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Where a paragraph starts or ends doesn't really make a difference except for a few occasions. The following are necessities: --To separate two or more peoples' dialogue. --To separate ideas ...

Wow Brad! A screenplay? That's impressive. I'm really glad you tightened up everything and sent it in (I just noticed this thread right now). I hope you hear good news ...

I would stick to BC and AD in writing. Academic papers and non-fiction might be a good place to put BCE and CE.

That's great! Yeah, where is it getting published? You seemed to have that out in your excitement...

Thanks for the encouragement, kitkat. Sureal, thanks for the links. And good luck to yourself! Incan, I just hope that the top will see my writing as worth it. Hopefully.

Ok, I started writing "professionally", as in not just for fun, last year when I tried an attempt at a novel (which I boxed :)). After doing some research in ...

I was going to say the same thing. Smaur used them for emphasis. It's perfectly okay to use them in that way. I use fragments like no other. I wouldn't ...

Clau, you're right. It is something I take quite seriously. See! Proof reading. To be honest, I don't correct typos anymore unless they are not obvious (a different form of ...

Hey Snoink! I wouldn't break up the story into three parts in the query letter if you were planning to. Since those three parts are kind of how most novels ...

FREAK is done, eh? :D:D:D:D:D

Plausibility: Setting One of the most important aspects of a story is its plausibility. In order for a reader to even consider continuing on with a story, they have to ...

Snoink's list is a good one. It lists the ones you should and should not use. You can use these variants, just use them sparingly.

Hehe. Alicia, one of the aspects of good dialogue is that you don't have to use a tag every time. That would get annoying. Most of the time you can ...

Or instead of the majority of those words, you can use said and then use action to show how they said it. That's probably the better way to go.

Ay, I fear this recent argument has come up over one of the critiques I gave. It was a bit harsh, yes. It was honest, yes. I thought it was ...