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I have taken it upon myself to do an index of the posts in the Writing with Uncle Jim Thread. It would serve as a quick reference where the Undiluted thread gives the posts in their entirety.
I hope this is helpful.
Dawn
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Edit: I've come back to the first post to put some topics right at the front so people who are searching for them can find them more easily. Please PM me with other suggestions.
Logical Chess: Move by Move (what you learn from the book is referred to as Positional Chess technique)
Agricultural work and Myrtle the Manuscript and more about Ag. work in post #29, topic #512
Evil Overlord Plot Generator
Celtic Knotwork
Outlining
Key Lime Pie (go to post 10 item #91 for the series of Key Lime posts) Link to Low Carb version of the recipe
Good Advice given after reading slush
Writing Sex Scenes by Hapi Sofi
The Best of Hapi Sofi
Unspeakable Horrors of Literary Life
Hard truths about an author's life (the death spiral) also see topics #419 & 422 on post #25 and #434 on post #26)
Begins discussion of first pages of two Grisham books The Summons and The Street Lawyer (see posts #28 & #29 for the series of posts)
Truth v. Fiction about publishing
Fun (and new) writing assignment (you'll need to read upthread starting here)
Royalties and Reserve against Return
Pricing books
The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel
Three things you should know about publishing
A new Assignment! Due Dec. 25th 2005
----------------------------------------------------
1. Novel vs. Romance defined
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82289#post82289
2. KISS or BIC method
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82291#post82291
3. Writing and revising
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82293#post82293
4. Distractions and bad habits
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82294#post82294
5. 25 Steps to becoming a published author
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82300#post82300
6. Pen Names
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82301#post82301
7. Chapter Length, Smallest Unit of meaning in a novel
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82302#post82302
8. Pace
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82304#post82304
9. More about BIC and distractions
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82306#post82306
10. Fonts/Typeface
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82311#post82311
11. One way to come up with wordcount
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82313#post82313
12. Midlist author income, keeping books in print, what it costs to submit
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82321#post82321
13. How to tell where your story begins
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82322#post82322
14. Outline
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82324#post82324
15. Time it takes Uncle Jim to write an outline
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82325#post82325
16. On movement and art, Chess and the book Logical Chess
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82327#post82327
17. Openings
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82328#post82328
18. First Sentences
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82331#post82331
19. Novelist techniques and non-fiction
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82333#post82333
*** NOTE : fixed link ***
20. More on first chapters, exercise: re-type the first chapter of a favorite novel
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82335#post82335
*** this too ***
21. Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses and rules governing literary art in domain of romantic fiction
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82340#post82340
22. Surplusage
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82343#post82343
23. Paper is cheap – submission format is so editors have room to edit
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82348#post82348
24. Plot and Story
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82349#post82349
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82350#post82350
25. How Uncle Jim finds time to do these posts
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82355#post82355
I hope this is helpful.
Dawn
------------------------------------
Edit: I've come back to the first post to put some topics right at the front so people who are searching for them can find them more easily. Please PM me with other suggestions.
Logical Chess: Move by Move (what you learn from the book is referred to as Positional Chess technique)
Agricultural work and Myrtle the Manuscript and more about Ag. work in post #29, topic #512
Evil Overlord Plot Generator
Celtic Knotwork
Outlining
Key Lime Pie (go to post 10 item #91 for the series of Key Lime posts) Link to Low Carb version of the recipe
Good Advice given after reading slush
Writing Sex Scenes by Hapi Sofi
The Best of Hapi Sofi
Unspeakable Horrors of Literary Life
Hard truths about an author's life (the death spiral) also see topics #419 & 422 on post #25 and #434 on post #26)
Begins discussion of first pages of two Grisham books The Summons and The Street Lawyer (see posts #28 & #29 for the series of posts)
Truth v. Fiction about publishing
Fun (and new) writing assignment (you'll need to read upthread starting here)
Royalties and Reserve against Return
Pricing books
The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel
Three things you should know about publishing
A new Assignment! Due Dec. 25th 2005
----------------------------------------------------
1. Novel vs. Romance defined
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82289#post82289
2. KISS or BIC method
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82291#post82291
3. Writing and revising
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82293#post82293
4. Distractions and bad habits
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82294#post82294
5. 25 Steps to becoming a published author
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82300#post82300
6. Pen Names
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82301#post82301
7. Chapter Length, Smallest Unit of meaning in a novel
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82302#post82302
8. Pace
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82304#post82304
9. More about BIC and distractions
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82306#post82306
10. Fonts/Typeface
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82311#post82311
11. One way to come up with wordcount
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82313#post82313
12. Midlist author income, keeping books in print, what it costs to submit
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82321#post82321
13. How to tell where your story begins
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82322#post82322
14. Outline
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82324#post82324
15. Time it takes Uncle Jim to write an outline
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82325#post82325
16. On movement and art, Chess and the book Logical Chess
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82327#post82327
17. Openings
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82328#post82328
18. First Sentences
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82331#post82331
19. Novelist techniques and non-fiction
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82333#post82333
*** NOTE : fixed link ***
20. More on first chapters, exercise: re-type the first chapter of a favorite novel
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82335#post82335
*** this too ***
21. Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses and rules governing literary art in domain of romantic fiction
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82340#post82340
22. Surplusage
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82343#post82343
23. Paper is cheap – submission format is so editors have room to edit
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82348#post82348
24. Plot and Story
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82349#post82349
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82350#post82350
25. How Uncle Jim finds time to do these posts
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums...82355#post82355
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