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Writing 101

Moderators: Heather Dudley, larelmian

	Subject	Replies	Created	Last reply
	Welcome to Writing 101 (Links and Guidelines here. Read before posting.)	1	7 months ago by larelmian	7 months ago by larelmian
	Trying to be tasteful with character description	7	1 day ago by DontEatRawHagis	about 1 hour ago by AuntPol
	Inciting Incident	7	2 days ago by Jaaaarne	about 1 hour ago by AuntPol
	Getting scenes from my head onto paper	6	3 days ago by TewiInaba	about 6 hours ago by The_Halla
	That Word on the Tip of My Tongue...	47	7 months ago by QuinnR	about 12 hours ago by Banespawn
	I'm worried that being a translator is ruining my writing	4	3 days ago by Kirandra	1 day ago by DozyCat
	Question about Tenses	9	4 days ago by Lupana Ridae	2 days ago by Lupana Ridae
	Switching POVs	4	12 days ago by Kokoai	3 days ago by Banespawn
	Chapter Structure, Number & Length	7	14 days ago by Anthony Mulled	8 days ago by DozyCat
	Chapters does this make sense?	20	12 days ago by Dahlia Legacy	9 days ago by ej runyon
	Tense Switching, an acceptable practice? Also a question about 'you'	6	29 days ago by InfinitySquared	11 days ago by Rosina Rowantree
	1st or 3rd person, with switching viewpoints?	1	11 days ago by fayeamelia	11 days ago by Banespawn
	Words/phrases in foreign language after the novel is translated to that language	6	13 days ago by Kova031	12 days ago by Wulfila
	3rd Person + 1st person diary entries...will this work?	7	7 months ago by lyssabrittany	12 days ago by The_Halla
	Onomatopoeia for a horse's shriek	0	12 days ago by The_Halla	12 days ago by The_Halla
	Sentence structure/passive voice/tense	4	13 days ago by JakAnn	13 days ago by JakAnn
	How to Write an Accent	47	8 months ago by Heather Dudley	14 days ago by The Imaginatrix
	clever ways to bring up scenes MC isn't in during first person story	4	17 days ago by deborah___	14 days ago by Zombolly
	correct spelling of 'orangutan'	3	about 1 month ago by doan2300	18 days ago by MandarinPeel
	Writing scenes that take place online- how does one do it?	8	21 days ago by Lycoris	20 days ago by DozyCat
	Chapter Length!?	20	about 1 month ago by Grayvyn	20 days ago by Banespawn
	Using "thou" forms regularly - would it be hard for the reader?	10	about 1 month ago by Ashton_Lee	21 days ago by TashaDouble
	Writing cellphone texts as dialogue - ideas?	10	28 days ago by Shadow hop	21 days ago by TashaDouble
	Creating Feels and Emotional Turmoil	3	23 days ago by TashaDouble	21 days ago by TashaDouble
	Writing Child Characters	8	about 1 month ago by M.Vech	22 days ago by Zombolly
	PI?	3	23 days ago by Dahlia Legacy	23 days ago by keolah
	How to convey a pause in this sentence?	6	25 days ago by ShutterSpeed	23 days ago by Dahlia Legacy
	writing angry scenes-stomach upset & feeling timid	9	25 days ago by mrsmouse	24 days ago by 3KillerBs
	Dialogue in dialogue	5	29 days ago by TribalCat	27 days ago by swallowfeather
	And, and, and... Can I get away with this?	6	about 1 month ago by SPhoenix	27 days ago by SPhoenix

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