- What do you think? (giving a girl a boy's name)
- I need direction...
- inverted commas and full stop
- Is it ever okay to switch from limited third person to omniscient?
- to zine or not to zine (mention ezine credits in query letters?)
- Genres - a seemingly silly question
- Age of character
- Mentioning original submission in re-submission?
- Over-coming that bad habit
- Two books in one... upside down...?
- Help getting my book along
- Perfectionist Tendencies?
- How did you find your "Voice" as a writer?
- Before Querying
- Finding other books that are similar to yours?
- Historical Fiction
- Mid Paragraph Dialogue
- 1" + 12pt TNR + DS indent = 250 words...Really?
- Turning off the internal editor
- Drafts? (why does my teacher insist on my keeping them?)
- How much per word??? HELP
- help. ms spellcheck hates me
- How do I do it?
- Title Page -- Page Zero or Page One?
- Synopsis length?
- Genre, how did you know it was for you?
- A rose by any other name... pseudonyms and their use
- Going foreign?
- No POV character
- Building the Plot Through Scenes
- Few newbie questions
- web copyright
- Do I Put A Quote In My Manuscript?
- Going even more foreign?
- Quick query format question
- Plot going to swim, or did someone poop in the pool? (how to write a good plot?)
- Great shades of Elvis
- When the editing trimming shears become a chainsaw
- Should I write?
- Request for Pages
- Your Editing List
- Permissions and rights?
- Which Should I Develop First - Characters or Plot?
- How to build up article size (correct approach to journal writing?)
- Car crash death scene and medical report
- Although and though
- Should they read, or shouldn't they?
- What do you think about this name?
- Synopsis how many?
- Too much dialogue?
- When should I start looking to publish?
- Need help with this sentence..
- Query: Two agents from one agency?
- dumb question about querying
- Unsure of Genre
- Are there any books that you recommend on writing skills?
- Author Bio
- Forgive if naive question:what is Lulu publishing?
- Jumping In?
- How Do These Paragraphs Look?
- Can I use....
- Software and Other Tools
- Sharing a Character's Thoughts
- Poofing!
- To prologue or not to prologue...
- If an agent askes to see your MS
- Facial expressions
- Looking for a word
- Need help! e-Query NF memoir Children book
- Chapter=Day
- Which email should I use? (newbie question)
- duh...in tack?
- ROAR! Cover artists!
- Revision Process or Exercises
- POV Question
- Nominalizations
- new to his sight dumb question...maybe
- help with POV
- How do I develop the antagonist while writing in 1st person
- manuscript "THE END"
- stapling manuscript?
- Thank you and an apology
- Scaffolding?
- I hate AP
- You all seem like nice people, but... (spinning off into good/bad critique feedback)
- Past Perfect
- An American Tragedy - Dreiser *HELP NEEDED URGENTLY*
- Couple of query letter questions...
- Newbie: Help wanted (using personal experiences in story OK?)
- Underlined Italics
- Chapter lengths?
- Help with Sumerian
- Determining Genre.
- Comma Usage w/ Mark Twain
- How do you obtain book rights?
- Publisher question
- Query wide? How wide?
- manuscript "two spaces or one space after a period?"
- Naming location?
- List of (Magician) Character Archetypes?
- Dialogue Tags
- chapters
- Sample Chapters
- Do you have any tips on the proof reading process?
- Main Characters
- Which grammar books do you recommend?
- double lines
- I've heard publishers expect courier, but is...
- Copywriting.
- should you stick to similar genres so your readers will stick by you?
- Two questions: Urban Legends and fairy tales in stories
- Showing vs. telling expressions
- Emotional Scenes
- Interruptions
- Focus on Novel or Short Stories?
- Ok, let's talk about genres....
- How do you organize your stuff?
- Bio
- Synopsis Lengths
- Question about Submission Requirements (email query title, line spacing, etc.)
- Word Count
- Looking for a good way to open up with a dream
- Query Question – How to Classify the Unclassifiable
- Looking for Uniqueness
- Quick question about a sentence
- Last night I wrestled with a demon (Using your nightmares in your work)
- What is a scene???
- re hello everyone (need advice with memoir/agent)
- Agent etiquette
- That or Which
- How do I describe a...........
- Can the first chapter show the past?
- question about title page
- Question about tense
- submitting to a magazine - regular sized envelope
- Underline to Italics question
- Purpose of a Pen Name?
- How to quote the year in dialogue...
- Synopsis Length
- Car Brand Names
- Agent/Chapter Request Question
- Idea for Title of Book
- Quoting song titles?
- Band names in my novel?
- Why Some Characters Are More Memorable Than Others
- I'm having trouble with people using abbreviations...help?
- Plotting - Mind Mapping
- Starting From the Beginning
- Graphic Novel
- Hey, what get's you excited about writing?
- PG Innuendos: Do They Exist?
- What is the maximum word count of flash fiction?
- Some questions from a newbie writer. (slow writing/editing blues)
- Questions from a new poster (when to query memoir/submit proposal)
- Cover Letter
- Hey, I need some advice from those who know the desperate need to write when you can'
- Dialogue - Newbie needs pointers
- Showing Fear
- Character's voice?
- Does this ever happen to anyone else?
- The Dreaded Author's Bio
- For all newbies/aspiring novelists
- Changing plots mid story
- quick formatting question
- Another name for Jack
- Correct mid sentence dialogue format
- Where do I go from here
- Advice on characters
- A question about writing a statement on behalf of others.
- Quoting (Bible verses) in Manuscript Format
- how do you stick to it?
- what do i do now? (agent requested mss. - OK to query/respond to other requests?)
- semi-colons?
- my dumb question (non-exclusive partial is already out, do I tell other agents?)
- StoryMill
- Ellipses...
- a question about the opening scene of a WIP What is acceptable?
- Question about Introducing MC in your chapters
- Writing Accents
- Pen Name Question.
- Author's Cut?
- Accidental Plagiarism
- Beta Experience Requirements?
- I swear I can write, just one problem
- What Exactly is Meant by Building a Platform?
- fiction POV question
- Halfway through, plot holes galore
- cut the purple - lost the rhythm
- creating an outline or just jotting down ideas/scenes?
- OK, ok, Ok, or Okay
- Point of View Narration
- Same series, different publishers
- hyphenating open compounds
- Replying to the Rejection Letter
- Partial Request from Agent-Two Questions
- Observer POV without being passive
- Query IRC? (International Reply Coupon)
- Character Death
- Using Real people in Fiction.
- Sentence structure.
- Tarot (A GREAT WAY TO PACTICE CHARACTER PRFILES0
- Shifting POV problem
- Quoting a poem?
- To name or not to name chapters?
- Starting with dialogue
- Keeping the action...
- fleshing out characters?
- I'm new and need help with this serious situation!
- Character Names
- Empty Lines or Mark Between Paragraphs
- If offered representation....
- Poetry Contest - copyright question
- How to Balance Showing with Not Drawing Things Out
- MS formatting question....? (do character thoughts need tags, or are italics enough?)
- Honest (redirect to Bewares and Background Checks forum)
- Having the Same Name.
- Paragraph Length
- MC's ages & market appeal
- Number or Name chapters
- what is a synopsis
- Dead Puppies (catchy openings that draw you in... resources, techniques?)
- Chapter Length??
- Writing Coaches (beware?)
- Target Creative Techniques
- Switch tenses?: story + general observations
- Chick-Lit question (expected genre wordcount?)
- Can Ghostwriting Hurt Your Career?
- Use of -ly words
- Proposal for memoirs...
- Question on using He or him too often
- Legal/copyright question?? (using quotations in book)
- commas before "too"
- Marketing for a book proposal
- Agent requests the MS ... then what?
- posting stories online. A problem?
- Copyrighting a book vs a movie production (split from Legal/copyright question??)
- Writing Team
- Characters Who Don't Change
- How long to wait before following up a query?
- Scenes That Aren't Scenes
- Abbreviations are about to make me slam my head into a wall
- I need to know if the following makes sense
- Question About Requests (when an agent gets back to you quickly)
- writing advice anyone?
- How to write out the alphabet
- Please help me categorize my genre...
- Biographical novel ?
- Which Title?
- How do you create your characters?
- Citing quoted works in the public domain