canislupis

Or an engineer/rep for an overseas company? I have friends who could have taken 6 month or year long assignments in Japan.

Thanks for this--especially the its vs. it's thing. I'll be linking people here in the future. :) Lupis P.S. Could you add something on you're vs. your, perhaps? That's the ...

I just buy the perfect bound lined notebooks that are like a dollar each. I get a new one every couple of months or so, whenever I need them. I ...

If you want to learn more about this, I would recommend "The writer's guide to everyday life among the American Indians: 1800 to 1900" by Candy Moulton. It covers a ...

I've also noticed that people with Asian accents sometimes get words like "he" and "she" mixed up, or drop them completely. I Don't know if it's because they don't have ...

Wow. Interesting question. I remember reading that if you struggle at all or even move, it thinks you're trying to escape and squeezes tighter. Your internal organs would be crushed ...

NaNoWriMo stands for nation novel writing month, an online contest in which the goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. In the end everyone who reaches the goal ...

This is excellent advice. * Points above * I also find that having a reward (Eg. I'll let myself eat this chocolate bar from Halloween after I've finished 2k) is ...

I think it depends on what kind of story you're writing. Why do you want to put it in present tense in the first place? If it's just because you ...

Young adult novels and other books are sometimes shorter than 80,000 words. Technically speaking, a novel is anything over 50,000 words, but that would be very short. It really depends ...

The first time I got eleven... then for fun I went through and checked all the boxes. This is what I got: She isn't a character: she's you, or you ...

I usually start with an idea, and then after I'm a chapter or so in to the story I'll go back and outline what I've already done, and then the ...