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  1. Contractions
  2. Show the sex scene or fade to black
  3. Made up words in novels
  4. Non-Standard Punctuation
  5. Genre Question
  6. Query Now, Or Later?
  7. 3rd person limited novels?
  8. Minors having sex, drinking...
  9. Does the artist love the creating, or the finished product?
  10. Trying to write a shape-shifting novel
  11. 13 Page Detailed Outline. Two Books, or One? Craaap.
  12. Location knowledge vs. experience
  13. One of my major plot points has been used already!
  14. Beginning a suspense novel with a flashback from the future
  15. Music as scene setter....
  16. Chapters
  17. First is good, Second better, the Third...
  18. Paste first five pages?
  19. happy with the writing
  20. Minor Characters Bubbling in the Pot.
  21. Prequel Ideas
  22. How long must my synopsis be?
  23. Does anyone know anything about Better Be Write publishers?
  24. Chapter by Chapter???
  25. Premises that horrify you
  26. Satire or political thriller????
  27. Pespiration or inspiration? Or both?
  28. Killing off everyone in a scene
  29. Debut Length? Puzzzled
  30. Finding Your Voice
  31. How much editing is too much?
  32. Does the entire novel have to have the same "tone"?
  33. A Positive Note
  34. Chapter Size
  35. Changing antagonist
  36. Interesting link - common plots
  37. My Trunk Novel
  38. What's your Shortest time to write a novel?
  39. I don't even have alpha or beta readers, and I've got critics.
  40. Short Genre-Crossing Novella: Any chance at all of being published? Advice please!
  41. Short Story writer desires to write a novel
  42. Flashbacks and dreams
  43. "Catch-22"
  44. Basing fiction novel on real events
  45. Agents that don't take unsolicited queries
  46. word count
  47. Vampires: Oversaturated? Economy: Unbreakable Wall?
  48. Is 68K Words Too Short for a Literary Novel?
  49. Beginning with Dying: Too Cliché?
  50. Question about character names
  51. Story within a Story
  52. Should I Switch My Narrative Mode?
  53. Difficulty
  54. Epistolary novels
  55. Twist endings
  56. How would you react if author....
  57. If I overemphasized how beautiful a character is...
  58. Resolution or cliff-hanger for chapt. endings?
  59. tense
  60. Who reads your WIPs?
  61. Switching your genre half-way through the story
  62. BREAK THROUGH!!
  63. On Writing by Charles Bukowski
  64. The Thread of Colorful Questions
  65. Just funny...
  66. Agent Request Etiquette?
  67. Unplanned events
  68. separation anxiety
  69. Changing tense for a dream/nightmare sequence
  70. How messy are your 1st drafts? ~and is it necessary to revise revise revise?
  71. Increasing a story
  72. Getting Started: Your Writing Rituals...?
  73. Show vs Tell
  74. Agent's Blogs
  75. Experimental Narration?
  76. Greatest Writing Obstacles
  77. What famous writer does your prose mimic closest?
  78. Can bad writers become good writers?
  79. How many novels do you try to write at a time?
  80. Why so many rules?
  81. Chapter title problem
  82. Have you ever .....
  83. How "busy" is your WIP?
  84. Ending a writing session...
  85. Chapterless
  86. Bad Beginnings
  87. Have you ever . . .
  88. Has anyone here gotten a contract lately?
  89. Adjectives - how many are too many?
  90. Stupid character name?
  91. What computer do you use to do your writing on?
  92. Nothing Is Better Than the First Time
  93. Prologues
  94. close third person POV
  95. First person or third person thoughts ...your preference
  96. When Things Finally Make Sense
  97. What does your first draft usually sound like?
  98. Have advice about working with a writers group?
  99. Bio request for full
  100. Points of view
  101. Random Tip from Random Novelist #311
  102. Websites and Excerpts: what to post when
  103. Fun with killing and fornicating...
  104. UK/US Spelling and Slang
  105. Chat with Elizabeth Bear
  106. Novel Tropes
  107. Keeping It Straight
  108. Recap of Previous Novel in Sequel
  109. What stories suit what POV
  110. What do you guys think ..........
  111. "I thought"
  112. Authonomy
  113. Exploring the math
  114. Show vs Tell...
  115. YouDialogue?
  116. The Size of my Editor's Cage
  117. Not a dream sequence, not a flashback. But...
  118. First 50 pages
  119. Starting too Late
  120. PC vs Mac
  121. Another question about writers groups
  122. Sexy nerd
  123. Help! I'm constipated
  124. Competition Submission
  125. Restart my novel?
  126. Wait times on fulls...
  127. Do you know your ending?
  128. Part First Draft/Part Final
  129. How not to write a cliff hanger ending?
  130. The bad guy
  131. How Do I Make My Novel Longer
  132. What do you look for in a literary blog?
  133. A hard problem to fix .....
  134. Cardboard Characters
  135. Have you ever been asked . . . .
  136. POV in Lord of the Rings fights
  137. Bold or No?
  138. Amazon Rankings
  139. Life too strange to depict in novels?
  140. Details on front of manuscript?
  141. How long are your chapters?
  142. Should I cut out a major part of my story?
  143. to italicize or not to italicize---writing dream sequences 
  144. A surprise for the reader?
  145. Introduction Scenes
  146. The 20,000-word wall
  147. When Your Characters Send You Emails
  148. Horror, yet not?
  149. First draft mostly dialogue... Normal or Abnormal?
  150. What do new writers most want to know?
  151. Beta curiousity
  152. And the way they USED to do it
  153. Careful when blog bashing...
  154. Does it get any easier?
  155. Fighting in Writing
  156. The Wrong Direction
  157. Opening sentence of query letter - ARGH!
  158. Making up words
  159. Sort of like Amber's thread, but sort of not.
  160. Chapter Lengths changes during story
  161. Beating a dead horse? (on flashbacks)
  162. How do you decide where in the story to start your book?
  163. Where would you begin this story?
  164. Inspiration or Desperation
  165. What's the best way to convey a character's thoughts in third person limited?
  166. Novel writing: the text adventure
  167. First drafts scare me....
  168. Afraid to finish...
  169. Character Naming
  170. ABNA REVIEWS! JUST RECEIVED MINE!
  171. Use of online researched material
  172. The Story So Far
  173. 1 Week Later?
  174. I always feel so professional
  175. Selling my house, and I need to write an enticing description!
  176. Literary Writing?
  177. The Next Step?
  178. What steps do you take to edit a story?
  179. Editing as you go, or save it to the end?
  180. I'm writing a novel and I have a few questions...
  181. What genre is this novel?
  182. Want to publish some day, but...
  183. Anyone Want to Review my Novel?
  184. Trying to Parse a Distinction – Action Verbs/Telling versus Showing
  185. What sells today...
  186. Your Holy Grail
  187. Show v Tell
  188. Help with story problem
  189. Define "Info Dumping"
  190. Question about Public Domain
  191. Product Placement
  192. Do Any of You Go Both Ways?
  193. Mentioning day job in query letter?
  194. Query widely?
  195. To describe or not to describe
  196. Differing reviews
  197. Chapter Formatting
  198. It's Subjective
  199. Dialogue Tags
  200. Im finding myself to be rather witty.
  201. Is it true that literary novels are more premise than plot?
  202. I don't think it is, but is this "Deus ex Machina"?(TWILIGHT SPOILERS)
  203. Too much dialogue.
  204. To summarize (tell) or not to summarize
  205. Any advice on using FIRST PERSON?
  206. Spinoff: Advice on using Third Person
  207. Write or Die
  208. on killing those darlings
  209. How do you get your ideas?
  210. Best use of an author's time
  211. When Structure Limits Story
  212. What movie captures the essence of what you want your writing to be?
  213. Killing one of my darlings...TOUGH!
  214. On very close 3rd and omniscient POV
  215. Grieving for characters (SPOILERS)
  216. Unusual or Contained Greetings?
  217. Epithets and Exclamations
  218. MC - help me sort this out?
  219. Narrative structure using the format Day: time
  220. Help needed with this scene. The original is implausible...
  221. Can you help me with my plot, please?
  222. I need advice - unsold/unrepped novel possibly given small-time movie deal
  223. Define "navel-gazing"
  224. Antagonist: What Makes a Good Adversary?
  225. Copyright On Really Old Fiction?
  226. What do you do when your novel isnt going anywhere?
  227. Questions about Alphasmart Neo
  228. Editing - What do you do?
  229. The few speak and the many listen...?
  230. The Ninja File
  231. Plausability
  232. Outlining in your head?
  233. About character-driven novels?
  234. I don't think Ninjas will help me with this one.
  235. Electronic v. hardcopy fulls
  236. Bonnet Books
  237. How do you go about finding a trustworthy beta reader?
  238. Would you read a novel where the Protagonist is violent, even homicidal?
  239. From premise to plot
  240. Scene Transitions
  241. 8 line bio
  242. Reality of a NYT bestseller
  243. How Do You Know When to Quit?
  244. POV - your thoughts
  245. Squeezing a Plot out of Character Development
  246. Son of Ninja - Making More from Less: Growing a Story
  247. Book packaging?
  248. Anybody make the ABNA semifinals?
  249. WHAT DO YOU THINK MOST PEOPLE PREFER .....
  250. Slice of life novels/stories without conflict?