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  1. Expertise Please...Re: Status Queries
  2. Formatting POV changes and Chapter Breaks
  3. So, my manuscript is up for auction, any advice?
  4. Pitfalls of writing a sequel?
  5. Fly Fusion Pentop Computer - useful for writers?
  6. movie MONEY...please advise.
  7. Programming and writing
  8. First Cover
  9. Dual authoring
  10. Show My Reference?
  11. Where would you say your story begins?
  12. Help! My antagonist is too eccentric
  13. Uh oh - totally out of ideas for my novel
  14. Winging It
  15. How to resuscitate my WIP?
  16. exhume the body?
  17. Writing Tip: Risks
  18. Augh! Wait. Um, I mean, Cool! I think.
  19. When do you share
  20. how do you develop characters?
  21. If you had to do it on a--gulp--TYPEWRITER
  22. The Future of the publishing business
  23. Opening the closet door...
  24. How many words do you average per day?
  25. One more question....is it wise to outline your novel or just jump right in?
  26. Long sections where the MC is alone...
  27. Setting changes and character abandonment: does this bother you?
  28. Showing Character Fears
  29. Need character Traits? This site really helps!
  30. Stuck on a scene and can't seem to move forward
  31. How crazy is it if...
  32. where are word count statistics for best sellers, specifically The Road my McCarthy?
  33. Cartographic help
  34. The Opening Chapter
  35. My mc wants to hum or sing...
  36. 3rd person Inner Dialogue?
  37. Underline all words to be italicized in MS?
  38. Must an antagonist be known early in the book?
  39. requesting BRUTAL feedback
  40. Edith Wharton Letter - House of Mirth
  41. (Decent/Good) Book Advances?
  42. Chapter Numbers
  43. Gender genie?
  44. Titling Chapters
  45. more abandoned ideas....
  46. List of Movies about Writers/Writing
  47. Okay sorry another chapter question
  48. From Windows to Mac - Black Friday Sale
  49. Share Titles, Plots, and Themes
  50. What Genre Is This?
  51. Quoting a Movie
  52. If a movie adaptation of your book was made...
  53. A Reader's Rights vs. A Writer's Perogative
  54. When Do You Give Up On Your Novel?
  55. Prose Writing and Poetic Sensitivity...
  56. Myths, Legends, and Folklore.
  57. camere en milano: hotel ethics
  58. Switching pov's
  59. Sequential versus non-sequential writing?
  60. The terrible, the awful, the horrible....
  61. Article on Lying
  62. Ever had a MC write a poem?
  63. What's It Called...
  64. Writing Convincing Dialogue
  65. London betas needed, also help with slave portrayal
  66. In a bit of a bind
  67. Wanna/Gonna
  68. Samwise the brave
  69. Too many "events" in the plot?
  70. Is this a problem?
  71. Perfected or Abandoned
  72. Changing a Character's Name
  73. How much control do you actually have over your story?
  74. Aliens, broken English and changing POVs
  75. Post-apocalyptic fiction
  76. How do you tell your target audience?
  77. A New View
  78. Agent checkups
  79. self-conscious about the WIP?
  80. Italics
  81. How do you get your characters to write the story?
  82. Having Our Say?
  83. I'm a ruthless killer
  84. Ever have a story hit you unexpectedly?
  85. Name change required?
  86. How do you gain confidence in your novel?
  87. help please
  88. "Sometimes Truth is Stranger than Fiction"
  89. A Question of Illustration
  90. Famous Quotes?
  91. Selling excerpts in advance of publication?
  92. Scene Transistions & Char.
  93. I'm unattached. HELP!
  94. Scene change vs. goal
  95. Getting a Self Published Book into the Chain Stores
  96. Endings
  97. Has anyone finished their novel for NaNoWriMo?
  98. Tips on writing First Person POV?
  99. Wondering how many pages i possibly have...
  100. Hi, I'm Dan Brown and this is my new book ...
  101. Hope and Encouragement for Unpublished Writers
  102. Can you plagiarize yourself?
  103. How Close to the Truth
  104. Smoking something
  105. Hopefully uplifting...
  106. Too early to start promoting?
  107. Unintentional metaphor, symbolism, etc.
  108. How many words on a page of a novel?
  109. Maximally Considerate Writing
  110. Titles
  111. Full or brief synopsis?
  112. Length of Opening Chapter
  113. Critiquing a friend's MS
  114. Does your novel choose you?
  115. What Genre am I?
  116. When do you quit an idea?
  117. Cover Designer Blog
  118. Book Cover?
  119. In the door, out the door, up the stairs...
  120. A little survey about drafts
  121. Sniffing out a Nickname
  122. Resend Synopsis?
  123. Submitting a short story that is a part of the novel?
  124. Laughs
  125. at first i thought this was a joke video
  126. book proposals and pitches
  127. Help me describe my characters.
  128. Yet another book cover topic
  129. My character is running for president?
  130. Contract lawyers?
  131. Does size really matter? (synopsis)
  132. Corporate Business in Fiction
  133. Plot vs. Story
  134. I did NOT see this coming. . .
  135. Is there any shame in self-publishing?
  136. Copyrights
  137. There's nothing like seeing it.
  138. I have a talking cat in my story. Is that a good idea?
  139. A different word count question - I promise!
  140. Who decides what America reads?
  141. When writing does it quickly flow for you or is it forced?
  142. Does any1 know any good programs for writers? Besides Word?
  143. question about historical present tense
  144. Prologues and POV
  145. Sending to a publisher a story in a foreign language. In this case English is foreign
  146. Why 1st Person POV?
  147. Plot Devices - Resource
  148. not sure how people will view my MC in the end....
  149. ideas?
  150. Tell vs Show in First Person POV
  151. Becoming a novelist and proving to others that you have that something special.
  152. As a novelist. What's life like for you?
  153. Switching MC 3rd Person POV
  154. A Novel way of getting published.
  155. How much time is needed to get to "know" a character?
  156. 15k mark and a question about pages....
  157. A Different Way of Sending Manuscripts
  158. World building. Questions that help you think about the world you're creating.
  159. Agent Agreement
  160. Too much writing? A warning
  161. Write First Draft with Chapters or Add Chapters Later?
  162. Hop or No Hop?
  163. Can teen love story target an adult audience?
  164. Manuscript help!!
  165. Toronto Book Expo
  166. How long should a chapter be?
  167. "Manipulating" your readers' feelings.
  168. Question about time sequence
  169. Growing up through chapters?
  170. Found Original Novel
  171. Why Book Tours Are Passé
  172. Young Adult Story
  173. Just discovered what my novel is about
  174. Story Elements and Lack of Knowledge Problems?
  175. anyone only have one novel in their head and not several??
  176. What do you work on when your 'in between'?
  177. Through the end of the tunnel- a guiding hand.
  178. publishing interest good or bad
  179. take a chance
  180. words and copyright issues
  181. Dead end!
  182. summarizing
  183. writing by speaking...
  184. Warming up
  185. The all important 2nd chapter
  186. By hand, by type and storage
  187. Using a 'pen name' - yay or nay?
  188. Fictional towns?
  189. Inviting All Authors for Interview 4 Newsletter!
  190. Valuable things you've learned.
  191. Words, words, words
  192. Adding character development to an already constructed story
  193. The Future of Fiction?
  194. Developing Characters Based On Book's Theme
  195. Published authors: when do you dispense with the betas?
  196. How do you know if your Beta is giving good advice?
  197. For all you guys who work in cubicles
  198. Character Goals
  199. My character thinks a little bit differently than normal. Is she crazy?
  200. Changing the way you write your story as you go along the story.
  201. What would your mother think?
  202. How many beta-readers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? (aka Submit or Wait?)
  203. Do I call the agent?
  204. colloquialism
  205. It's Not His Baby
  206. Error in a published novel
  207. Almost too real...
  208. Fine If It Works or Beyond Annoying?
  209. When writing novels what are the "cliche" or archaic phrases should you avoid?
  210. what is the most extreme thing you've written(or read) in a novel
  211. novel writing v. screenwriting....
  212. The Abstract
  213. not sure where to post this question.......
  214. Is it "cheating" to switch WIP's?
  215. How to get my book published
  216. What do you do when write a story then you realized that it was unoriginal?
  217. How Well Should We Know Our Characters?
  218. Is it a matter of if at first
  219. Too downmarket?
  220. Any tips as I write?
  221. Melodrama
  222. Pacing and clues in partials...
  223. 1st vs 3rd Person - Which do you prefer?
  224. Must the protagonist be the MC?
  225. Book Titles from Songs
  226. Exercise is good for what?!
  227. Why aren't I getting any responses on the SYW forum?
  228. Worried
  229. Correct use of a prologue - Does this work?
  230. Non essential flashbacks.
  231. Ill constructed and lame and incomplete settings
  232. So MUCH on my MIND!
  233. ever typed your own name for one of your characters?
  234. Query--First Five Pages Doublespaced?
  235. How much do you know when you're writing your first draft?
  236. From draft to draft
  237. Great article in the New Yorker about Raymond Carver
  238. So, it turns out my MC isn't my MC after all...
  239. Synopsis Questions
  240. Two characters, one goal, two different reasons: The classic plot, done 10x over.
  241. Good Idea, Bad Story
  242. The Dreaded Domino Effect
  243. The limits of English
  244. Twelve days of Christmas
  245. How do you choose the right title?
  246. What is the first thing your main character wears in their first appearance?
  247. Yet another newbie asking for help...
  248. First Person -- when give your character's name?
  249. Prologue POV
  250. Fictional companies/employers - what can you get away with?