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    Latest: It's okay to say "it's just magic." Rath Darkblade, Sep 27, 2024

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    Latest: Latin (and pig-Latin) names Rath Darkblade, Jan 12, 2025

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    Latest: Writing a TV pilot: Day 1 Catriona Grace, Oct 12, 2024

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    Latest: How to separate my journal from other text? LeeBookProject, Mar 11, 2023
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  1. pensmightierthanthesword

    Novel A Set of Compound Works

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  2. Not the Territory

    Novel Industrial?

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    Le Panda Du Mal
    Mar 19, 2024
  3. niknoc57

    Novel Writing novels for dummies

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    Xoic
    Feb 11, 2024
  4. Rad Scribbler

    Novel Prologue for a WIP

    Rad Scribbler, Nov 2, 2023
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    Rad Scribbler
    Nov 3, 2023
  5. deadrats

    Novel thinking of switching tenses in my novel

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    Rzero
    Sep 2, 2023
  6. oraxa

    Novel Novel Title Poll

    oraxa, Jun 4, 2023
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    Naomasa298
    Jun 13, 2023
  7. Francesca Monseigneur

    Novel What are some "rules" of story genres in novels?

    Francesca Monseigneur, May 17, 2023
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    w. bogart
    May 22, 2023
  8. ShannonH

    Novel Help Me Come Up With The Title For My Book

    ShannonH, Aug 31, 2022
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    montecarlo
    Feb 22, 2023
  9. Mahii

    Novel Where to write novels?

    Mahii, Sep 6, 2021
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    badgerjelly
    Dec 7, 2022
  10. InsaneXade

    Novel When is a chapter too long?

    InsaneXade, Nov 5, 2022
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    Homer Potvin
    Nov 9, 2022
  11. Richach

    Novel The hardest chapter(s) you ever wrote and why.

    Richach, Aug 14, 2020
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    Raven484
    Sep 19, 2022
  12. Stammis

    Novel Crack the Code

    Stammis, May 8, 2020
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    Tea@3
    Aug 24, 2022
  13. JSBernstein

    Novel Using Movies When Discussing Writing Techniques

    JSBernstein, May 15, 2022 ... 2
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    Homer Potvin
    Aug 21, 2022
  14. Catrin Lewis

    Novel Chapter Titles--- or Not?

    Catrin Lewis, Jul 27, 2016 ... 2
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    JSBernstein
    May 15, 2022
  15. Justin Rocket 2

    Novel Written order

    Justin Rocket 2, Oct 1, 2015
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    Thom
    Jan 14, 2022
  16. GoodSeed

    Novel Novel Titles Request

    GoodSeed, Jan 14, 2022
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    Xoic
    Jan 14, 2022
  17. Trevor Torgerson

    Novel Where would I post these questions?

    Trevor Torgerson, Nov 13, 2021 ... 2
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    petra4
    Dec 7, 2021
  18. hainguyen

    Novel Novel Manuscript Structure

    hainguyen, Dec 3, 2021
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    hainguyen
    Dec 3, 2021
  19. Senko

    Novel How much do you need to read to decide that a novel is for you

    Senko, Jul 29, 2021
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    Terbus
    Sep 4, 2021
  20. JadeX

    Novel How long is "too long" for a chapter?

    JadeX, Feb 5, 2021
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    Forest
    Aug 9, 2021
  21. Senko

    Novel Making changes to novels that failed to be published

    Senko, Aug 3, 2021
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    Senko
    Aug 3, 2021
  22. Dawnbreaker

    Novel Reach the finish line!

    Dawnbreaker, Jul 17, 2020
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    Homer Potvin
    Jul 30, 2021
  23. Charlie Murdy

    Novel Book with a split ending

    Charlie Murdy, Jan 28, 2021
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    Senko
    Jul 29, 2021
  24. deadrats

    Novel Mid-Story Crisis

    deadrats, Apr 18, 2021
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    994
    Senko
    Jul 29, 2021
  25. Egersis

    Novel Illustrated novels

    Egersis, Jul 13, 2021
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    Mckk
    Jul 21, 2021
  26. GrittyWriter

    Novel Better Titles?

    GrittyWriter, Apr 23, 2021
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    1,523
    Bruce Johnson
    May 4, 2021
  27. deadrats

    Novel The break

    deadrats, Mar 12, 2020
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    alittlehumbugcalledShe
    Apr 13, 2021
  28. HeathBar

    Novel Rewriting in different POV to go deeper?

    HeathBar, Mar 10, 2021
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    1,443
    HeathBar
    Mar 15, 2021
  29. Ella_01

    Novel Mixing tenses within a book

    Ella_01, Jul 21, 2020
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    alw86
    Mar 6, 2021
  30. Than_urb

    Novel Chapter length (opinions required)

    Than_urb, Dec 27, 2020
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    1,796
    trevorD
    Jan 12, 2021
  31. Torunn

    Novel Varying Chapter Lengths

    Torunn, Jan 5, 2021
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    1,142
    Flamenco1
    Jan 7, 2021
  32. NK_UT

    Novel Naming conventions in book titles.

    NK_UT, Jun 27, 2020
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    2,405
    Cave Troll
    Jan 2, 2021
  33. CrimsonAngel

    Novel Pacing Problems

    CrimsonAngel, Nov 20, 2020
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    Aceldama
    Nov 28, 2020
  34. PaulaO

    Novel Perpetually stuck in edits

    PaulaO, Sep 24, 2020
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    1,120
    Rosacrvx
    Oct 4, 2020
  35. Viserion

    Novel Epistolary Novel?

    Viserion, Sep 25, 2020
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    1,236
    Viserion
    Sep 25, 2020
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