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  1. Love Story
  2. Novel Excerpts
  3. how much of a hack are you?
  4. Writing therapy
  5. Writing short stories for magazines
  6. Is 4 pages too long for a synopsis?
  7. re-drafting: how do *you* do it?
  8. Help me Substitute a Word
  9. word count rounding, e-submissions etc.
  10. What happens to your book at the publishers?
  11. Novel to Video Game.
  12. Dialogue/"said" part 3
  13. What's your writing schedule?
  14. "Up" and "down"
  15. Explainations.
  16. Is this stupid?
  17. Crazy plotting advice you've run into
  18. Taking a Writing Course
  19. Eliminating a character
  20. SEX
  21. Title Advice Please...
  22. More screen time--
  23. Your fetish words
  24. I am a closet novelist
  25. Research / Outlining Tips
  26. Ignore this topic
  27. Harper Collins UK
  28. Plotting instead of wandering...
  29. Writing Partnerships - How does yours work?
  30. Differentiating Multi-POVs
  31. Drama in Real Life
  32. How important is length in a query?
  33. Decoding Royalty Statements
  34. Too stereotypical or true to life?
  35. Authors Guild
  36. What goes through your mind when you are waiting?
  37. Celebrity Names and Desiger brands
  38. Suspense/Thriller without Murder and Killing?
  39. Realism?
  40. Translation Question
  41. Making up characters...
  42. How to categorize my novel?
  43. Really Need Advice-Agents!!!
  44. Loving a line so much you can't bear to kill it
  45. At What Point Would You...
  46. 'Twas like a lightening blot, it 'twas!
  47. making minor characters more real
  48. Is this a problem? MY second draft just keeps growing and growing.
  49. Writerly frustration
  50. My baby was sooo CUTE!
  51. Starbucks Cobbler and Blueberry Lattes
  52. Love. Arrrgh!
  53. New York Times Bestseller lists?
  54. Writing a narrative in one language, but having bits of dialogue in another? Help!!!
  55. Welcome your new Co-Mod!!!
  56. Most distracting words
  57. Another approach to Getting to Know Your Characters
  58. "You never learn to write a novel..."
  59. Reading For Better or for Worse?
  60. Public readings
  61. Have you written a novel longhand?
  62. Complete Idiot's Guide To Creative Writing
  63. I'm at 5,000 words, and I feel I'm onto something magical. When did *you* feel this?
  64. Preparing Manuscript Questions...ASAP
  65. Why be in such a rush?
  66. Novel characters in short stories--problem?
  67. Description - advice and exercises
  68. Does anyone else make drawings of your characters?
  69. Editing techniques and concentration
  70. ian ranking doesnt outline
  71. A question for the boys about cars...
  72. Do any of you sent out novels without re-drafting?
  73. What Word Processor Do You Use?
  74. Ah haa! The answer I was looking for.
  75. How many trees do you kill when revising/rewriting
  76. Beginnings
  77. Evolution of writing and other random thoughts
  78. When one character steals all the best lines
  79. Channelling my MC
  80. Michael Seidman
  81. Sales numbers
  82. Weaving in character angst. Is it really necessary?
  83. Developing the discipline to focus
  84. Answers to a Lot of Questions in this Thread from a Pubbed Writer
  85. POV - Which to choose?
  86. Questions about submitting 50 pages, and about querying when you aren't done.
  87. Recurring character
  88. Themes in your novels
  89. What was the hardest thing you wrote?
  90. Dead WIP, RIP
  91. writer's market questions
  92. What does it mean to "tighten it up" your manuscript?
  93. From the first draft and beyond (editing)
  94. Telling an agent "no."
  95. Nice to meet you, and I'm an idiot.
  96. How to send a full manuscript
  97. So I've just started draft number one...
  98. Pen To Paper...or Typing?
  99. I find myself with a problem. Adding scenes/chapters...
  100. Should You Sign With a New Agent?
  101. Starting out?
  102. What do you over-do?
  103. Characters and situations
  104. What inspired your works?
  105. Your novel is killer!
  106. Quick question -- Format for emailing a MS sample
  107. Name Calling and POV
  108. Using Short Sentences
  109. Is it acceptable to create semi-canon?
  110. Fight Scenes
  111. First publishing?
  112. This is too weird!
  113. Including unrequested pages in e-query
  114. This is difficult. Trouble is, I think it should be.
  115. need some ideas!!
  116. caring for characters
  117. Over and over again....
  118. Origin tale, or jump in hip-deep?
  119. better to round up or down?
  120. Great page I found for Line Editing
  121. contractions?
  122. It's absurd!
  123. Which would you prefer?
  124. Writing Conferences
  125. Genre, Pen Names, and Profession
  126. I just deleted 70 pages of my life, and I feel nothing
  127. I have lost my power of proof-reading
  128. How many novels have you written?
  129. I don't know how to make this pithy, but...
  130. POV problem
  131. Genre Angst
  132. Does anyone else go into automatic stress mode when they say "Call"?
  133. Too Much Action? ? ?
  134. Fermenting like a fine wine...
  135. Public Service Announcement for the Sanity of Novelists Everywhere
  136. Follow- up on "Stressing Thread"
  137. Suggestions for Books on Writing
  138. How to be a BETA reader
  139. need quick advice on revision request
  140. Jumpin' Jack Flashbacks!
  141. Novelist, author, writer? What do they call you?
  142. I finished my first draft.
  143. Dream sequence
  144. First rejection
  145. How to get "brisk sales" of your novel?
  146. How much does a debut fiction novel make if had decent sales?
  147. Dialogue. Anybody else afraid of it?
  148. Is it just me or. . .
  149. Are Book Docs a waste of money?
  150. Word Perfect
  151. Synopsis *sigh*
  152. Making a cold heartless b**** likeable
  153. YA vs adult genre fantasy and marketing control: what are the boundaries?
  154. CV?? What should I include
  155. do you do a barebones first draft or a solid first draft?
  156. For a new author, are multiple book deals good or bad?
  157. Special Thanks to Uncle Jim and Jenna
  158. Making the prologue your hook
  159. Nameless characters
  160. Narration Question
  161. Just because I feel like embarrassing myself (share if you dare)
  162. Techniques & Tips for an Editing Virgin
  163. Title that made no sense.
  164. Jealousy?
  165. Help requested in Beta Reader thread
  166. Novels with mixed POV--first and third
  167. Do You Compare?
  168. Hurrah! Hurrah!
  169. Plot dead ends and other obstacles
  170. Would You Marry Him If You Knew This?
  171. Wisdom in numbers- opinions welcomed
  172. Present vs. past poll
  173. Time.
  174. My new sequence of events isn't as exciting, but I find it much better for the story
  175. Confused by tenses and pov's...
  176. Literary Tributes in your novels: A shout out to Patrick O'Brian
  177. The Title Queen
  178. Didja Ever Have One of Those AHA Moments?
  179. Plot
  180. Your novel's theme in ten words or less...
  181. Word Count Ethics
  182. Query Dead End
  183. Didja Ever Have One of Those AAARGH! Moments?
  184. How do you know? (ARGH)
  185. DMLA: WWLFTM, the detective version
  186. Jim Van Pelt
  187. I need your creative juices
  188. Is this a bad thing?
  189. Betas - not the fishes
  190. First Chapter Woes
  191. Negotiating the Book Title
  192. Editing making me crazy...
  193. "Is this a good sentence?" Doubting sentences you've written....
  194. Motivation for writing
  195. How to avoid cliches?
  196. Lose focus?
  197. My similes suck like....sorry, I can't think of anything.
  198. Best author web pages
  199. two novels inside one novel?
  200. would you read this novel?
  201. Popish problems.
  202. Prologues and the synopsis
  203. Advancing the story--
  204. Coming Out of the Closet
  205. Pros and Cons of Small Presses?
  206. Reading and Signing
  207. Cover letter for a partial?
  208. 2007 Giller Announced...
  209. What's your What If?
  210. Your stupidest writing blunders
  211. Word Choice: Are you a Faulknerian or Hemingwayian?
  212. What comes first on a new story of yours?
  213. POV Question
  214. Questions about novel publishing process
  215. Ending a Death Scene
  216. Manuscript Formatting Lacuna
  217. Transitional Chapters
  218. Do I need permission?
  219. Rewarding the Beta Readers
  220. Help, clarification, advice or whatever on comparisons?
  221. Annoying newbie seeking beta readers
  222. Small/micro presses
  223. Nicholas Sparks does it...
  224. Norman Mailer RIP
  225. Finding Agents in your Genre
  226. Changing Titles
  227. Am I doomed?
  228. How do you transition your MC from one room to the next?
  229. Should I email?
  230. What is your revision process?
  231. Holy hell I killed a werewhale!
  232. Handling flashbacks in a synopsis
  233. Woohoo!!! First 10,000 words!!!
  234. Non-fiction or Fiction?
  235. Should I Or Shouldn't I?
  236. Established relationships
  237. Killer chapters
  238. adding new elements in edits
  239. Size matters?
  240. Address on Query Letter/mss envelope
  241. DAMN YOU NANOWRIMO!!!!!!!
  242. What would Dahl Do? WWDD? Dubious Pickles asked to be Childrens...
  243. Mulling It Over...
  244. To let them read, or not to let them read...
  245. Too Short
  246. NOVEMBER CONTEST in MCL
  247. What is the best job for an aspiring novelist?
  248. Help!! Please be patient with the Newbie
  249. A word count norm? If there is such a thing...
  250. Using Lulu for family copies - good/bad idea?