Little bit of a click bait title because I am not going to discuss actual rules. Instead I want to talk about rules I use to help my creativity....
Hello all, 'Except' and 'except for' - when should one be used, and not the other? With regards to the above, which of these examples would be...
It doesn't matter how many times I ask the question, or how many explanations I'm given, I will never ever, for the life of me, understand the...
Some of you may have joined in the past few minutes, and some of you may have memberships that extend back to the very beginning. That having been...
Hi all, In my current piece I have a sweet Irish lady as a side character, and most of her scene is dialogue based. I want her to sound Irish,...
Any blunt rules for us to use punctuations ?
I'm thinking about writing a Sherlock Holmes Pastiche and I have three questions. Do I have to use British terms and slang in the story like...
Here are several very important but often forgotten rules of English: 1. Avoid alliteration. Always. 2. Prepositions are not words to end...
Edit: This issue has been addressed. Thank you! :) I just noticed yet another person who has just joined the forum today, and has posted a large...
A thread with the goal of halting the hijack of the colloquialism thread. So--does fantasy have rules? Does it have restrictions? Of course it...
Hello, I'm brand-new as of about an hour ago, and have already made some errors. Let me spare you the chagrin! Make sure you read the forum...
I've commented along these lines before, so it was nice to see a Twitter thread by an author I like encapsulating the sentiments. A couple of...
After reading the thread about suggestions of 18+ threads being changed I read the rules again to make sure my statement about thread titles...
Does the word "to" initial count in an acryonm. Words like "of" I see aren't used like in FBI but the would you use the initial for "to" in an...
I've been looking for a real (physical) life critique group for over a year and a half, and it looks like it's finally coming together. I and two...
All my characters are definitely inspired by people I know. Writers write what they know right? But how do I know if I'm projecting too much of...
I read through "Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace" once again. The authors advises us not to use nouns derived from verbs. If we follow this...
From the rules: Signatures You can include two external links and unlimited links to pages within our site. Links cannot be to sites that contain...
This forum is for discussing experiences and strategies for marketing self-published works. Case studies are allowed but advertising threads are...
I briefly looked over the rules and didn't see anything regarding posting multiple new threads to the workshop forums in a short period of time ....
Separate names with a comma.