Hello, any advice appreciated. I'm not sure how to punctuate a character who suddenly stops saying something mid-word, and then carries on with...
Afternoon world, I thought I would share three simple word macros which I love. If you don't know how to edit a macro in word, this probably...
https://www.thesaurus.com/ https://www.dictionary.com/ I have not seen this link anywhere, and thought it might be useful to someone. It also...
I need a little help, My characters are getting together for takeaway, one character says to the other "What do you want out of pizza and...
Children's story. Which of these is best? "What have we here?" Mamá had come up behind her. "Some kind of cabinet." "It's called a wardrobe,"...
What's wrong with the word for "Earth" in the writer's language of choice for his story? It's a silly, euro-centric affectation in my eyes. I...
I am using a large screen to Skype someone into a meeting, but it isn't Skype It is an encrypted FBI interface. I was wondering what would you...
I'm trying to describe the medieval practice of keeping a hostage at court to make sure the land/person the hostage comes from behaves. (Think...
I’m doing some objective editing on my manuscript. One thing I’m doing is comparing the frequency of my use of various words to some samples I...
I have to admit most of my writing comes up short of a novel word count. Most of it is in between 50k-60k but I've always thought that if you tell...
Howdy everyone. I’m currently writing a bit of historical fantasy, taking place in the early 1900’s on an Earth that includes elves, dwarves, and...
Give me your best argument for why you use/don't use GOOGLE DOCS or WORD (I'm not including Scrivener or any other apps/software because I'm not...
What's the name given to the devise where an incorrect word is used for comic effect, because it has a similar sound to the correct one? Stan...
What does the forum think is the ideal word count range for a short story? What is too much?
A writer friend had the following change made by her editor: "they walked hand in hand across the street" - was changed to - "hand in hand they...
So this morning, this is going on in the world of Romance publishing: http://legalinspiration.com/?p=503 ETA: It now has its own hashtag on...
Long story short is that my trusty laptop died over the weekend. I do not have the money to replace it and picked up a Chromebook thinking Google...
I started using OneNote about four months ago to plan out what I was going to write on my blogs, but now that I want to get into creative writing...
I think I might've finally figured out why I have such a problem with trying to lower the word count in my manuscript. It's because it takes place...
OK quick backstory - I wrote a first draft for a short story a while back which i have sat on ever since largely because i am torn on what is...
Separate names with a comma.