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: Translation really is an art. I recommend writing in the language where you have the largest vocabulary and where you feel most comfortable. In your case, that would be French. Then a translator

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: If you can find one, a Z88 might be a good choice. Full size keyboard with a pretty good feel, very reliable and it's nigh on impossible to out type it (though the display might take a

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: When is it acceptable to use the first person ("I", "we") in technical reports? When is it acceptable to use the first person ("I", "we") in technical reports?

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: What is a good OCR program? I keep a writing journal that I enjoy writing in. I also have a lot of old journal with writing that I'd love to digitize but am too lazy to retype. What is

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: The easiest way to improve your writing skills is to read, and read a lot. The best writers are also avid readers. Reading helps you learn grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, world building,

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: Is an overview clearer when outlined with bullet points, or when written in paragraphs? I am writing a short piece for a technical audience. In essence I have three main points, each with

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: On copyright laws and plots I was pondering a lot on the issue with copyrights on plots. Is having an identical plot infringing someone else's copyrighted work? I am fully aware that the character

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: How to write realistic female dialogue I just can't make my dialogue sound like it's being said by a woman. As a friend of mine pointed out, "This woman talks just like you, Jack." I tried

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: How to create varying, yet realistic, speech patterns Different characters speak differently. If someone reads me a letter written by an immediate relative, I can tell right away who wrote it.

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: A tricky sentence to construct I'm writing a blog post, and with one of the sentences I want to say that I'm not judging anyone differently to how I judge myself. So I thought I'd go with

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: How to leverage social proof? How can one use social proof as an argument without sounding like "just because everybody is doing it so should you"?. My problem is trying to demonstrate with

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: What are good writing newsletters to sign up for? What are some good newsletters writers can sign up for? I signed up for Funds for Writers and Worldwide Freelance Writers because they have

: What's a good way to backup your writing? One of the most important things for writers to do is to back up their work so that in the event of a computer failure, their work isn't lost.

: What is the preferred way to type out ellipses? I have seen ellipses written out both with ("Well . . . gosh . . .") and without spaces ("Well...gosh...") between the dots. I've also looked

: Translation really is an art. I recommend writing in the language where you have the largest vocabulary and where you feel most comfortable. In your case, that would be French. Then a translator

: I've never heard of any legit reviewing services for tech books. All the proposals I've seen from people who do promotions want to charge an arm and a leg, and still expect you to tell

: What's the best way to show a foreign language in a manuscript? What's the best way to show a character speaking a foreign language in a fiction manuscript? Should the foreign words be italicized

: If you can find one, a Z88 might be a good choice. Full size keyboard with a pretty good feel, very reliable and it's nigh on impossible to out type it (though the display might take a

: I'm an editor who generally uses Word to communicate changes with my authors. Is Adobe's InCopy better for this task? For all of my editing work I'm currently using Microsoft Word. But I've

: When is it acceptable to use the first person ("I", "we") in technical reports? When is it acceptable to use the first person ("I", "we") in technical reports?

: What is a good OCR program? I keep a writing journal that I enjoy writing in. I also have a lot of old journal with writing that I'd love to digitize but am too lazy to retype. What is

: The easiest way to improve your writing skills is to read, and read a lot. The best writers are also avid readers. Reading helps you learn grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, world building,

: Is an overview clearer when outlined with bullet points, or when written in paragraphs? I am writing a short piece for a technical audience. In essence I have three main points, each with

: On copyright laws and plots I was pondering a lot on the issue with copyrights on plots. Is having an identical plot infringing someone else's copyrighted work? I am fully aware that the character

: How to write realistic female dialogue I just can't make my dialogue sound like it's being said by a woman. As a friend of mine pointed out, "This woman talks just like you, Jack." I tried

: How to create varying, yet realistic, speech patterns Different characters speak differently. If someone reads me a letter written by an immediate relative, I can tell right away who wrote it.

: A tricky sentence to construct I'm writing a blog post, and with one of the sentences I want to say that I'm not judging anyone differently to how I judge myself. So I thought I'd go with

: Are online critique groups a good substitute for editors? I'm thinking of self publishing. Now what all the blogs tell me I have to do is hire a professional editor, who will see any plot

: How to leverage social proof? How can one use social proof as an argument without sounding like "just because everybody is doing it so should you"?. My problem is trying to demonstrate with

: What is the proper usage and etiquette for using press releases from an external source on a website? I recently started a MLB baseball website. On the site, we focus on covering the Kansas

: What is the term for an accessible character that knows nothing? In a lot of books, movies, or TV shows, there will be a character that knows little to nothing about the subject at hand.

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