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  1. Using references....
  2. Quick question (when to begin new chapter?)
  3. Fictional Settings
  4. Character Growth, Change, and Flaws
  5. Humor in Dramatic Moments
  6. Question on plot!
  7. I should have asked him
  8. Do you write for a particular audience?
  9. How Do These Paragraphs Look?
  10. Describing A Sunrise
  11. avoiding racism in character description
  12. what's the difference (narrative nonfiction vs. memoir)
  13. Metafiction Question... (character in story writes a story)
  14. Juggling WIPs?
  15. Autobiography Inspirational Novel, huh?
  16. Where to start?
  17. MS Formatting-Email sub
  18. a basic editing question
  19. Introducing Characters
  20. Ending sentences with "?!"
  21. What POV am I writing in?
  22. Writing a MC that's your opposite sex?
  23. Got a few questions
  24. Story within a Story... Help!
  25. Telling a story out of order?
  26. Breaking point of view
  27. The Second Draft
  28. A question about writing attention to someone on an envelope.
  29. Does this make sense?
  30. List of basic conflicts?
  31. Separating Scenes
  32. Formatting a letter in a manuscript
  33. Major Punctuaction Error
  34. Remedial Structure Question re: Paragraphing
  35. Dumb dialogue question.
  36. Word Counter - how do you know how long your novel will be?
  37. Do I Have to Focus?
  38. Transitions
  39. My Idea Went Horribly Wrong
  40. Does this rhyme?
  41. Tightening
  42. Developing Characters By Their Traits
  43. NEW CHAPTER OR NOT
  44. Time of Day and the Sky
  45. I don't feel experienced/knowledgeable enough to critique others.
  46. Where do you find the time?
  47. Stupid writing errors made on Internet message boards...
  48. When, Where, and How to Begin
  49. Synopsis (what does an agent want?)
  50. Do I say 'tomorrow' in past tense?
  51. Chapter titles?
  52. Putting an email into prose.
  53. Full after partial - a silly Q...
  54. Scenes Which Develop Character/Theme/Plot
  55. Teen Writer Queries
  56. Character Changes - How Soon Do They Start?
  57. A plot question i suppose...
  58. Not sure where to post this question...(OK to resubmit revamped query to same agent?)
  59. Exclamation points bad...right?
  60. I hate Query Hell.
  61. Query Letter Etiquette
  62. Underlining in a manuscript
  63. Naming of characters by characters
  64. Is this a bad time to query?
  65. Initial Submissions
  66. The Perfect Initial Novel
  67. Ownership of Names
  68. Writing letters
  69. contests unpublished
  70. Stupid Capitalization Question...
  71. To what point does copyright extend?
  72. Writing a first draft as a fanfic?
  73. Info Dump Question
  74. Glossary?
  75. If you send your novel to a agent...
  76. A word question (gotten vs. got?)
  77. Character Trouble
  78. A question about Beta readers
  79. Rewriting an info dump
  80. Turning your day dreams, into a story?(newb alert)
  81. "edge" and "voice"
  82. Synopsis help, please
  83. Beads of sweat (and other clichés that irk you)
  84. Reference to real items in fiction
  85. College courses for writing.
  86. Backstory Blues (moved from Roundtable)
  87. So, here's the problem... (length and queries and synopsis, oh my!)
  88. Phrases that mean "nothing"
  89. I have a question.. (wearing swords)
  90. what makes a short story a short story? (mss. lengths/wordcount)
  91. Multiple POV's
  92. When readers love your "false start."
  93. Manuscripts and Formats (starting new chapters)
  94. Never begin a novel with the MC in bed, travelling, etc?
  95. Advice on writing software (Writesmoke)
  96. does a writer's thesaurus wiki exist
  97. Quoting a trademark?
  98. Moreau in Public Domain?
  99. Novel or Novella?
  100. Using a typewriter for first drafts
  101. 1k is equivalent to how many words?
  102. Magical Realism? Where should this question go?
  103. Pride or self-respect - what's the difference?
  104. Books on writing?
  105. Submission dilemma
  106. Writing a Political Biography: I need help!
  107. Referring to non-humans
  108. Question about Format for Critique
  109. Any UK Writers Out There? Yank Needs Help (UK vs. US postal rates)
  110. Wrong agent responds to query
  111. Referring to a person in a memoir....
  112. rules for starting a story
  113. Looking into Characters
  114. Dialogue tags
  115. Submitting chapters when you don't really have 'chapters'
  116. Posting Ads
  117. Question About Author Names.
  118. Stuck on a location for the main plot scene.
  119. Is it ok to write your sypnosis from characters POV?
  120. Query Question
  121. Methods to help you focus while writing
  122. What goes into a book proposal?
  123. Copyright Question
  124. Story 1 or 2?
  125. Legal ramifications?
  126. Question about flashbacks
  127. Can "cropped" be used in this sentence?
  128. Opinions on Climax right at the end of a novel
  129. Writing Contests
  130. Smoking in books
  131. World Building?
  132. Synopsis of my Story
  133. Children's story and re-publishing
  134. Is it possible to improve description? any success stories?
  135. 3rd omniscient--the less favorite child?
  136. How many antagonist?
  137. Copyrite Registration
  138. Keeping A Character a Mystery?
  139. Grammar Guru's Gather - Dumb questions about quotations
  140. Proper formatting for inserting email and chat conversations into a book?
  141. First Person, Present Tense
  142. Another way of saying, "Suddenly,..."
  143. Mentioning well known people
  144. I have a problem. (no-show critiques)
  145. I'm a little confused if I should keep it... (similarity to Harry Potter?)
  146. Meeting secondary character
  147. (Agent) Rates and scams
  148. Viewpoints
  149. So, I opened my WIP today....
  150. Word Count loss after rewrite...
  151. Heros can be nasty!!!
  152. Make-believe vs Reality
  153. Question about Italics
  154. I've Got the Funny Aneurysm Blues
  155. About how many words should a Young adult Novel/book have in each chapter?
  156. A POV Question
  157. How To Make A Character Grow Without Making Him/Her Perfect
  158. Children or Children's?
  159. Editing and Revision (print hardcopy, or edit on-screen?)
  160. Is it a short story or a novelette?
  161. Compound Contractions
  162. THAT is exasperating!!!
  163. Capitalization of Races (sword & sorcery / high fantasy)
  164. Another third/omniscient POV question... sorry!
  165. Why did this work?
  166. Memoir or Narrative Non-Fiction?
  167. Back story
  168. Unnecessary Words?
  169. past tense/present tense question
  170. 'Show, don't tell' is making my brains hurt
  171. Importance of beta readers
  172. Creating conflict: Check! Resolving conflict: Uhh...
  173. When writing what someone read. How do I put it???
  174. on style
  175. Till, 'til or until
  176. Prologues
  177. Run on Sentences
  178. Which Flaws To Keep/Overcome
  179. (G)goddess
  180. Why does everyone hate semicolons?
  181. Creative non fiction question.
  182. How To Make A Character Come Alive Through Traits
  183. Memorable Quotes: When To Use Them
  184. Italics and Underlining
  185. Similar character names
  186. How long to follow up on a requested partial?
  187. Question re: Capitalizing characters' titles
  188. Question re mixing genres
  189. Dialogue Tags as Body Language/Actions
  190. How do you write your plot?
  191. stuck on 2nd draft
  192. Period-Specific Dialogue
  193. Another one of those questions about names starting with the same letter.
  194. The word 'though'
  195. Plot Points
  196. Incorrect speaking on purpose?
  197. Killing Off A Character
  198. POV question--Please advise me on this!
  199. Punctuation for unfinished sentence.
  200. Using An Outline
  201. Sending your work when a partial is requested
  202. Too many revisions?
  203. Four Questions!
  204. I need help on reading critiques....
  205. addressing two editors for an online pub?
  206. Balancing a Character's Description?
  207. Foreshadowing
  208. Another Boring Formatting Question (italics vs. underlines)
  209. When to follow up with an agent or editor
  210. Created languages
  211. Cover Art?
  212. Correcting Auto-Correct? (switch MS Word options on or off?)
  213. All Black/White Characters
  214. Question of Tense
  215. States and countries
  216. Half way or halfway?
  217. What is the best size for a debut novel? (moved to BWQ forum)
  218. How Many Words Should Be On a Page?
  219. So long and thanks for accepting my work?
  220. Too DRAMATIC? (setting the mood w/ or w/o humor)
  221. Lawsuit targets
  222. Grammar: Two Questions Together?
  223. How to format thoughts
  224. Help needed on a translation
  225. Biography - questions on legal issues
  226. Need Help Writing About Detail
  227. Autonomedia.
  228. Book Title......
  229. is alright alright?
  230. When There's Nothing After Dialogue Quotes
  231. Multiple First Person POV's
  232. Name dropping.
  233. two book deal or one?
  234. Using the internet.....
  235. When To Quit?
  236. A re-query question.
  237. Get away with more in genre fiction?
  238. I *think* I'm smarter than MS Word...
  239. Jungle vs Forest?
  240. Jokes and Puns
  241. Two Questions About Italics
  242. Legality of using place names
  243. POV and dialogue tags
  244. Pick a genre, any genre!
  245. Query Explanation (what to include in a Sci-Fi novel query... pointer to SYW)
  246. Need special advice (from anyone who has published on Lulu.com)
  247. Did I say this right?
  248. Flames are licking around the base of my Query
  249. Memoirs vs Life writing
  250. I have a silly question.