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(idea taken from Chris Baty's No Plot? No Problem! A Low-stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days )* Step #1: Write a list of things that you ...

*wiggle* I'm starting to get really excited; I'm also trying to contain it, so that I have some left over for when it actually starts.

Oh, hey, do we want a YWS thread in the Writing Groups and Clubs forum? I'll make one, if we want to. It'll be some good publicity - and another ...

St. Razorblade, I think they're having some technical issues. I'm pretty sure they switched software, which might be part of the problem. Maybe give it a day or two?

My username is meepalicious . :) I hope they get the site fixed and speed it up a little. I don't think it's ever been quite this slow - not ...

I seem to remember Anne Rice describing it somewhere towards the beginning of The Vampire Lestat , but I can't find the exact quote right now. I'm pretty sure it ...

NaNoWriMo ! Seriously, if it can get me writing, it can get anyone writing. I am the worst procrastinator - I'm procrastinating now, actually - but the challenge of writing ...

Boys are more likely to read books with male protagonists, but girls don't usually display such a strong gender preference. It probably goes back to the social roots of gender: ...

It would be really interesting if you wrote your poems on square paper, and then folded it into origami. Double bonus points if you write haikus. (That would make them ...

So make sure you have lots of time before you start! ( AND FOOD!!! ) God's truth, that is. Those books always make me so, so hungry. I loved them. ...

I really don't feel in control at all. It's a bit like walking a hyperactive Retriever down the block, with characters- them tugging at you every which way, after each ...

2b: marked by characteristics of the present period So, to answer your question, I think a fantasy novel set in the present could be considered contemporary. (If I had to ...

This question was sparked by me not wanting to have a page full of indented lines for the lots of dialogue (yes, that's an exaggeration). ... but that's okay! White ...

I'm not sure it's entirely relevant, but most songs are in first person. Admittedly, most songwriters aren't stellar poets, but some are and there's some good stuff out there. (Also, ...

I usually speak my poems before I write them down (hence all of the italics and indents and weird line breaks), so coming up with them in the shower isn't ...