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  1. Mixing Tenses
  2. Why do some characters work better than others?
  3. Characters that just WON'T DIE...
  4. Permission to paraphrase TV shows?
  5. How do you use flashbacks in writing?
  6. Who else likes Easter Eggs?
  7. Dialog
  8. Favorite Typos
  9. Beginning something new
  10. Genre/Sub-Genre Question Crime Fiction
  11. King's Way
  12. how many words....
  13. Completed Novel...now what??? HELP!
  14. When to bring in a Beta
  15. Beta or Agent
  16. Do you google your characters' names?
  17. Nothing--Again, nothing.
  18. When Did "Beta" Become a Dirty Word?
  19. Streamlining, i.e. the Kitchen Sink Syndrome
  20. Absolutely terrified :)
  21. Chapters
  22. Does Your 1st Draft End Too Long or Too Short?
  23. All alone vs. alone
  24. Profanity
  25. Can you be taught to write?
  26. Why am I such a chicken?
  27. Am I The Only One?
  28. Plot resolution problems
  29. Writer's Journal Dimensions
  30. Celebrities becoming authors....
  31. Is 68.5K too short?
  32. I start book 3 tomorrow (or I guess later today)
  33. Question about first person narration
  34. physically flawed hero?
  35. Changing POV
  36. writing times
  37. Anyone else break a novel into chapters after its done?
  38. Strangest place you've written notes for you WIP?
  39. Agent Blogs
  40. Anyone ever worked at a Newspaper?
  41. A Line Doesn't Sound Right?
  42. the beginning: help!
  43. Just finished second novel!
  44. Spelling
  45. How long did revising take you?
  46. Mentioning unfinished novels in a query letter
  47. Spiraling Scope
  48. Dazed and Confused!
  49. publishing excerpts of your novel
  50. Recommend your Editor
  51. Threading timelines
  52. Back on track!
  53. Difficult Homework and Myspace question- this is not a complaint
  54. Flashbacks and Backstory
  55. having a hard time w/ the WIP .... help?
  56. Nit-Picky Sentence Question
  57. Revisions and two versions of WIP. NEED HELP
  58. First Chapter Starts as a dream
  59. Should I use the slang for characters' speech or not?
  60. Retconning events, bringing characters back to life
  61. There are so many degrees of wrongness to my trunk novel
  62. Oh, dilemmas...
  63. covers
  64. A Particular Euphemism
  65. Word Count Question
  66. Plot point impacts
  67. Organizing Data.
  68. My First Conference
  69. IF YOU COULD READ IT OVER AGAIN
  70. How long?
  71. Dreams- what are they good for?
  72. Agency help
  73. Novel going out
  74. Hiring an editor before submitting to agents/publishers
  75. 2008 Conventions / Conferences
  76. Tense tension
  77. "The Career Novelist" by Donald Maass -- worth getting?
  78. What to do when words just don't leave you horny anymore?
  79. I'm in love with...
  80. What should a Prologue contain?
  81. EDITS
  82. In Support of Prologues
  83. Writing something new while revising?
  84. POV problem
  85. Would I get away with this?
  86. Advancing Scenes
  87. Table of Contents?
  88. Whatchoumacallit ... ???
  89. Suggestions for Final Editing
  90. My fiction fantasy novel
  91. Footnotes in fiction: Good, bad, or indifferent?
  92. What's wrong with me?
  93. Anachronistic Timeline, Unreliable Narrator, And Other Fun Tricks
  94. I have a headache...
  95. Avoiding first person POV at all costs? Why?
  96. Submitting a novel with a frame
  97. Anyone see any flaws in this plot point?
  98. Oh, those epic tasks...
  99. Email Queries
  100. Blurbing
  101. Any suggestions on how I could deal with this?
  102. So about those font rules
  103. Killing a POV Character
  104. Writers' Limbo
  105. Is your plot simple of sprawling?
  106. The Novel Is Alive!
  107. "Silent Query Killer"
  108. Stapling a synopsis
  109. This Novel is Like a Grenade
  110. Contemplating Murder
  111. Would I be terribly un-PC if I set a scene on top of a Mosque?
  112. How many characters do you have?
  113. And...
  114. I finally got it!!!
  115. If you have a prologue, do you need an epilogue
  116. Hitting a Wall at 50K
  117. Titles
  118. Buildings/Landmarks that don't actually exist...
  119. Genre question
  120. How long before you know your characters?
  121. Question for published or agented authors
  122. Competition entry woes
  123. Describing Characters
  124. New Mods, Welcome!
  125. Should I Can My WIP?
  126. Character Generators
  127. Genre Question
  128. Writing Is A Journey, Not A Destination?
  129. Pieced: Yea or Nay and Why?
  130. Pacing a ghost story
  131. POV Character change
  132. MC Starting Alone
  133. Rich and detailed ending
  134. Gotham Writers' Workshop
  135. Drastic change too far in. . .
  136. luxury cruising lines
  137. Genre question I know the answers are here somewhere
  138. character gestures and beats
  139. In and out, in and out.
  140. Introducing Secondary Protagonist
  141. First Ten Pages- where to cut it
  142. Does it work in a novel?
  143. Editing concerns
  144. Is the whole quote thing too cliché?
  145. Unliked MC?
  146. Shakespearean model of 5 acts - please?
  147. perspective change mid-story good or bad.
  148. Wondering about age difference between couples
  149. Don't dive into shallow waters, you'll hurt yourself.
  150. How many of you novelists journal?
  151. Physical Manifestations
  152. How much do you worry about hurting people's feelings?
  153. Different Book, Same-ish Characters
  154. Anxiety of Influence? Need Insight...
  155. Elements of a good denouement
  156. Introductions, Prologues, and Prefaces...
  157. Query Your Brains Out?
  158. Defining Backstory
  159. List of Authors' Agents
  160. Synopsis in first person - any opinions?
  161. Has an agent helped you improve your query letter?
  162. Is reading always such a good thing ?
  163. Mourning Characters
  164. Has Anyone Ever...
  165. Character Sheets, for writing or just for gaming?
  166. Help me turn a caricature into a real person.
  167. Discovering similarities between your plot and another book/movie
  168. Who will want to read your book and why?
  169. Does the MC's age always influence the type of reader?
  170. Main Character: Girl or boy?
  171. what colour is your story? (for synesthetes)
  172. Attributes of a Sucessful Novelist According to Nigel Watts
  173. The novel you wish you had written
  174. Ask Permission or or just do it?
  175. Successful query..NOW what?!
  176. Chapter Summary
  177. Who is the best current novelist?
  178. Help Me If You Can I'm Feeling Down... With Titles!
  179. Is 60K enough
  180. Not send the synopsis?
  181. Debate about Voice
  182. showing past events...
  183. Chapter Length
  184. Happy Ending or Sad & Unforgettable ending?
  185. Repetitive Words
  186. How long is a synopsis?
  187. WIP - Attempt at Thriller
  188. Etiquette in the Novels forum (split from Debate About Voice)
  189. Book series: Why couldn't you finish it?
  190. I've got the main character! Now all I need is a story (and series to go with it)
  191. Who is your youngest MC?
  192. SASE - really quick question
  193. Can you make a successful career out it writing novels?
  194. Third person limited POV?
  195. What, besides story, disqualifies a query?
  196. How do you deal with the deep issues?
  197. Query Stories
  198. Definition of Upmarket fiction
  199. Motivation and Advice
  200. Movies vs. Novels - Structure and Technique
  201. Would you willingly suspend your disbelief?
  202. Name Question... What about a different spelling?
  203. Walking in on somebody...
  204. Letting go
  205. Quandry - Simultaneous Subs, Agents, Oh My!
  206. How many words are expected in a regular novel?
  207. How do you look at first drafts?
  208. Tips and tricks for tearjerking scenes?
  209. how do you start off your story?
  210. What's your first line?
  211. Alchemist steals own book.
  212. High Concept?
  213. Synopsis with more than one MC
  214. Writing novels on your cell phone
  215. No writer can know it all
  216. Generic Names Already Well Known in the Genre?
  217. Diluting Reactions
  218. A Song For Your Character
  219. More than one POV, one novel...yay or nay?
  220. some telling in my WIP
  221. Writing a convincing hate scene
  222. I'm blind! Bliiiiinnd!
  223. How Much Do Previous Publications Help Your Query?
  224. will this work or confuse everyone?
  225. Mistakes along the way...
  226. Just finished a crime novel- What to do?
  227. Illustrations and you...
  228. George Orwell's 5 Rules of Writing
  229. Cover Letter to agent
  230. Synopsis Woes
  231. Double trouble
  232. Books on how to edit your writing.
  233. Bragging time - favorite characters and why!
  234. Horribly awful experience, that lead to plot ideas.
  235. How long to submit the mss?
  236. Novels that flip flop?
  237. Now that you can write- what would you change?
  238. So now I am truly depressed ...
  239. writer's distance from characters
  240. Dreaming up a character?
  241. Can the readers be too invested in a pairing?
  242. Nathan Bransford's "The Surprisingly Essential First Page Challenge"
  243. Narrative...if there a frackin' formula?
  244. Scrub?
  245. How do you write? Heavy, medium, or light?
  246. Signposting genre switches (eg. time travel)
  247. Anybody see Grisham on 'Today' yesterday?
  248. A breakthrough!!
  249. Authors that get better with age.
  250. AW Entry List for Nathan Bransford Contest