- Signing - deaf conversation
- Question about Dialogue Format
- Formatting narrator’s and character thoughts, physically & verbally
- The Stupid Question: Other Words Besides 'Stood'
- Writing A Spin-Off?
- Style guide for book writing?
- Introductory Phrases (comma hell)
- Overwhelmed
- How many pages do you write per day on average?
- Fonts
- The Idea Man's Tips
- Txt messages.
- Do I just write and then worry about the rest later?
- Paragraphing Question from newbie
- In an effort to not be James Frey...
- How to write a fart (no, really!)
- Seeking recommendations - strong books w/dialogue chunks making big reveals
- Has originality taken a back seat to popularity? Is it out of fashion?
- The fine line between upper MG/young YA?
- Begging you pardon? What ARE you saying?
- How do you go about creating an outline?
- How Does One Estimate Word Count of a Published Book?
- Organizing ideas using softwares or the old way? Concept Maps,anyone?
- Writing with British rules.
- 250 words per page formula?
- Writing/Speaking Archaic?
- Writing..and throwing it all away
- What's the reason for...
- A Piece of Writing that just Doesn't Work?
- First Person Problems
- Am I alone here?? (in thinking novel opening is generic/crap)
- What should I call each year? (school classes)
- Does posting on AW count as publishing?
- Attribution
- Would this be considered headhopping?
- format question about letters
- Describing facial expressions
- Chapter Lengths
- Could I have your opinions on my writing? (:
- Point of view changes. Help.
- Omni and intimacy
- Using fairy tales references in novels...
- how graphic should i get? (writing sex scenes)
- Writing a story inspired by real life events
- Do some things just not matter?
- Mythology/History in Fantasies
- Travel Chapters
- Use strong verbs in preference to adverbs...
- Pharmacy Material
- Dream sequences to fill-in backstory
- Querying small-press that also publishes a magazine...
- Fat or Lean?
- Writer's Journal/Practice Writing
- Inner Monologue
- What type of "writing style" would you call this:
- Great Tips - "Everything You Need to Know About Writing a Novel, in 1000 words"
- When the Narrator Talks To The Reader
- Creating mystery without being redundant
- writing device
- Identifying a Character in a Scene (who's speaking - dialogue tags)
- Two week exclusive???
- paper or screen?
- Length of a prologue?
- First person and third person
- Switching POV Within a Scene - Yea or Nay?
- Pen to paper or straight to keyboard?
- Pow Bam Boom Bang .... and other loud noises
- I'm brimming with ideas. How can I be a writer?
- pacing
- My writing has become lifeless! What's going on!?
- Too many options for self publishing! What sites are the best?
- Punctuating screaming in dialogue
- Formatting Chapter Titles in Double Digits
- Need some info re: submitting fillers
- Is it possible to have two protagonists?
- Symbolization
- Why Do We Hate Certain Characters?
- What age is young adult and where does Adult begin?
- change of character
- Characters That Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
- What's wrong with Twilight's prose?
- Giving a Villain/Unlikeable character Redeeming Qualities
- help with grammer thingyisms
- My biggest problem is POV
- Standard Manuscript Format and quotes
- Help please? Breaking nasty habit
- Writing with only five letters (using intuitive word-guessing writing software)
- Article Quick Scan for improvement?
- Question for the query gods
- Stalling
- Improving Vocabulary
- Cover vs. Content
- New to the game (looking for affordable editing service)
- Best Books on Writing?
- Passive -'I was' - editing hell
- Where to cut?
- Change the tense?
- One person dialogue? (format when character talks to themselves or pet)
- Third person limited---question
- Third person/first person question
- Mixing POVs (first and third)
- Making your protagonist likable while still having flaws
- Very basic query letter/SASE questions.
- Anyone Else Do This for a Writing Exercise?
- Introducing background
- Question on Starting a Book
- Guides: print and/or online?
- A story within a story?
- Does an antag have to be the bad guy?
- Diary Entry
- POV change within a chapter
- Need help with a sentence.
- Apostrophes
- the age-old 'how do you get ideas'?
- Fly Specking??
- Writing vs. Editing
- Can Character Wants Change?
- Has anyone heard about this or am I a complete idiot?
- Getting to know characters
- Are chapters really required?
- Help with a sentence, please
- Potential copyright issue?
- Two non-distinct thoughts in narrative
- Query Writing: The relevancy of writing credits
- 1 Story or 2
- Working with an out of state agent?
- Cursing in narration
- Outline?
- Word count
- Telling Within Showing
- Adjectives
- Question about Point Of View
- query? agent AND publishers??
- How to make realistic fiction work for me
- What am I doing with Tense here?
- Scene's That Don't Seem To Fit With the Story
- What's a good price?
- Would this make an appropriate.........
- PO Box
- Character Self-Description
- Every Single Detail
- Is the ability to get inside characters’ heads essential for good fiction writing?
- Change genre?
- Snail Mail or Email?
- Sample chapters?
- This might be a dumb question....
- 5,000 word count book
- Information about writing an author bio
- Plot-driven vs Character-driven - two questions.
- Translating nicknames
- Everything I write is short
- Amateur writers - what to do?
- Quotation marks for thoughts?
- This may be a naïve question, but . . .
- Getting Restarted with writing...
- Word Count
- use of Italics
- Illustrating Question
- How to format an email in a manuscript?
- Sample Character Sheet
- I Can't Seem To Finish Anything
- Concept is there, but all in my head...
- When is it a good idea to use a prologue?
- How important is it to write daily?
- Writing 1st POV when a comment goes whizzing past MC?
- Dear... wait... what?
- When is a Credit Really a Credit?
- Alternating POV
- I Have a Question About 'Ownership'
- Does the story hang together?
- Characters Who Grow From Childhood
- Contact info for e-subs
- Dialogue Attribution Tricks
- What are "last rights"?
- Query question...agents vs. publishers
- Editor of choice? (software)
- What happens after you get an agent?
- Unpublished or Reprint?
- To scared to write?
- Revisions, Revisions, Revisions...HEEEEELP!
- Index of existing threads on popular Basic Writing Question topics
- difference between inciting incident and Plot Point 1?
- which scenes do you find hard to write?
- When voice becomes verbosity, and vice-versa.
- Quick word replace question.
- Those mistakes I keep making
- passive voice
- How To Develop Theme?
- Full novel competitions
- Character Flaws That Have Nothing to Do With the Story
- redundancy
- Storyline Cliches
- Writing feels like more like a chore right now
- Inner and Personal Demons
- Writing for objects in story
- Action and Paragraph Breaks
- Adult vs Young Adult
- How do you get started...
- Past perfect
- Phone conversation in first person?
- Mid-list Author
- How do you flesh out a simple plot/characters?
- Olde Worldy
- A Question About a Question
- How do you avoid being a hack?
- Novel & Short Story Writer's Market
- Some Favorite Writing Resources
- Writing Routine
- Overusing before and after...
- Opening story with dream sequence...
- Intentional fragmented sentences?
- Does it ever happen, that you can’t think what to write next?
- Books on Writing
- Comic Book Style Narrative
- Getting Hired @ Magazines
- Plagiarizing yourself?
- The He word is not my friend but he thinks he is
- Agents?
- Coming of Age Stories
- The End
- Perspective Problems (A Question for the Audience)
- Write for content sites or start a blog?
- Action Writing Style
- Source for Grammar and Punctuation Exercises?
- Dropping the names of other authors/titles in a story
- move thread? (done)
- Table of contents - include it?
- Is it possible to be great at fiction but suck at non-fiction?
- Subtlety vs NOT so Subtle for YA audiences especially
- Em dashes
- When teeth chatter
- Playing around with POV
- Dropping an author's fictional character name
- Do Eyes Swivel?
- Making a good story even better
- Three different POV's in one chapter?
- how does everybody do IT!!
- Should fiction be exciting?
- How do I write something like this?
- 3rd Person Close POV books?
- Florid, lyrical prose and POV?
- When do you need an agent
- Do you write out side scenes?
- submission definition of the first three chpt
- Is it essential to spell out “what the story’s about”, before it can be written?
- Change the Universe! Mid-stream??
- Estimating Book Length
- 'We' POV / Term For?
- Do you put "dear mr. so-and-so" on an email query?
- Fresh Ways to Describe Appearance