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Dialogue Tips

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by WilliamHadleyyy » Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:34 am

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How to fix a short short story?

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by Mr H » Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:13 am

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How do you write eloquently?

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by WilliamHadleyyy » Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:39 am
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Alien Languages

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by crlisle » Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:15 pm

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Bad Dialogue

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by crlisle » Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:38 pm

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Five Minute Rant

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by Martin L. Shoemaker » Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:29 am
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Short Story vs Novel

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by crlisle » Tue Jul 21, 2020 5:07 am

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Ways to craft an effective introduction?

Last post by Apollo « Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:13 am
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by Apollo » Thu Jul 16, 2020 3:12 pm

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David Farland's last tip is really a checklist

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by crlisle » Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:26 am

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What have you done when the words no longer flowed onto the page?

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by Apollo » Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:58 am

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Experimenting with Exercises from Wulf's Super Secrets

Last post by Reuben « Sun Jul 05, 2020 2:24 pm
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by disgruntledpeony » Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:56 am

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World Building

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by Reuben » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:13 pm

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Revision Tips and Tricks

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by reigheena » Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:02 pm

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How to Get the Most From Critiques

Last post by Wulf Moon « Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:26 pm
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by disgruntledpeony » Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:17 am

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I Had An Epiphany

Last post by SimonP « Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:49 am
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by Reuben » Sun May 31, 2020 2:40 pm

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Writing Group for Youth

Last post by SimonP « Fri May 29, 2020 6:53 pm
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by SimonP » Fri May 29, 2020 8:35 am

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Real Life Research Helpers

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by Shockhawk » Sun May 24, 2020 5:08 pm

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What kind of story is, "Lost Robot?"

Last post by disgruntledpeony « Sat May 23, 2020 8:34 am
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by RusticBohemian » Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:39 pm

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NEW! The Writers of the Future ONLINE WORKSHOP!

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by Wulf Moon » Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:58 pm

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Where do you get your inspiration?

Last post by nreavis « Thu May 21, 2020 8:10 am
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by Chris533 » Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:09 pm

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Free jackson hole hard sci fi today

Last post by RSchibler « Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:14 pm
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by SueD » Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:30 am

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Get Your Facts Right!

Last post by JDAnthony « Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:10 am
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by Andy Dibble » Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:51 am

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Picking a Pen Name

Last post by Mr H « Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:14 pm
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by Doug Dargel » Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:39 am

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Accents/Diacritics and Pinyin

Last post by Andy Dibble « Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:15 am
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by chuckt » Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:10 am

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Helpful Writing Links

Last post by TimE « Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:11 am
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by disgruntledpeony » Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:55 am
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Stories where the inner journey is primary and outer journey is secondary

Last post by Henckel « Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:24 pm
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by Henckel » Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:19 pm

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Use of italics for emphasis

Last post by ellisael « Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:38 am
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by TimE » Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:53 am

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The Roller-Coaster Ride of Writing

Last post by TimE « Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:24 am
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by LibrarianBarbarian » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:22 am

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Do you need three try/fail cycles if you're also making your character make a big sacrifice?

Last post by Andy Dibble « Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:21 am
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by RusticBohemian » Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:54 pm

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Non-Winning Finalists (where to find them)

Last post by disgruntledpeony « Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:32 am
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by Dustin Adams » Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:33 pm

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Pitching a novel at Life, The Universe & Everything

Last post by crlisle « Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:11 pm
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by crlisle » Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:51 am

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How to ensure your story is original enough (and not too original)?

Last post by Henckel « Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:48 pm
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by Andy Dibble » Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:09 am

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A quick question about commas in dialogue

Last post by AlexH « Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:38 pm
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by Ulysses5284 » Sun Feb 02, 2020 8:43 pm

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Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:38 pm
All about Loglines!

Last post by AlexH « Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:52 am
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by Dustin Adams » Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:25 am

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Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:52 am
Covers

Last post by jficke13 « Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:03 am
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by crlisle » Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:08 pm

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Novel Structure - About Turning Points

Last post by Lazarus « Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:39 am
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by Lazarus » Sat Jan 11, 2020 2:04 pm

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Novel Structures - Pros and Cons

Last post by Lazarus « Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:34 pm
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by Lazarus » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:26 am

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Neil Gaiman on short stories

Last post by RSchibler « Tue Dec 31, 2019 6:53 am
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by disgruntledpeony » Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:36 am

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Scene Changes

Last post by crlisle « Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:05 pm
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by crlisle » Mon Dec 23, 2019 5:19 am

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Interior Dialogue

Last post by crlisle « Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:26 pm
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by crlisle » Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:54 am

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Little did he know...

Last post by czing « Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:48 pm
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by TimE » Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:18 am

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A Month of Writing Exercises

Last post by reigheena « Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:23 am
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by reigheena » Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:43 pm

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Common Issues I see on critiques

Last post by Galen « Thu Nov 28, 2019 5:51 am
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by RSchibler » Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:13 am

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How do you improve your writing output?

Last post by AlexH « Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:13 am
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by Andy Dibble » Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:36 am

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David Farland's New Book: WRITING WONDER

Last post by GlibWizard « Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:34 am
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by Wulf Moon » Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:41 pm

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The hyphen, the en dash, and the em dash...please help!

Last post by Andy Dibble « Sun Nov 17, 2019 3:59 pm
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by Ulysses5284 » Sat Nov 16, 2019 5:52 pm

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Let the computer take the strain...

Last post by storysinger « Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:14 pm
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by TimE » Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:53 am

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Jody Nye's Workshop

Last post by crlisle « Wed Nov 06, 2019 1:14 pm
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by chuckt » Sun Sep 01, 2019 6:35 pm

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Rules of Writing

Last post by Bill « Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:58 am
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by RSchibler » Wed Feb 21, 2018 6:13 pm

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Authonomy.

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by Bill » Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:50 am

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