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: Where to go next in the writing process? I'm a new writer, have been working on a novel length piece of work for the past couple of years, and I have always been the kind of person to
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: Not wanting to "spoil" a story due to lack of skill I have a story that is dear to me and that I would very much want to write about. However, I don't have lots of experience in writing
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: How do you get feedback when sharing your ideas makes you not want to write? I have a problem in that if I ever tell people about my story ideas, I lose motivation and eventually stop working
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: Enjoying my writing vs. maintaining writing habit How do I resolve the conflict between: Being interested in what I write about Ignoring my inner critic, pushing past writer's block, starting writing,
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: How to arrange scattered ideas in a coherent manner to write an essay? I'm trying to write something like an essay for a blog. I'm clear about what central topic I want to write about. The
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: How to organize ideas to start writing a novel? Beginner here. So, I have tons of ideas for a novel, and in fact I want to write one (even a series), but I'm struggling a lot in actually
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: Are there advantages in writing by hand over typing out a story? I'm a member of a Discord server for people interested in completing an entire novel during NaNoWriMo (and Camp sessions). At
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: How can I write a panicked scene without it feeling like it was written in haste? I normally try to place myself in my character's shoes and I think to myself, "how would I react if I were
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: Motivation - or how can I get myself to do the work I know I need to? There is worldbuilding and/or writing that I know I need to do, and even want to do on some level, but I keep not
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: How to create a plot given theme and settings? I often find myself coming up with seemingly compelling premises and world settings, but unable to come up with equally compelling character or
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: Picking a theme as a discovery writer When I write I often don't have any great meaningful moral to share. I don't have a message that I want to convey to the reader. I often don't write
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: Writing about oneself objectively I was recently updating some of my Stack Exchange profiles and I remembered how much I hate writing about myself. It isn't just Stack Exchange profiles either.
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: Is it important to consider tone, melody, and musical form while writing a song? Be it Mowgli and balu singing Bare Necessities or Enrique singing Somebody's Me, each song (or poem) has their
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: Changing the meaning of well-established symbols Can we change the meaning of a well established symbol and use the newly defined symbol in our writing? If so how do we go about doing so?
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: Should authors write books anticipating audiobook narrations? With the surge of audiobooks popularity and the dramatization of fiction and non-fiction recitations, do authors plan for their books
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: Why do professional authors make "consistency" mistakes? And how to avoid them? I'm currently reading a sci-fi book that has over a dozen characters. The author had written dialog for two different
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: How do I go from 300 unfinished/half written blog posts, to published posts? Goal: To publish a blogpost 2 times/month (from once in 4 months) Currently: 300 blog posts in drafts/unfinished.
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: Delivering sarcasm Most of us who have spent more than a few days reading things and interacting with people on the internet know how difficult it is to convey sarcasm. There is no tone there
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: Does success imply validation and agreement? When I write I always want to deliver a message. Not matter what I'm writing I ultimately have something important (to me,) to say. For that reason
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: When must a character grow beyond their archetype? A good well-written three dimensional character requires a lot of work. You need to really show them through their ups and their downs. You
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: How to collect scattered ideas on various topics in to a blog post/ writing article? I try to write on various Q&A sites, but now I am thinking about having my own blog website. The main
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: Rules about breaking the rules. How do I do it well? There are rules to writing and we often talk about them here. But sometimes a good writer will break the rules. And to be honest some
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: Avoiding burnout As a writer, I sometimes have trouble seeing a project to the end. Sometimes it is because I reach an impasse. Sometimes it is because I choose to scrap it for whatever personal
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: Documenting story in a videogame How does one write a story for a story-based videogame. Is it done in the form of a screenplay? Is it written as any normal prose? Is it written as documentation
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: Writing effectively under very brief constraints I recently noticed a trend to a few of my questions. I am attracted to writing in places with extreme brevity. This makes sense to me on a
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: What are some techniques to avoid digital distraction? I'm a modern day writer. I learned to type on a word processor when I was eight or nine. If you gave me a typewriter (which would be
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: How to write a Stack Exchange Question? There are a couple questions out there on How to ask a smart question and the FAQ has its own tips, but lets assume you know how to ask what you
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: Injecting creativity into a cookbook I'm a chef. I'm also a writer. It's inevitable that I would want to write a cookbook. In fact I've probably started a dozen that I just never got around
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: Write for an audience or find an audience for your writing? I've never written for anything other than personal enjoyment or for a predefined context before. I have ideas and partial drafts
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: How to write a Stack Exchange comment? We all do it. We do it quite often. Some of us too often, to the chagrin of the mods who have to clean up after us. Many people out there have autocomments
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: Writing a Story From The End There is a writing technique where a writer would imagine in her mind's eye where her story should end and will write it 'backwards'. Writing the end and then
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: Re-reading and making changes to current work that makes everything worse? I constantly re-read my work before writing again. It helps me get in the proper mind set. But my biggest problem is
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: Keeping up with multiple projects at the same time I love writing and write almost every day, and I have multiple pieces that I am working on currently: two books, multiple original characters'
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: How to avoid becoming frustrated while writing Very often when I start writing something, mainly notes for my work (I'm a researcher) but other times personal thoughts, I feel that my writing
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: Is genre ever relevant to the writing process? I'm a strong believer in genre being largely a thing that's used for marketing, an easy shorthand for book stores to know where to place your
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: Are separate acknowledgements sections for co-authors odd? I'm writing a book with a co-author, and we disagree on who to thank. So, we're thinking of each writing our own short acknowledgements
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: Overcoming "Possibility Paralysis"? I don't often experience writer's block these days. Instead I struggle with a different sort of impediment in my writing: I call it Possibility Paralysis. I
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: What techniques do you use to maintain your writing focus and maximise your productivity? How do you keep writing no matter what’s going on around you? How do you avoid the distractions of
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: How to survive editing I am currently trying to edit a one my most recent novel. Trying is the keyword. I asked a few people to read my book as beta readers, but all of them have been
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: Dealing with inability to sustain interest in an idea I frequently have the problem of starting a story with an idea—either one recently conceived or one held in mind for months, even years—only
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