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*Painfully resists urge to choose the Pat Buchanan option*

Thanks @WritingWolf! It's really good hearing it from a perspective like yours. The drug thing is only one scene/chapter, and there are extremely loose references maybe two or three times ...

@ChildOfNowhere - Thanks for the guidance. Avoiding such insinuations is my number one priority, so I've definitely been super careful with that. Hopefully it's worked out okay!

Thanks Lareine, that response is super helpful! I definitely agree on the natural thing, and deep down I know that's the most important thing, I think I just worry that ...

I don't know what it is, but I am absolutely shocking at understanding what is and isn't appropriate when it comes to rating things. To cut a long story short, ...

Just a quick disclaimer: I am in no way an expert on anything writing-related, so don't take what I say as a flawless masterplan. As someone who generally writes contemporary/realistic ...

Is Peony pronounced like Penny? If so, I rather like that. I agree with @Birkhoff on Shirley Bee too :) I'm not sure if this counts as advice, but as ...

It recently occurred to me that I've been a member of YWS for nearly 7 years now, and it's made me realise how far I've come since 13-year-old me found ...

I repeat what everyone else has said: of course you can do that! Heck, have 23982843 different POV's if you want. There are no rules in literature (okay, except for ...

I think I'd personally prefer an agent. As cliche and sickly as this sounds, it's not about the money for me so them taking some of the profit wouldn't bother ...

And then there's me who names my characters based on what I'd like to call my kids. Weirdly though, when I look up the name meanings of these names, they ...

You guys are loads of help. Like, srsly. I know what you guys mean in terms of kiddies' intelligence. Little kids can be cleverer than they seem, especially if it's ...

Thanks for all the advice, home dawgs. I really appreciate it! Luckily for me, I have a seven-year-old cousin so he could be pretty useful for figuring out a kid's ...

I have a bit of a dilemma. I've had a novel idea for a while now, and although I doubt I'll be able to write it anytime soon, I'd like ...

You've already gotten brilliant answers but I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents anyway. For me personally, great opening lines are ones that are able to do a lot ...