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: What are some good instruction manuals for writing short stories? I'm looking to learn how to write good short stories, what are some good instruction manuals I should use to learn from?

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: How much leeway can be expected from an editor regarding my preference for nonstandard punctuation? As I hope to present a unique style to the world, as I am not especially tolerant of being

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: Do episodes of the show House follow a constant structural pattern? I've seen a few episodes of House M.D., and I wonder, are the episodes written according to a fixed structural pattern?

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: Logical conclusions of deduction If my character had seen all that he had seen, is it possible that a person of sufficient intellect could draw the conclusions that he has, or am I just handing

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: Questions on two sentences on a cover letter I am writing a cover letter - an excrutiating process. There are two sentences I am quite unsure about. The first one: I hold a math Ph.D.

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: Main idea or Thesis When I was taught to write in school, my teacher told me to start with an introductory paragraph and end that paragraph with my thesis. I understand what I was writing

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: Should I state my intentions/outline my structure at the beginning of an academic essay? When writing an essay or short paper for school, should I state my intentions and outline the essay's

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: How to convert handwriting into text Recently, I found a short story that I had written many years ago when computers were not that common. It is 25 pages of handwriting. Obviously, I don't

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: Can a title be copyrighted? Is there any such thing as copyrighting a title? A title of a novel / short story is usually short, up to five words or so. The words are chosen after much thought

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: What paragraph style should I use for an e-book? I have often heard of the advice that "use a style that works best in your situation". In regard to paragraph styling for an ebook, there

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: What is first electronic rights? I am unsure if I adequately understand the concept of first electronic rights. If I post a story on a writers' website for free but also publish it through

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: Resources on Minimalist Style of Creative Writing I recently found out (see here) that my writing style can be described as minimalist. I am fascinated by this 'revelation' because it has helped

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: Using "by" on the book cover I have seen many books covers with the following format: [Title] by [name of author]. In other instances, the word 'by' is omitted. Is there any convention for

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: How do I overcome my anxiety of writing again? You would note the use of the word 'again' in the title of my question. I wrote a number of short stories many years ago. This was when I

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: Traditional Publishing vs Ebooks I attended a writers' workshop recently and was amazed at the contempt some participants had towards ebook publishing (such as Amazon KDP) or independent publishing

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: Shouting in a question How do I express shouting in a question? In a non-question sentence, I just put an exclamation mark at the end and/or use words like "shouted"/"yelled"/etc in the "said"

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: As requested, here is a little more insight into Charahub.com. It's a website intended for writers and artists to store and/or share their characters in a central location. Free accounts have

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: How to write "number of cups per user" for short using symbols? I want to insert a text segment in a figure in my conference paper. Like "number of cups per user", can I use #cups/user

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: What is Content Testing? What is Content Testing? Are there content testing tools available, or is content simply tested manually for quality?

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: What are the poetry/quotes at the start of a chapter/book called? For instance, "A Rasin in the Sun" starts with the poem "Harlem." I've noticed many (mostly contemporary) novels will start chapters

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