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Of course you can do it — it's your novel, you can pretty much do anything you want. It's kind of a matter of taste, and how well you incorporate ...

I don't know if this is still an issue or if you've figured out a way to resolve it, but things to consider: - Find a couple of people who ...

It definitely helps to immerse yourself in different genres and styles. You can find heaps of book / story recommendations both here and everywhere else on the internet — it ...

I second Eimear's opinion, but instead of an internal "monologue", maybe condense it to one or two short sentences of thought that suggest she is thinking the complete opposite? Something ...

Celtx is essentially the same as Final Draft, only free. You might want to put your descriptions in caps or something so you can differentiate it from other things. Um...don't ...

I skimmed through your screenplay quickly, and the formatting looks about right. The only thing to note is that in the description of the action (i.e. the non-dialogue bits), you ...

Elizabeth I was pretty awesome. So was her sister: Mary, Queen of Scots. I agree with the "Elizabeth I was pretty awesome" part. However, her sister was not Mary, Queen ...

Mary Read and Anne Bonney were female pirates, which is kind of nifty (they were two of many, but they're pretty notorious, as far as notorious goes). Elizabeth I was ...

So how do you guys feel about being harassed by friends/writers/both to keep on writing? Is it better if they ask about your progress? Does it help you? Does it ...

This really helped me about ten or so years ago: Make time to write. Especially the busier your life gets — you keep making excuses and keep promising yourself that ...

- Change the POV? If it's from one character, do it from another; if you're telling it in first person, change it to third person. - I don't know if ...

This guys insane. There's more than one publishing company, guy! You don't harrass one that tells you no! Apparently, this guy had sent a similar response to a number of ...

Or, how to anger the writing/publishing community at large: (I thought this would be vaguely amusing/horrifying for some of you.)

Write something you want to write. Write about something you find interesting. Write about something that will hold your attention for long amounts of time. Take the story where you ...

Hehh. Well, haha, obviously I think fragments are acceptable to writing. This is the way I see it: I love grammar, and I am obsessive about the right grammar, and ...