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: What's a normal word count for a children's novel or collection? How many words are normal for a children's novel? Say 5th - 8th grade, if that's the best way to measure it.

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: If you get an advance do you ever have to give it back? Do publishers give you an advance as some sort of earnest money for your manuscript? If your work doesn't sell very well do you

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: Some people think, that scientific writing is uninspiring and boring, so be careful, which rules you follow. But I assume that the suggestions for making text more terse, do also apply for

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: I'm wondering if the main character in your story really needs to be likable. Some time ago I've read an interview with an 18-year old psychopath who killed a few people. It was right before

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: Some good advices already here, so let me summarize them to give you an easy start writing emotional: DO NOT THINK! Yeah, you have read correctly. If you are a good technical writer and

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: In defense of laptops (specifically netbooks) : I think a pretty decent choice would be a netbook that is underpowered enough to keep you from using it for anything but word processing, and

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: What's a good title to a presentations' table of contents? This is a professional presentation, I'm looking for a good title for the ToC page (some humor allowed). What I have so far is "What

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: One Monkey and Shan are right, that there are tons of novels/movies where entities like the CIA are the bad guys. Unlikely that someone will sue you, or even can. Right of free expression

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: I think this is better suited for EL&U, but if you say this is a spin-off (you haven't provided the link), I'm fine with that. As far as I can say, there is nothing wrong with your

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: Using third person offers the benefit, that the profile can be used by other persons referring to you. E. g. you wrote a book and a newspaper/magazine is writing a review, then they also

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: Why would an author not agree to license his book to a foreign language? Recently one rather famous author wrote a new book in English. Since I'm a fan of his writing and know that he's

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: How many errors per page volume is typically "okay" in a book? Suppose I'm in charge of getting a three hundred page book published. I'll do all reasonable things to get it proofread, but

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: What language style should I use for a tech blog? I am getting ready to launch a tech/personal opinion blog slightly more geared towards technical details. What documentation style is best for

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: I think you might want to look at the genre and also the time period to make the symbolism more effective. Just be aware that many of the symbols mentioned in the answers may have historical

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: Tips for analysing character's role against the novel's general theme? I'm answering a few questions based on Atlas Shrugged in the form of an essay, wherein I am required to discuss a particular

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: They do not quit their day job. That's true for many other writers, too. But besides that, yes, they get paid for unused scripts if these scripts were optioned. I. e. a producer pays them

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: Rights over a fanfic character not in the original work? I realize fan fiction and rights is a stupid question because you are picking up from where a creator has already traveled. But what

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: TinyURL seen as risky by readers? I see tinyURL recommended for news or magazine-style writing where AP style prevails--but then I see online warnings that clicking a tinyURL may take readers

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: APA article critique reference page When using multiple sources to critique an article in APA, do I need to cite the article being critiqued separately from my other references used for the

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: What is the best way to make money on the side as a beginning author? I am a new author and as I am writing my novels, I need a little revenue. Are there sites that would pay for articles

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