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: Books about English Writing Can you recommend a good reference book about the basics of English writing?

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: Do most novels not get published? If a person writes a novel, grammar alright, decent story, word count, etc. everything okay, Is it a crap shoot for that person to get published? Is it

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: Formula for a memoir If one were to distill memoir writing to a formula, what would the formula be? This question is inspired by the following quote from the article America's Top Parent:

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: Taking notes while reading I read books for fun and to help my writing. I want to remember the cool things I read, but I don't want to distract from the enjoyment of reading. Any suggestions

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: Royalties - how to calculate author's take from the end-price? Supposedly I'm offered 16% royalty rate and the book store-price is 15$. How much would that be in royalty amount per sold copy?

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: Do Fantasy novels have less readership than a Realistic Fiction novel? Am I right in assuming that a fantasy book will garner much less interest than a realistic fiction novel? On one hand,

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: Citing parts of a thesis or dissertation using IEEE referencing I've found myself extensively referencing parts of theses and dissertations for my own research paper. The IEEE editorial style manual

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: Is it good style to use Latin phrases in English scientific literature? I don't know how much and deep actual school kids in the US get in touch with Latin. In Europe you can choose it in

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: Proper attribution of copyrighted lyrics in a story If I put several lines of a copyrighted song in my text, and mention the band name, how can I be certain that my attribution is sufficient

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: How do I qualify as a sub-editor? I've seen a lot of sub-editing jobs advertised lately and I'm wondering what qualifications (and experience?) such a role would require. Is there a particular

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: How to cover different perspectives/levels of thinking in one story? I was reasoning with a friend about why movies/novels often get highly successful while others, despite having an interesting

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: How to explain a war scene? In my novel, I have a part where there is a war scene, and I need to explain it precisely from the king's point of view. How can I explain the war graphics

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: How to summarize prolonged plot I'm trying to write a summary of my book's plot for a query letter to literary agents, but my plot is extremely hard to summarize. The reason is that the plot

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: Confusing writing in order to show how character is falling asleep - is it OK? Generally, writing something confusing is not good. On the other hand, a writer should show rather than tell.

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: How can you write less to say more? Sometimes you can write a lot without saying anything, sometimes you can say a lot but get little through the reader. In technical writing the later is

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: Quoting characters' writing If a character writes something inside of a diary, how do I quote it? Do I quote just like anything else? Specifically I am talking about page 145 of the Washington

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: Books about English Writing Can you recommend a good reference book about the basics of English writing?

: When editing for a person, how much can be changed? The context is a technical document that is written by one person and then sent out for review by others. The reviewers change word tense,

: Do most novels not get published? If a person writes a novel, grammar alright, decent story, word count, etc. everything okay, Is it a crap shoot for that person to get published? Is it

: Formula for a memoir If one were to distill memoir writing to a formula, what would the formula be? This question is inspired by the following quote from the article America's Top Parent:

: Taking notes while reading I read books for fun and to help my writing. I want to remember the cool things I read, but I don't want to distract from the enjoyment of reading. Any suggestions

: Royalties - how to calculate author's take from the end-price? Supposedly I'm offered 16% royalty rate and the book store-price is 15$. How much would that be in royalty amount per sold copy?

: Do Fantasy novels have less readership than a Realistic Fiction novel? Am I right in assuming that a fantasy book will garner much less interest than a realistic fiction novel? On one hand,

: Citing parts of a thesis or dissertation using IEEE referencing I've found myself extensively referencing parts of theses and dissertations for my own research paper. The IEEE editorial style manual

: Is it good style to use Latin phrases in English scientific literature? I don't know how much and deep actual school kids in the US get in touch with Latin. In Europe you can choose it in

: Proper attribution of copyrighted lyrics in a story If I put several lines of a copyrighted song in my text, and mention the band name, how can I be certain that my attribution is sufficient

: How do I qualify as a sub-editor? I've seen a lot of sub-editing jobs advertised lately and I'm wondering what qualifications (and experience?) such a role would require. Is there a particular

: How to cover different perspectives/levels of thinking in one story? I was reasoning with a friend about why movies/novels often get highly successful while others, despite having an interesting

: How to explain a war scene? In my novel, I have a part where there is a war scene, and I need to explain it precisely from the king's point of view. How can I explain the war graphics

: How to summarize prolonged plot I'm trying to write a summary of my book's plot for a query letter to literary agents, but my plot is extremely hard to summarize. The reason is that the plot

: Confusing writing in order to show how character is falling asleep - is it OK? Generally, writing something confusing is not good. On the other hand, a writer should show rather than tell.

: How can you write less to say more? Sometimes you can write a lot without saying anything, sometimes you can say a lot but get little through the reader. In technical writing the later is

: How to make out that my work doesn't require any more editing? Considering that I'm writing a novel or a short story story (fiction) and I penned down the first draft. And then I began editing

: Quotes inside of Quotes inside of Quotes For an essay I am using Mother Lois' quote on page 104 of the Washington Square Press paperback edition of Warrior's Don't Cry. In particular, the

: Quoting characters' writing If a character writes something inside of a diary, how do I quote it? Do I quote just like anything else? Specifically I am talking about page 145 of the Washington

: Common errors for a non-native English writer starting a blog in English? I am not a native English speaker, and I would like to start a blog in English. I cannot say that I have a lot

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