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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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Who’s familiar with Dwight Swain’s scene/sequel format?

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by Henckel » Sun Jan 15, 2017 9:34 pm

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Tim Power's "Power Reading List"

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by amyhg » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:54 am

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Why Do You Write?

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by Chris533 » Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:20 am

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Can you recommend a writing teacher?

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by Jason Parker » Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:20 pm

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Where do you get your inspiration?

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by Chris533 » Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:09 pm

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Another question; this time about story inspiration and focus

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by RSchibler » Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:51 am

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Middle of the Night Writing

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by morganb » Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:45 am

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Rules of Writing

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by RSchibler » Wed Feb 21, 2018 6:13 pm

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writing books

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by yoyo123 » Wed Nov 25, 2015 6:44 am

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Conflict & Tension

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by RSchibler » Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:06 am

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Word Counts

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by jficke13 » Sat Dec 23, 2017 6:25 am

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4thewords

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by reigheena » Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:12 am

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How to make an excellent thesis papers from custom essay writing service for all students?

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by michaeljwyantjr » Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:29 pm

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The Empathy Problem

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by disgruntledpeony » Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:43 am

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Filter words

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by MattDovey » Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:35 pm

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A Sense of Belonging

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by Henckel » Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:18 pm

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Swampmates

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Poems for Pleasure

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by Ishmael » Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:07 am

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A plot B plot with different conflicts. and opposing forces for internal conflict (man against self)

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by Henckel » Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:50 pm

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What to do when the good guys just can’t win?

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by morganb » Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:45 am

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Should I Feel Guilty?

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by morganb » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:31 am

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Whats a good number of pages to have in one full chapter?

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adaptive hormone/gland premise

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by FictionMuse » Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:05 am

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Plot and Structure and... oh my gosh, help

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by Henckel » Sat Apr 02, 2016 1:26 am

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Drafting

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by RSchibler » Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:27 pm

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Key learnings that make a difference!

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by Henckel » Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:07 pm

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Writing Room/Office/Space

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by amyhg » Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:24 am

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Story in a Day Challenge

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by Rebecca Birch » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:51 am
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Are aliens needed?

Last post by Henckel « Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:38 pm
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by Henckel » Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:03 pm

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Hero's Journey / Tests allies and enemies

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by Henckel » Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:11 am

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Surprise Endings

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by Chris533 » Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:00 am

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Finishing Stories

Last post by amyhg « Fri Jul 14, 2017 12:51 pm
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by amyhg » Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:07 am

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Tips and Tricks (what I learned from analyzing stories by their results)

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by amyhg » Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:33 pm

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Mixed Viewpoint Styles Across Characters

Last post by LaurieG « Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:59 am
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by michaeljwyantjr » Mon Jun 26, 2017 9:33 am

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What's Your Short Story Writing Process?

Last post by LDWriter2 « Thu May 11, 2017 7:14 pm
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by Jason Parker » Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:50 am

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Is this format confusing?

Last post by Lovendoz « Tue May 09, 2017 2:54 am
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by FictionMuse » Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:52 am

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Dialogue

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by RSchibler » Sun Apr 16, 2017 6:33 pm

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Instafreebie . com - for E-ARCs

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by Dustin Adams » Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:24 am

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beta reader for novel

Last post by LDWriter2 « Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:09 pm
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by LDWriter2 » Sun Mar 26, 2017 4:33 pm

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Using historical figures in a story

Last post by MattDovey « Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:15 am
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by storysinger » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:33 am

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Pain, Depression, Failure...Don't Look Away

Last post by Ishmael « Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:17 am
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by kentagions » Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:05 am

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New Orleans-The Gulf

Last post by LDWriter2 « Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:24 pm
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by LDWriter2 » Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:33 pm

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How do you make an arrogant character likable?

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by Henckel » Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:28 pm

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Ray Bradbury: the power of the subconscious in storytelling

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by FictionMuse » Tue Dec 27, 2016 1:36 am

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prose story converted to script format

Last post by disgruntledpeony « Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:49 pm
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by FictionMuse » Mon Dec 26, 2016 1:34 pm

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Ron Friedman on credible villians

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by FictionMuse » Mon Dec 26, 2016 3:22 am

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Tighten Your Prose

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by kentagions » Sun Dec 18, 2016 1:13 am

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Idioms and Tone

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by Athena » Sun Nov 27, 2016 6:26 am

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Blade Runner hero debunked

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by FictionMuse » Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:41 am

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