- Have you ever wrote a story that you think it sucks, but you like it so much?
- There are only so many plots...
- Aside from writing more, what single thing has most improved your writing?
- Writing numbers for "technical stuff"
- Query vs Cover Letter
- Character Name (renaming your characters)
- Brainstorming techniques
- For an audience, for an editor, for yourself. In what order? (sorry if wrong section)
- Is this an 'as you know, Bob'?
- How many authors read...?
- "Anonymous" vs. "undisclosed"
- What do you think of hyphenated descriptors?
- Dash and Ellipsis Abuse--Awe Crap
- Confused with: Plot, Story, Theme, Premise, 3 act Structure
- reprint for competition?
- Indent VS Double-space
- Shiny Things
- word count
- Getting up close and personal with a character
- story rights
- Questions about writing metaphors.
- Doors? DOORS!
- All-Capital words
- an SASE, spaces, stuff
- Flashback in 1st Chapter?
- More possible or better possible?
- I Need Help with John
- Stupid question about punctuation (capitalizing nicknames)
- Gerunds
- Classifying your writing...
- Question about queries ..........
- Need a word! (Thesaurus not helping.)
- Publishability of First Novel MS?
- Printing large manuscripts
- Multiple Character Query
- How do you write...
- Writer's guidelines, or lack thereof....
- Is This Unusual? (writing in longhand first)
- Am I being too fussy?
- Pseudonym
- Why use pseudonyms?
- "Actual" Word Count
- Question About A Song Title?
- Too much description
- GRRRRRR....I have a question. >.>
- page numbers on e-mss
- Selling Ideas
- Tips for Outlining
- that old "why bother" feeling
- Now what? (looking for beta reader)
- Does Anyone Journal Their Characters ?
- Can you make places up?
- Legal pen-name issue
- Fragment (Consider Revising) (grammar "error" in MS Word)
- Does anyone get ideas for a novel from T.V?
- What the heck is right justified?
- Yet another stupid MS question
- Questions re: header and page no in MS
- Equery Question
- How do you know when you're really, really done?
- Should I show God???
- When did you find your passion for writing?
- dissertaion editing issue!
- Paragraph spacing
- Synopsis adjustments to computer. (using MS Word styles for synopsis)
- Only an idiot wouldn't know grammar!
- Which is correct Mrs. or Missus in dialog
- Hyphen help needed S.O.S.
- Quick Question on Royal, Noble titles.
- Should I complete my book before trying to get it published?
- sign cover letter?
- What does "this business is subjective" mean?
- Is there even a market for this?
- Times New Roman vs. Courier New
- Backstory
- subing story to pubs under same company
- Do you agree?
- another newbie question - non-fiction narrative
- Writing action scenes: past or present tense?
- Chapters
- Story Hook
- Help Find a Word?
- So, My MC Has Two Names.....
- Getting published
- Let me count the ways...
- Am I having tense problems?
- Ever get ideas for stories from music?
- What's wrong with the present tense?
- Should I self-publish? / Advantages and dangers of self-publishing
- Angel or angel?
- Writing Time
- Manuscript formatting - quotes
- Quick question about narration
- Previously published...on Fictionpress
- Character Development & individual dialogue
- Long sentences vs short sentences?
- Word count per chapter?
- Editor to proof novel manuscript
- Personal Pronoun Confusion - "it" vs. "they"
- Agent Etiquette Question
- Pronouns
- Margins
- Questions from a Newbie!
- Two questions on formatting
- Character Personalities
- Weird Writer's Anxiety-Please Help
- Verbing a Door.
- Small POV question.
- Telling The Story
- Involve the Reader
- One Dimensional Character
- Emotional Depth
- Ugh....please help
- New England Accent.
- What is a good pace to keep when writing a book?
- Help with showing and not telling..
- Modern / Parallel based on an old classic?
- Defining the Rules
- Total newbie - some veery basic questions...
- When to use Adverbs and adjectives
- Passive voice
- Steampunk?
- Run ons
- Characters Tell the Story
- Outline or Just write
- Naming my Main Character
- Name Dropping? (brand names, famous people)
- how do you get the creative juice flowing?
- Draft Date
- Cover letter question (submitting poems)
- Using an old story as source for your own new story
- Courier New font + page count
- If "A Christmas Carol" was written today...
- Acknowledgements and Dedication
- Cover Art?
- What about exclamation marks?
- Speaking of genre...a stooopid question
- Question About Genre
- Ways of getting started?
- Formatting questions: product names and slang
- Prologue or no prologue?
- Gaining Self-Discipline?
- Probably one of the dumbest questions you've had in a long time (query vs. synopsis)
- Auto-Indent in MS Word
- Two WIP's vying for your attention?
- Agent Etiquette Question - how to apologize for delay in replying
- Question... (receiving mss. requests from more than one agent)
- Which way to start a chapter (jumping right in without setup/explanation)
- How do you Organize your WIP's? (research, fleshing out details)
- Synopsis/proposal question
- How long to wait before telling the characters names
- Initials: O.J. or OJ
- Dialogue Indentions-same speaker
- A couple of questions (daily writing habits / multi-WIPs)
- Protagonist In Every Scene
- So, You Think You Can Write?
- How many characters can you introduce in a chapter?
- The First Paragraph
- Character who stutters
- Character Leaps
- Chapter Length?
- Breaking the Fourth Wall
- Voice
- Explanations for worldbuilding? (martial arts)
- When is the right time to follow-up?
- Another "How do I punctuate this sentence?" question from me.
- Crisp and Clean? (style question)
- A fun little exercise
- How do you indicate eavesdropping?
- Writing Software
- So many questions about publishing...
- Just wondering... (has posting writing samples here led to pro interest?)
- For me...to me...
- said John or John said?
- Music in Your Writing
- Legality of publishing things that were once on websites
- Re-Writing
- Submitting an interview proposal for use in newspaper - how to massage both parties
- Question on How to Present a Character (300 y/o Dutch-speaking ghost) and his Motives
- Repeating the same word
- If Something's Good or Not
- Difference between female and male characters
- Help...I am having search issues.
- Usage question - "gathering of an evening"
- How would you write this sentence?
- View Formatting Question
- Why does everyone hate adverbs so much??
- Character thoughts (italics? quotes? underlines?)
- Writing a character who... lacks character
- SAVE MY SOUL XD (Graham Little's "Approach to Literature")
- Too many adjectives and adverbs
- Twilight is influencing my writing!
- Writing in First Person then Switching to Third
- Groundbreaking
- Great Character Development
- Using peoples names or business names
- @#*!!????
- Sympathizing With A Character
- A site I found... (thesaurus) + repeating words
- HS Creative Writing Class- what would you want to learn?
- Creative Writing Software
- Characters in disguise
- Sports-Related Book
- Why can't I feel my MC?
- Replace dialogue tags (said, answered, replied, asked) with...?
- Writing Descriptions
- Coming up with scenes and situations
- Query Question: Age or No Age?
- How long should a query be
- What are "chapter books" ?
- Just a couple of questions
- Make A Character Grow
- Best way to word this
- 1st person vs. Mary Sue Syndrome (+ link to "Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test" utility)
- Character Dialogue
- Writing for a character that already exists. Is it difficult legally?
- How to get the reader to like the characters
- How to connect the fingers and the imagination
- Writing a Novel - Plan Each Chapter Out or Go With Basic Outline?
- Overcoming Flaws
- Make Characters Come To Life
- Need a replacement (for an adverb)
- Characters Out of Character
- Writing a short story in e-mail format: three questions
- Subplots, A plots, and B plots (Harry Potter SPOILERS)
- How do you express satisfaction?
- I'm a newbie with a couple questions about characters.
- Writing a Bio
- Which font is better Palatino or TNR?
- Question... re naming characters
- Is "Hobbled" the right verb here?
- how do you know...
- Does this sentence mean "I blushed"?
- What is a pitch? 300 word limit...
- Major and Minor Characters
- Help me re-word this sentence?
- Fictionpress.com -- is it considered e-publishing?
- Writers..question (does writing come naturally, or can it be learned?)
- Help with Genre (what defines YA? content? protag?)
- Pacing
- Point of View
- Under Eighteen and Published?
- Okay, so this is a stupid question (movie dialogue - word choice)
- Thoughts? (in italics?)
- Comma after but?
- Some Questions! (best medium for your story?)
- On Characterization, by Justine Larbalestier
- Fleshing Out Characters
- Depth
- Need Help with Comments in Word