
- The Day Before....
- Kindle and royalties
- How long do you give beta readers?
- Are there any believable villain motives left?
- This is my query... please help
- ONOMATOPOEIA
- Spacing within chapters when shifting characters.
- Quick Advice Needed! Changing the word, "Prologue" ???
- You're doing it wrong!
- Better words, s/lower wordcount?
- Why do people seek Novel Writing Software?
- Ah! Reading a different POV than mine as totally....
- Can you get by without interviewing experts?
- Working with betas
- self-published novel wins top Canadian literary prize
- Novel writing vs. songwriting
- Working without Annette (or Betas)
- Emotional conflict from story based on actual events
- Should I write the ending first?
- Another first-person third-person question
- The Premature Burial/Pacing
- Advice on world-building?
- Time to Return a Favor
- Novel sales figures
- Book Expo America & Writer's Conference (L.A. in May)
- Mental Illness?
- What is voice anyway?
- Can anyone recommend a writers' conference for early July?
- How much detail for a supporting character's disease?
- My first ms request--the long sordid tale
- I'm having a hard time coming up with a title...
- Dreaming your writing?
- Protocol? Agent has MS, no response
- Agents Actively Looking for Clients
- How much of real life is important in fiction novel writing?
- Keeping it fresh
- "He should have..." What?!
- Too much pressure about 10 flimsy pieces of paper
- How much is too much?
- First Draft mutterings
- I HATE MY MIND
- Trouble with outline
- Lighthouse Writers Summer LitFest
- another (but slightly different) perspective query
- Any ideas on how to show the passing of time?
- My big problem at the moment with my novel
- Heads? Inside? Outside?
- Villains: From x to y but why?
- Orginality Question
vBulletin® v3.8.4, Copyright ©2000-2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.