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: Should I start writing on paper first or start directly on the computer? If I have an excellent idea for a story, would it be wiser to write on paper first or start directly on the computer?

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: Do You Use Any Version Controlling Software/Methods As Writers? As writers, do you use any version controlling software to track and monitor what you write? For example, if you accidentally deleted

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: Are Names of Characters Copyrighted by Authors? Are names of characters copyrighted by authors? For example, the character "Eragon" from the Inheritance Cycle series, or a name that you've generated

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: For Fantasy Stories, Should You Include a Map At the Beginning of the Book? If you're writing a fantasy novel, would it be best to include a map of the geography that the story takes place

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: Do Writers Use LaTex/TeX for writing? I'm quite interested in the LaTex/TeX system and am wondering if any other fellow writers use it frequently to write in.

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: Any Technique to See if Your Idea is Original? I usually get quite a lot of ideas for stories, but every time I want to develop them into a full fledged story, I get paranoid about how

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: How do you deal with procrastination when writing? Most of the time when I get ideas for a story, I first get really excited about it, start writing it immediately and get roughly 1-2K words.

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: How do you vary dialogue within stories? How do you vary dialogue within stories? I often find myself writing "'sentence/dialogue' said character", and it sometimes gets really repetitive. How

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: How do you map out your storyline? There are various ways for mapping out the storyline that you will use for a story. One of them is to create a bullet-point outline, which would theoretically

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: Pros and cons of using perspectives? What are the pros and cons of using first person/second person/third person perspective in your story?

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: How do you convince your publisher that your story is good? Any suggestions on how to convince your publisher that your story is good, and that it would be a good idea to publish it?

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: Is the iPad a convenient medium for writing work? Does anyone here write on an iPad at all? The iPad 2G is due this summer and I have waited since March 2010 already, so I am planning to

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: How To Avoid Using Cliches In Storylines? How is it possible to avoid cliches in storylines that you are writing? Obviously, there are external sources of influences as you read more and more.

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: Is Mac OSX Lion's Revision Control System useable by writers? The upcoming Mac OSX Lion operating system is touting a new file revision control system called Versions (demo video here). What

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: This ebay link might get you started. With ubiquitous cheap computing power, I bet some of the older stuff can be had really cheap, so long as the owners don't have unrealistic expectations

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: Characteristics of an "example" in essay writing Example: an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there

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: How does copyright apply to illustrations and cover art? Is a paid-up-front illustrator entitled to royalties? If I hire an illustrator for artwork, and I pay up front on a per-illustration basis,

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: Replacing actually with a more formal alternative I have a sentence that reads as follows, "This study shows that performance of method X and method Y are almost identical in ranking task and

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: Software that converts handwriting to computer text Wondering if anyone had recommendations for software that converts handwriting (fairly legible penmanship) to computerized text? Any hiccups or

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: How to tell or retell basic character and setting information in a series? I am writing a short children's novel and I want to expand this into a series made of several short novels. I intend

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