Karsten

I'd have to say the middle is the hard part for me. I always know how I'm going to begin and end. It's filling in the middle that is hard ...

I like this topic. Like LittlePetRock and Sarah Pass, I've had a lot of difficulty with openings. My instinct is to write fast-paced, in medias res opening scenes where the ...

You're welcome. :) Further reading: Agent Nathan Bransford on pen names. Agent Jennifer Jackson on multiple agents, genres and pen names.

One agent per writer. A standard agency contract stipulates that the agent is the only person who represents your work. They may contract out sales of subsidiary and foreign rights ...

Eh? I heard this was from strong and weak verbs. Strong verbs change the vowel, while weak verbs add an ending. I'm not quite following you. What vowel change? What's ...

You're welcome, fellow Brits! :P

Yup. :)

It's UK v US usage.

Poor dialogue punctuation makes me a grumpy Karsten. It hurts my eyes too much to overlook it.

You're welcome, Rakun. Glad I could help. :)

Glad I could help, Elinor. I'd be happy to discuss this in chat if we catch each other. What I mean about being transfered into the novel, It's the exact ...

While I'm on the topic, some background information. Rich, popular authors are continually being accused of plagiarism and sued for copyright infringement by crazy people, so I would expect a ...

Back to the short story being "turned into a novel". What do you actually mean by this? * If the entire short story is incorporated verbatim, that's clear copyright infringement. ...

The plot deals with a struggling single mother who is also a writer dreaming to become published. When, she finally gets a short story published in her favorite magazine, it ...

My rule of thumb for reusing old tropes is to ask, "Why would a reader choose to read this take on old tropes, instead of the original?" If you have ...