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  • Writing Tips Re: How to plan out my novel?

    I usually open up a chapter in LSB and then just ramble on about my plot. I start at the beginning and try to continue on through the middle to ...

    Aug 26, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: So, this NaNoWriMo....

    I've done Nano 5 times and I agree with everyone else. You need to relax your writing standards a bit to get it done. Don't focus on perfect, focus on ...

    Aug 26, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Gotta write a play!

    There are tons of brilliant articles and so on over at and there might still be some life on the forums. Also, if you want an easy way to get ...

    Jun 22, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: Are Names Copyrighted?

    Reminds me of when my sister and my cousin were in a snit about baby names, even though none of them were pregnant at the time. They were arguing about ...

    Sep 13, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Number of Characters

    I'd totally go with friends, because those characters can grow just as well as the main characters. In my novel, Flabbergast, I had two main characters, but they were going ...

    Jul 18, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Two works at once?

    For fanfiction I can do multiple stories at a time with no problem because each story has clear boundaries that tell them apart from one another. After all, Harry Potter ...

    Jul 15, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Another Mary-Sue Test

    This is actually one of my favorite Mary Sue tests because it is automatic, so you don't have to keep track of your answers. It's obviously expecting a high amounts ...

    May 21, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Write or Die

    I used to be against this one, cause I had a really old laptop that wouldn't allow the site to work properly. It would take forever for any keyboard movement ...

    May 2, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: what are the rules?

    You know, know that I think about it, I wonder about this, too. I mean, first you think that one rule is to follow the grammar rules in writing, but ...

    Apr 1, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: A question

    I love Word, it always makes me laugh. :D Sometimes Word is just insane and you just need to ignore it, but often times it also has a point. Of ...

    Mar 5, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: The Ultimate 'I need a name' Place

    My favorite name site is Behind the It has the meanings of the names as well as different ways of getting just random names. Beyond that, I turn to a ...

    Feb 26, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Tips are welcome

    I have to say that I'm in love with action tags, I just can't help fiddling with my characters while they are talking. I hate floating head syndrome and I ...

    Feb 23, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: writing in two perspectives

    I would also think that the rich girl would have more things than the poor boy and that would influence the differences between the two.

    Feb 14, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Outline?

    I'm generally the type of person who just vaguely outlines, but then I found that I need some part of organization, or else the whole thing would fall apart. Generally ...

    Feb 14, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Script Writing...

    I use Celtx when I write scripts, it's a free software that makes all of the formatting easy. It's takes a short while to get used to the shortcutting, but ...

    Jan 24, 2009


Stop being mean to your self-insert character, you're just being mean to yourself.
— WeepingWisteria