Novels

This board is for discussing all aspects of writing novel-length works of fiction. Mods: Sage.
DandyCat
What genre or category would a Gothic novel fall under?
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DandyCat
DandyCat
What genre would you put my story in?
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Sage
Sage
Woollybear
Favorite first lines you've read in trade-published fiction?
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Woollybear
Woollybear
Maze Runner
How do you start?
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16
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Maze Runner
Maze Runner
SusanStar
Story Turn-offs
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tusenord
This... or that?
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PatDog
Challenges with staying focused/undistracted?
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22
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Mr. Dj
Mr. Dj
Gregg Bell
Will this ending ruin my novel for my readers?
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28
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Gregg Bell
Gregg Bell
Gregg Bell
How to end my legal thriller with a bang when a guilty verdict is involved?
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30
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Gregg Bell
Gregg Bell
toreba
For My Fellow Perfectionists
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26
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Infinimata
Infinimata
gtanders
Do you shamelessly revise as you go?
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WriteMinded
WriteMinded
ScottyWriter
Short stories as training for writing a novel- yay or nay?
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cjr169
cjr169
LittlestSpook
Working with completely abstract characters
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2
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429
CMBright
CMBright
Looking for book recommendations: atmospheric/ sparse writing but packs a punch
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3
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655
gtanders
gtanders
LittlestSpook
Working with Non-Human, Non-Animal Characters
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dickson
dickson
Dual Timeline structure
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Al X.
OrdinaryDreams
TBD Procedural
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575
OrdinaryDreams
OrdinaryDreams
jgtokyo
Questions on 3rd person limited POV – information & style
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jgtokyo
jgtokyo
I need some advice for my novel's genre
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8
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656
Aenelis
Tornadoboy
Simultaneously working one more than one novel with different genres
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10
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Thecla
Thecla
gothicangel
Anyone Tried Writing Out of Order or Even Backwards?
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56
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capricornair
capricornair
TellMeAStory
Bad choices
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11
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770
Stytch
Stytch
DarkWriter223
Are Epistolary Novels Still Popular?
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12
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Cornelius Gault
Cornelius Gault
Don Pedro
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The Novel Helper
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18
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Maryn
Maryn
Starbrazer
How to Find Critique Groups?
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26
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