- Wanted: Punctuation policeman.
- Writing in Handan
- Cross contamination
- Opinions needed from non-writers, about reading.
- Personal Help Thread For All Members
- The influence of your writing
- Do you take notes whilst you read?
- Writing Exercises for Generating Ideas
- How do you submit your work to an agent?
- Are outlines really essential when writing a novel?
- Should I put some illustration in my novel?
- African American readers?
- Losing Steam
- Prison Stories
- What if What if is switched off? Or, how do you develop a “What if?” way of thinking?
- how to pick a voice
- Inspiration for writing
- How to pick a genre for my novel?
- Stuck near the end of first draft
- Write what you know???
- 10 Writing "Rules" We Wish More Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Would Break
- *Clicks Send* ... WAIT!
- Speaking for myself, personally.
- Promoting your writing blog
- War Planning for a Fantasy Novel
- Bridport Competition
- Writing clubs/groups
- Your Target Audience
- question
- Where was this YEARS ago when I was starting?
- Including a flashback
- Writing routine
- This is a good sign, right?
- A private story exchange?
- Interesting article on poetry editing in The Daily Telegraph
- Fresh look at the mechanics of magic.
- totally backwards, the gifted curse of aspergers
- Who/Whom
- Where Can I Find Someone Who Is Willing To Help With A Short Story
- How excited are you about writing, and does being so make you 'a writer'?
- Table of Contents and Index in Non-Fiction
- Would You Rather Read...
- Flash Fiction Thread! (May contain language)
- I have 5,891 words - is that a lot or not especially?
- The dynamic between a writer and his or her “first reader”
- How Long Can You Put Off Direct Conflict Between Protagonist and Antagonist?
- Everyone has a story in them
- What genre would work like this belong to?u
- Some pseudo-scientific philosophical concepts.
- How quickly do you read?
- Is publishing insincere?
- Long vs Short Novels
- 'That's what he/she/they/it said...'
- Number of Arcs in one book
- Need help with a musical related part of my book
- At what age did you begin to write?
- Kerouac's Essentials of Writing Prose
- preparation overexertion
- The formulaic novel.
- Format of dialogue in first line
- The Re-Readables
- High Context
- SMF Question - Paragraph Spacing
- Is one’s soul a necessary element in writing? Does it even exist?
- Do you own and/or use a typewriter?
- What Do You Think Of My New Novel Series Idea
- Questionable Font Faces - Yes? No? Who Cares?
- A Ruining Recommendation
- How many projects do you have?
- Length/Complexity of Character Names?
- Dictation machines
- Rules about using Brand names?
- The first line.
- What is the "literary spectrum"?
- It is no wonder that wannabe writers become confused...
- Time periods- need some serious help
- Romance Literature: Having Difficulty with My Protagonist
- Fiction: general audience or select demographic? What's your opinion?
- Religion~ do you go there?
- What happens at NYE parties?
- Need Help From Experienced Writers
- Is the Short Story an Endangered Species?
- Blast from the past- memories of main character..
- 'Future Fantasy'
- How much time do you spend thinking about writing?
- I haven’t done much critiquing lately...
- Chapter length!
- Clichés in Writing?
- Your very best piece ever written (so far)
- When you were a kid...
- A major twist, you never know when it will happen.
- Is it wrong for me to be a Writer
- Pre Writing
- Tips on editing statements
- Writing Group
- Historical fiction using names of dead famous people
- The Mary Sue Test
- Freewriting?
- advise needed on writing courses
- What it's all about
- Polical Correctness in Writing?
- Killing off an awesome character?
- Jennifer Egan on Writing
- Multiple Editors...who gets the credit?
- My Fiction Writing teacher's Top Ten List of things to Avoid in Short Stories
- Is this normal?
- It Has No Conflict...or Does It?
- A matter of style...
- polish current chapters, or keep moving through book?
- Id like to start a writing contest!
- What did he say???
- Uncertainty about contrast
- Switching Between 1st Person and Omniscient
- does this make sense?
- A good way of saying this?
- Writing Myself In...Kinda?
- The Daunting Comma Placement
- How do I access the Writer's Workshop?
- Scenes I haven't written
- What to do with a characters thoughts?
- name that facial expression
- Backstory and backstory....
- Simple question I think
- What defines fiction?
- I need to find the right phrase...
- Interior design or DIY bloggers?
- How do you come up with character names?
- Richard Russo on the Purpose of Literature
- Project Rubicon
- Reading your old stories
- sorry/It has been done
- Help! My Book Proposal Keeps Getting Bounced Back As Spam
- Why do you write?
- Analytical Essay on Jules Verne
- Gay/ Lesbian Protagonist/ Antagonist???
- My Editor Wanted to Check-In
- I can't get started.
- Earth. but not Earth
- Celebrity Co-Authors
- hi, i need a pro to give his opinion on a sample of my work please (not a detailed re
- simultaneous submissions
- Don't write; just sit.
- Do you believe in the idea that people build on channeling thoughts?
- A Little Dilemma
- C-level movies (not even B)
- Does this sound familiar?
- I need an idiotic situation
- Format Dilemma
- When do you know you have finished?
- GAH! Does anyone have a tried and true method for backing up work?
- Lacking motivation - what helps you?
- The pain of the protagonist's surname
- Duplicating ideas
- "How I got my start" . . . I asked a bunch of pros and put together a video.
- How Weird Is Too Weird?
- How do you describe love?
- Your view on which sounds best please
- Showing not telling in writing?
- Lost Plot...
- Is my main character too passive?
- Painful Writing
- Why is 'purple' prose frowned upon?
- Need help
- Submitting to an agent help
- Keeping Something In Reserve
- Everyone thinks they have an interesting life but is mine interesting enough 4 a book
- Do You Often Engage in neologism?
- I wrote 400 pages - type them up or forget?
- Flashbacks
- Old school and uselsss?
- Tit for Tat expression
- Opinions on my fight scene and ideas for me if you can
- For Those Who Despise Adverbs
- This way or that way
- Should I just abandon conjunctions at the start of sentences?
- Stuck!
- Chucking the reader into your world (headfirst)
- HELP!!! Chicken and Egg time.
- How to make a princess look bad to the press.
- I'm looking for a coauthor?
- Need a quarrel! Help?
- help on forging my halo!
- How do your ideas manifest?
- Crossing Two Similar Characters in A Story
- which era tbanned women from Publication?
- First person narration from a child's point of view
- Rule #1: "Never begin a book with weather"?
- Formatting Journal Entry Story
- Timeline overlap, etc.
- The Reader's Motivations to Reading
- Cross-overs between a fictional world and our world
- Writing Sci-Fi, really need feedback!
- anti-hero Versus hero
- cheesy villain
- Ideas for Different Characters and Story Buliding
- The Concept of Fairies/Angels/Witches
- Punctuating either, or questions.
- static hero
- The Perspective Switcheroo
- In Need of Review
- Having trouble finding inspiration........any suggestions?
- Novel Background Help
- Deceptive Behaviour
- Storyline from the past? - Will it work?
- Showing versus Telling
- 12 Surefire Secrets to Writing the Best Fiction Ever!
- Short stories inside a long one? Bad idea?
- Formatting woes
- The Freudian Slip
- The Various Ways of Ending a Story Thread
- Can't finish a thing.
- Story Development and Publishing questions
- need help in my writing project.
- Writing a summary
- Online writing tools?
- Succinctness in storytelling
- Some suggestions?
- Compiling 10yrs worth of Newspaper columns into a book
- I've got a great story to write. Trouble is...
- Am I charging too much or not enough?
- Radio Broadcasts in Fiction
- Multi-genre
- How Can I Make This More Interesting
- Dialog -- I need help with it
- Said she vs. she said.
- A Theoretical Analysis
- The Brook and The Seven Ages
- Film noir thriller
- what is BAD poetry/writing?
- How would you describe the act of whistling whose purpose is to gain attention?
- Fiction Writing - Killing off your Lead Character?
- Writers with ADHD
- In the year 2357, a cautionary thought...
- Software recommendations?
- Script writing help.
- How to start my novel.
- Sex.
- Discouraged! :(
- Some help would be greatly appreciated
- How detailed should our plot be?
- Need Opinions: Writing First-Person Action
- Redoing my opening - Need opinions on sequencing
- ‘off of’ and ‘that!’
- How realistic is this plot, and how would someone get followers for a religion?
- The English Language Discussion Thread
- A little advice
- 2 Similar Ideas...But Which One?
- Two Characters. Bouncing Ideas off the wall.
- Opinions From Others On Subject Of A Book I'm Working On...
- The Poppies on Peafowl Lane