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: Is this character generator useful? After some feedback from this site and a training course, I developed a little tool to help with character generation. It's called "20 Questions" and works

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: I love "Self Editing For Fiction Writers"; get it here: http://amzn.to/eKcfJP

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: How should I approach possibly unfamiliar pop culture in fiction? So sometimes I get an idea that forms specifically around some aspect of pop culture. They're often song lyrics. If the reader

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: How does one go back to editing an older piece? I have a longer work that took me a lot of effort to get through, and the moment I finished it, my life went crazy. That was about 6

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: How to improve this introductory paragraph (to fit writing standards and grab the reader's attention)? A clock is striking 4:00am at a psychiatric clinic. The darkness, the silence, and

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: Which version of these three lines is more likely to attract the interest of the reader ? (character's viewpoint vs omnicient narrator) The first one is a suggestion I got from my previous

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: Simplicity is fundamental in design. How about in writing a novel? I'm a web designer. The first rule in design is KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). How about writing a novel? Is simplicity

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: Meretricious - A bit too fancy? I have a character that I want to sound very intelligent, well educated, someone who always uses the correct words with no unnecessary filler. I have found the

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: Is there a way of listing the elements that makes a real fact fun? For instance I wrote this thing that is real Godâ€™s love is like your parents love / except for the â€˜â€˜burning,

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: How can I improve this description which includes actions? This is the beginning of a short story I'm writing (I'm not a native English speaker): I was lying in the dark, looking at

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: I am interested in this in large part because it has not been done. Has anyone thought of a story like this? Actually, it has been done. A LOT of times. Classic fantasy example: R. Zelazny,

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: How to write a book for a given reading level? I have a son in kindergarten who is interested in reading. He also loves the stores that I tell him each night. These are usually just made

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: When to use the character's name and when to use she/he? This is the first short story where I'm using actual names for the characters. Here is a sample: "Sorry for the question," Jun

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: How to effectively jump from one period of time to another in a short story? This is the first time I'm writing something that jumps from one period of time to another in a short story:

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: Level of detail in description of character checking the news I'm writing a short story about a girl who has apparently 'missed' an earthquake. This is the beginning of the second scene (here

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: How to find an agent for a children's picture book? I have written (and self-edited) a book, and need to figure out how to expose it to the "right" agents. I'm a little overwhelmed (and

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: IF i want to write an episode to a TV sitcom, how can i send it to the TV network? what are the steps to such thing, i want to write an episode to beavis and butthead and send it to

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: Writing a novel which has the same structure and a particular theme in each chapter I'm writing a novel that will have 9 chapters. Most of the chapters have the same structure: The main

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: Deciding whether to use a dialogue tag or an action tag in a dialogue Example: "I'm not saying you don't know what you are talking about," he said, then looked at her and shrugged

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: Is this character generator useful? After some feedback from this site and a training course, I developed a little tool to help with character generation. It's called "20 Questions" and works

: I love "Self Editing For Fiction Writers"; get it here: http://amzn.to/eKcfJP

: How should I approach possibly unfamiliar pop culture in fiction? So sometimes I get an idea that forms specifically around some aspect of pop culture. They're often song lyrics. If the reader

: How does one go back to editing an older piece? I have a longer work that took me a lot of effort to get through, and the moment I finished it, my life went crazy. That was about 6

: How to improve this introductory paragraph (to fit writing standards and grab the reader's attention)? A clock is striking 4:00am at a psychiatric clinic. The darkness, the silence, and

: Which version of these three lines is more likely to attract the interest of the reader ? (character's viewpoint vs omnicient narrator) The first one is a suggestion I got from my previous

: Simplicity is fundamental in design. How about in writing a novel? I'm a web designer. The first rule in design is KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). How about writing a novel? Is simplicity

: Meretricious - A bit too fancy? I have a character that I want to sound very intelligent, well educated, someone who always uses the correct words with no unnecessary filler. I have found the

: Is there a way of listing the elements that makes a real fact fun? For instance I wrote this thing that is real Godâ€™s love is like your parents love / except for the â€˜â€˜burning,

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: How can I improve this description which includes actions? This is the beginning of a short story I'm writing (I'm not a native English speaker): I was lying in the dark, looking at

: I am interested in this in large part because it has not been done. Has anyone thought of a story like this? Actually, it has been done. A LOT of times. Classic fantasy example: R. Zelazny,

: How to write a book for a given reading level? I have a son in kindergarten who is interested in reading. He also loves the stores that I tell him each night. These are usually just made

: When to use the character's name and when to use she/he? This is the first short story where I'm using actual names for the characters. Here is a sample: "Sorry for the question," Jun

: How to effectively jump from one period of time to another in a short story? This is the first time I'm writing something that jumps from one period of time to another in a short story:

: Level of detail in description of character checking the news I'm writing a short story about a girl who has apparently 'missed' an earthquake. This is the beginning of the second scene (here

: How to find an agent for a children's picture book? I have written (and self-edited) a book, and need to figure out how to expose it to the "right" agents. I'm a little overwhelmed (and

: IF i want to write an episode to a TV sitcom, how can i send it to the TV network? what are the steps to such thing, i want to write an episode to beavis and butthead and send it to

: Writing a novel which has the same structure and a particular theme in each chapter I'm writing a novel that will have 9 chapters. Most of the chapters have the same structure: The main

: Deciding whether to use a dialogue tag or an action tag in a dialogue Example: "I'm not saying you don't know what you are talking about," he said, then looked at her and shrugged

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