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  1. What do you think is the most popular genre out today?
  2. What are some words that you prefer...
  3. Fear that my work is too slight/melodramatic?
  4. A question concerning chapters...
  5. Timeline
  6. Question about writing when the story takes place over a long time
  7. Writing in Dialect
  8. Am I running too great a risk?
  9. Write what you know...Or write what you love....
  10. Back story in a series
  11. How much love is too much?
  12. Where's it all going?
  13. What should be the 10 commandments of writing?
  14. Verbal Titles for Novels / In Quotation Marks?
  15. Great Query Letters:
  16. Quick question?
  17. Argh!!! Making a big change...
  18. I'm *dreaming* about query letters.
  19. 2500 words a day
  20. America hasn't won a Nobel Prize in Lit since 1993
  21. Getting Over Writer's Doubt.
  22. The writing, agent, publishing process question
  23. How do you remember 1999?
  24. How do YOU name your novel?
  25. Is a Deus Ex Machina such even if its known beforehand?
  26. Does anybody know of any particular agencies looking for something like:
  27. Opening with a quote--query question
  28. Blurbs or Queries: How far into the novel do you write about in one of these?
  29. I feel like the plague a bit - diarist.
  30. Na Na Na Boo Boo: Tales From the Playground
  31. death gate cycle series
  32. Is imitation really the best form of flattery?
  33. Offbeat/quirky...New genre type
  34. "Frame" stories
  35. Are you a snippet writer?
  36. Future Novels?
  37. Problem with tenses in my novel
  38. The importance of those first few hundred words or so, i.e. The Opening
  39. What genre is the most popular?
  40. Sharing work online
  41. Turning Screeplay into Novelette or Novella
  42. Do you have "too many" ideas?
  43. Author bashing is nothing new
  44. Not another thread on age...kinda.
  45. Should I Trunk It?
  46. When the plot is too close to home?
  47. Read a lot and write a lot?
  48. Famous Writer's Advice..
  49. So after writing and trunking 40K words and then starting a new...
  50. Most memorable character in a novel
  51. POV Rules and descriptions
  52. Published authors?
  53. I need some advice about flashbacks.
  54. Quotes / readings about betrayal or guilt?
  55. Can a 3rd omni narrator have a voice??
  56. First person POV
  57. difference between novel and book
  58. Using stories in the news as subplot, fictionalized?
  59. Resubmitting to an Agent
  60. Parentheses
  61. Writing Novels in MS Word
  62. Transition, or: How to Make the Voices Shut Up
  63. Inciting Incidents with Multiple POV characters
  64. Explanations vs. Infodumps
  65. Contest at Nathan Bransford's blog
  66. Is one time of year better to query than another?
  67. When do you follow up?
  68. Purple prose
  69. Keeping motivated?
  70. Kaitie's awesomely in jest opening paragraph contest.
  71. How much conversation is too much?
  72. Have you ever?
  73. How to Alienate your own Family by Writing about Them.
  74. Appeasing Islam
  75. Will the reader know your character doesn't know a fact vs author's knowledge?
  76. Dragging out scenes
  77. Debut Author if Self Pubbed Under Pseudo?
  78. What is it going to take?!?
  79. Do I have the right???
  80. Stealing ideas from forums.
  81. What "rights" do publishers try to take that you should keep?
  82. Kidlit Contest
  83. Conflict so soon?
  84. Multitasking Stories
  85. Literary Agents who accept Historic Fiction
  86. Still puzzled about font size
  87. Partial requests
  88. How long did it take you to get your book deal?
  89. How do you go about organising your later drafts?
  90. Essential 3rd Act Twists
  91. How long did it take you to write your first novel?
  92. Translating
  93. Telling vs Showing when dealing with passage of time...
  94. Planning out scenes
  95. Untrunking
  96. Re-writing vs. editing
  97. How many books do you read a year?
  98. How many words have you written in the last year?
  99. Who Are You Going To Dedicate Your Book To?
  100. Looking for a novella collection. Recommendations?
  101. Alternate Endings for a Novel?
  102. How'd You Come Up With Your Title?
  103. 3rd person limited voice
  104. Noooo! Someone else got there before me! :( And other such woes.
  105. Screenwriter AND novelist?
  106. Getting your manuscript copyright?
  107. What's Your Take on Pen Names
  108. in your opinion, what makes a great central conflict/antagonist?
  109. Favorite book?
  110. Using song titles for stories
  111. Novel in a Month
  112. Q: on Novel Title and its effect in Query
  113. Do You Give Authors a Second Chance After a Bad First Impression?
  114. Neat little package
  115. Paragraph ADD?
  116. Synopis with Multiple story lines
  117. Cover Art to Press
  118. A few questions
  119. The Never Ending Novel
  120. Do You Know Which Characters Live and Die From the Beginning?
  121. Authonomy is not for naught
  122. Who are the voiciest of the voice-y authors?
  123. Creating a religion
  124. Prologue
  125. News in novels
  126. POV in early chapters
  127. First 50 pages
  128. Published novelists: How long did it take you to write your published book(s)?
  129. Tell me your experience: Once you landed an Agent, how long till you inked a deal?
  130. Random question about fulls/offers
  131. Someone to read my book
  132. Character crush--got one?
  133. Memorable Villains
  134. Writer's Overload
  135. When your MC isn't your MC
  136. Who has read your book?
  137. In need of advice
  138. Bridging Conflict
  139. Your mindset for the first draft
  140. How did you choose your plot?
  141. An afterlife for dead words.
  142. A Problem of Perspective
  143. Websites
  144. YA or just novel?
  145. Are you self-motivated?
  146. No Agent Website...what to do??
  147. how much should I outline before I start writing my first draft?
  148. Can someone give some pointers?
  149. Critters.org RFDR
  150. What are the most important classics?
  151. What novels have you reread?
  152. What are your daily writing goals?
  153. Preface v. Prologue???
  154. Expanding a novel
  155. The plateau of Make it or Break it
  156. Self-censorship.
  157. Dodging A Scene.
  158. Your MC's Facebook Page
  159. Synopses and Multiple Perspectives--What to do?
  160. Don't you just hate it when...
  161. How Do You Keep things Organized?
  162. The Art of Killing Somebody
  163. Do you imagine music...
  164. More POV thoughts
  165. quoting from movies, songs, poems, etc.
  166. Does your MC have a catch phrase?
  167. reference books for villains
  168. Author's Gender
  169. Theme? Plot? Hook? What is this?
  170. Is anyone else shallow, like me?
  171. Beginning, Middle or End?
  172. Scene Transitions
  173. Very Short Synopsis
  174. Comparing WIP love...
  175. Method Writing?
  176. Real people, places and the law
  177. It took fifty pages to get into it, but...
  178. What's your cut-off point for chapter length?
  179. Similarities to your work and something already out there x 2
  180. Yeah, another question about head jumping.
  181. Did anyone get a book deal overseas before selling in US / UK?
  182. financial questions for a scene in my novel
  183. I need help
  184. Editors
  185. Canadian or American Writing
  186. There's still hope for those of you who want to include illustrations!
  187. To imply or not to imply
  188. Videos: Jonny Geller on finding and agent, fame and fortune
  189. Feeling lost..
  190. How did you name your characters?
  191. Is this good news or bad news?
  192. Hallucinations
  193. Trunk Novels: Back Into the Trunk?
  194. Writing about Difficult Things
  195. How Do You Like Villain(s)?
  196. Does anyone else feel like their whole existence rests on
  197. At what point do you (personally) consider yourself a writer?
  198. Polishing your manuscript -
  199. How much do you consider categories when you write?
  200. Does your opinion of your writing change? One day it's good, then next day it's bad.
  201. I'm torturing children. Yay?
  202. Does it ever frustrate you to have to keep your mouth shut?
  203. Quote plagiarism
  204. Which Would You Read?
  205. Words of encouragement
  206. Give Short "Showing not Telling" examples.
  207. Novel too short??
  208. Using an existing title for a novel
  209. How many layers???
  210. Section breaks and scene breaks
  211. 3rd person ltd head hopping
  212. Would you use 2 main POVs in a 80k novel?
  213. How do you 'reveal' your plot surprises?
  214. killing small children
  215. Okay...Here's the deal:
  216. A few questions about publishing
  217. Probably stupid question--Query response
  218. To Title A Novel...
  219. what to work on next?
  220. Editor-Writer Relationships
  221. Civil War novel too cliche? (even if its historical fantasy?)
  222. 2 stories at once yah or nah?
  223. Editing Tips
  224. How much is too much?
  225. W00t!
  226. A question of genre
  227. the writer's idea of her story vs what the readers see
  228. Is character development really necessary?
  229. Too copycat? Also, would this be too much for YA?
  230. Good source for the number of copies a book sold?
  231. The end of the novel?
  232. Sex in novels
  233. Just out of curiosity has anyone ever done this...before
  234. Dialects in Novels?
  235. How do you decide if a scene should be cut?
  236. Advice on overall story construction
  237. Does Anyone Ever Plan 4 Book Series?
  238. Romantic love vs. platonic love in a novel
  239. Italics in manuscripts
  240. Most used cliches that should be avoided while writing?
  241. Discomfort
  242. So is this a good thing?
  243. Stalked by my characters....
  244. Share your Plotholes!
  245. Harry Potter and book length (not what you think)
  246. What is your favorite 'aspect' of your novel?
  247. Celebrating milestones
  248. How trendy are you?
  249. Once and for all...
  250. Describe a place in your novel - without being there