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  1. How do you create a smart character when you yourself are not smart
  2. Title question, please help.
  3. Does an author's gender matter to you as a reader?
  4. Indian novels/western readers
  5. How much to reveal of book one in series book two?
  6. I can't distinguish between literary and commercial fiction in a principled way
  7. Which character would you consider more potent?
  8. Cliche Action
  9. Songs in Novels
  10. To prologue or not to prologue
  11. Dreaming...
  12. Printing Companies for Beta books
  13. So attached to character, having a hard time doing what is right for story... tips?
  14. Uncle Jim?
  15. How many WIPs at once?
  16. Novels, arrr, how to name a chapter!?
  17. The writer who made you want to be a novelist
  18. write in order, or cut-and-paste?
  19. Influence on writing style
  20. An awesome, awesome, amazingly awesome feeling.
  21. Using a Pen Name
  22. Famous Writers School
  23. Trouble deciding on Protagonist
  24. Journal entries in a novel
  25. JRW writer's conference
  26. Battle Scene
  27. Pen Name Game
  28. I can't think of a title and it's hurting the writing
  29. Music Writing
  30. Would this be too cliche/unrealistic?
  31. Author Intrusion
  32. What are they asking?
  33. Setting your story up?
  34. 1 & 2 word sentences...
  35. What Was the Book
  36. 30 days are up on the exclusive of my full...and I am leaving the country.
  37. Ever been compared to
  38. where's the sex?
  39. Present or Past Tense for First Person
  40. Is it ok to use AP style?
  41. Writers vs. their books
  42. ARCHIPELAGO by Stephen Davis (Read and Review)
  43. First draft by word count?
  44. That Extra Special Something
  45. Do you suffer from MGD?
  46. World Rights for your Novel
  47. Writing a book without any ideas....
  48. Frustrated
  49. HELP--Another Question by crowlett
  50. Show/Tell
  51. Cowriting experiences?
  52. strange way of setting up novel
  53. Self Realization Regarding Procrastination
  54. Ending the book before it is finished
  55. Interviewing your characters
  56. Name my character please
  57. Siblings
  58. When Good Characters Go Bad
  59. Forewarning
  60. Would This Work?
  61. I couldn't resist the cuteness (lolcat inside)
  62. Argh - Showing and Telling in First Person - how?
  63. Good Idea, Bad Idea, or Who-Cares Idea?
  64. What does this mean????? Please help me
  65. Is it appropriate?
  66. YA Novels - What's okay and what's no?
  67. The well-dressed character...
  68. Too Controversial?? Advice sought
  69. False Starts
  70. How long is too long?
  71. What's qualifies as a bestseller these days?
  72. Tonights progress
  73. He/She looks like...
  74. Please talk me down: what if I finish and don't know how to revise it?
  75. My Style of Writing (Why I Do It and Why Others Hate It)
  76. Leaps in time - "Frame" novel, or not?
  77. The Power of Positive Feedback
  78. Ever get the feeling that it's writing itself?
  79. Please--anyone got a little encouragement to spare?
  80. Outlining - How do YOU do it?
  81. Does this book 'stand alone'?
  82. Novel Scene Question for Deep Sea Fishermen.
  83. Anyone write 'morals' or 'messages' into their novels?
  84. Not another genre question!
  85. Un-killing a character...
  86. I see the light! *angels sing*
  87. Writing is...
  88. Illustrations in Novels?
  89. Too many false trails
  90. I need a word...
  91. What is your MC's profession...?
  92. Any idea what these are?
  93. Creating Promotion
  94. Concerns about length, particularly fantasy
  95. My Novel is Socially Controversial
  96. On Quitting
  97. "Overwritten"
  98. I hit 100K!
  99. Harry Potter Book Seven rumors
  100. The Mark
  101. and then
  102. good girl / bad guy stories
  103. Multiple MCs and Changing POV
  104. How many rejections?
  105. In homage to the grand internet muse...
  106. Is a Rape Scene a No No in a Novel?
  107. Need agent name but can't find it
  108. Writers block with a mix of despair
  109. Cliche or standard and useable?
  110. ONE REQUEST FOR.. a partial? The whole book? I dunno
  111. Query Letter
  112. Tell and then show?
  113. Multiple perspective disorder!
  114. How many is too many: points of view
  115. Genre change
  116. Comments on "hooks"
  117. Another Rape Discussion
  118. Hooray. Someone wants the manuscript
  119. Can someone please explain 'formula writing' to me?? Please??
  120. Would this be a "problem" for you?
  121. How do you ship your manuscript?
  122. Why Harry Potter??
  123. Probably a dumb question about cover letters
  124. POV shifts
  125. Harry Potter is a WHAT???? ***SPOILER ALERT***
  126. Looking for a place to stay in Europa.
  127. Delayed POV
  128. Dear God, If I'm very very good ...
  129. Anyone have a www.goodreads.com page?
  130. Influences Outside of Literature
  131. SF 'gadgets' - How much description is necessary?
  132. Editing Checklist
  133. Tragedy or Comedy?
  134. First Person Narrator, is not a good guy.
  135. How to approach revisions
  136. Piracy
  137. Writing Life
  138. The random writings post
  139. A deadline question for the unpublished
  140. JK Rowling - what next?
  141. Writing from the Antagonist POV
  142. Walks and Writing
  143. How do you organise your novel? I've been attempting to write mine for 3 years now!!!
  144. Stuff like this doesn't happen in real life! (Or does it?)
  145. Long hand or key stroke?
  146. I'm having trouble writing a suicide note
  147. A moment of clarity
  148. Dreams!
  149. What did you want to be when you grew up?
  150. Getting into your characters' heads
  151. Betareaders
  152. Book Problem
  153. Is an agent necessary if...
  154. Being kept in the submission loop...
  155. Non-English dialogue: opinions
  156. When/how do you follow up.
  157. Do you date your work?
  158. Help me kick this character out of the spotlight, please!
  159. Revising/Writing
  160. A new love in my life.
  161. What to expect...
  162. What to do?... What to do?...
  163. How do you deal with rejection?
  164. outlines, snowflakes, or just write?
  165. Character trait exchange
  166. Just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - WOW
  167. Newbie question
  168. What are your reference materials?
  169. Where do jacket endorsements come from...?
  170. question about AgentQuery's dates
  171. 2 new Beta readers have chapter 1 and are not responding...
  172. Characters Available Free to Good Home
  173. What do you most need help with?
  174. Does anyone NOT use beta readers?
  175. Practising the craft outside writing?
  176. What time frame does your novel cover? And does it matter?
  177. Backstory in a first chapter
  178. Writing your prologue...
  179. Do you get fan mail?
  180. Politically Correct or Historically Accurate?
  181. tvtropes tried and, um... true.
  182. Kicking Puppies
  183. Chapter Process
  184. Keeping information from your reader
  185. Procrastinating at the Finish Line
  186. Sending Query Letters
  187. Would this annoy you?
  188. Comfortable Typing Laptop -- Wrists aching
  189. Where's the love?
  190. Is this normal?
  191. Using Names of Chain Businesses
  192. Music.
  193. Quotations for chapter openers
  194. Loved ones just can't read it.
  195. Dreams
  196. How many subplots do you have?
  197. Multiple genres--pseudonym or not?
  198. First time novelist.
  199. Under-25 Novelists?
  200. Fanfiction Ages
  201. Query question
  202. Putting the cart before the horse...AKA looking at agents before finishing the WIP
  203. The Editorial Notes
  204. Newbie News Flash!
  205. How do you decide which project to work on?
  206. I'm having a moral dilema
  207. The Dumbest question
  208. Exact or plus or minus?
  209. Would you care for a killer-hero?
  210. Who ARE their agents?
  211. Question for the Scots and others here.
  212. Spacing out your timeline...
  213. Free Online Series of Novel Workshops
  214. Which one would you pick up?
  215. Do People Care About Fictional "Procedures"
  216. Deletion Dilemma
  217. Describing your Main Character
  218. What are your character names?
  219. Formatting a voice in someone's head
  220. How young is too young?
  221. I had a sad day at the bookstore.
  222. Help me find an appropriate quote
  223. Crossword help
  224. Why do you REALLY want to write a novel?
  225. What is a Beta Reader
  226. Gimme a kiss -- like this
  227. When do you work best?
  228. The Muse.
  229. Looking for a Beta Reader - Murder in the Dark
  230. A Question About Beginnings
  231. To Resubmit, or not Resubmit. That IS the question.
  232. My motivation is dehydrated.
  233. Can I design my own dustjacket/cover...?
  234. Fiction: first person "tense"
  235. Proper prose vs. vivid writing
  236. Film Options for Books
  237. Hey you lot...where do you write?
  238. Tell us about your Sebastian...
  239. Total Chapter/Scene POV Switch = Effective?
  240. A Valuable Re-Writing Technique...
  241. Querying a Series
  242. I think my WIP just grew 100k words... :-/
  243. what do you suggest
  244. How do you create you characters?
  245. Male or female MC?
  246. Brain dead for ideas
  247. Excerpt from MC's (fictional) second novel inclusion?
  248. Partial advice
  249. Love interest
  250. Prologue question