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  1. mywrittentruth

    Similes - when is it to much?

    mywrittentruth, Oct 7, 2012
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    Kectacoco
    Oct 8, 2012
  2. Corgz

    # Minutes Earlier

    Corgz, Oct 4, 2012
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    938
    Link the Writer
    Oct 6, 2012
  3. Mike Cornelison

    Ending a sentence with a preposition

    Mike Cornelison, May 3, 2012 ... 2
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    mammamaia
    Oct 5, 2012
  4. DefinitelyMaybe

    Ending punctuation where there are brackets

    DefinitelyMaybe, Sep 10, 2012
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    Vworp
    Oct 5, 2012
  5. DoctorNovel

    When writing a novel could you do first person narrative and author narrative?

    DoctorNovel, Oct 2, 2012
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    A. G. Lucchesi
    Oct 4, 2012
  6. LongNovel

    Referring directly to the reader in First Person Narrtive

    LongNovel, Sep 29, 2012
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    cazann34
    Oct 4, 2012
  7. cazann34

    What does this mean......IMHO?

    cazann34, Sep 27, 2012
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    cazann34
    Oct 2, 2012
  8. Crumpets

    How to punctuate flashbacks?

    Crumpets, Sep 28, 2012
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    mammamaia
    Sep 28, 2012
  9. ohmyrichard

    on the sidelines of

    ohmyrichard, Sep 25, 2012
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    ohmyrichard
    Sep 27, 2012
  10. Crystal Parney

    Passive Voice

    Crystal Parney, Aug 17, 2012
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    David Reynolds
    Sep 27, 2012
  11. shaylyn

    Question about Capitalization?

    shaylyn, Sep 26, 2012
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    1,028
    cazann34
    Sep 26, 2012
  12. Abraxas

    Converting typed pages to print pages...

    Abraxas, Feb 9, 2011
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    1,687
    Keitsumah
    Sep 25, 2012
  13. Presence

    Em dash in a list with commas...

    Presence, Sep 21, 2012
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    Presence
    Sep 25, 2012
  14. AltonReed

    The Two Doctors. A problem with Time travel.

    AltonReed, Sep 23, 2012
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    James Berkley
    Sep 23, 2012
  15. noodlepower

    Can colors be nouns?

    noodlepower, Sep 22, 2012
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    marktx
    Sep 23, 2012
  16. serowden

    How do you feel about descriptive text?

    serowden, Sep 22, 2012
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    1,826
    spklvr
    Sep 23, 2012
  17. eclipsenow

    "that" or "which"? Define or describe?

    eclipsenow, Sep 22, 2012
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    1,311
    mammamaia
    Sep 23, 2012
  18. cybrxkhan

    Past vs. Present Tense

    cybrxkhan, Sep 21, 2012
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    cybrxkhan
    Sep 22, 2012
  19. DefinitelyMaybe

    Starting senteces wtih verbs

    DefinitelyMaybe, Sep 20, 2012 ... 2
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    3,293
    DefinitelyMaybe
    Sep 21, 2012
  20. Pheonix

    Z or S?

    Pheonix, Aug 2, 2012
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    2,121
    EkkoJohnny
    Sep 20, 2012
  21. DefinitelyMaybe

    Later versions of Strunk and White

    DefinitelyMaybe, Sep 18, 2012
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    DefinitelyMaybe
    Sep 19, 2012
  22. FirstTimeNovelist91

    "Subconscious"

    FirstTimeNovelist91, Sep 17, 2012
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    1,232
    captain kate
    Sep 18, 2012
  23. ohmyrichard

    Can we say "You'd better be a native speaker" ?

    ohmyrichard, Sep 14, 2012 ... 2
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    2,498
    ohmyrichard
    Sep 18, 2012
  24. Dem

    Question about punctiation.

    Dem, Sep 15, 2012
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    2,373
    Danvok
    Sep 16, 2012
  25. struggler

    Using 'she', 'her', 'he', and 'his' WAY too much, help.

    struggler, Sep 14, 2012
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    8,419
    DefinitelyMaybe
    Sep 15, 2012
  26. John Carlo

    spelling out vs writing numbers, help!

    John Carlo, Sep 5, 2012
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    15
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    2,566
    Reggie
    Sep 15, 2012
  27. Ettina

    writing manic racing thoughts

    Ettina, Sep 11, 2012
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    5,061
    Sulla
    Sep 13, 2012
  28. VRaptorX

    Are there any rules for writing accents in script format?

    VRaptorX, Sep 13, 2012
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    2
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    1,097
    marktx
    Sep 13, 2012
  29. MilesTro

    Other Words Than Using Said

    MilesTro, Sep 9, 2012 ... 2
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    3,989
    Cogito
    Sep 13, 2012
  30. Cerrus

    Have Not and Haven't uses

    Cerrus, Sep 10, 2012
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    6
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    1,511
    Roger Morris
    Sep 12, 2012
  31. Amr M. Abdu

    Using articles after 'or' and 'and.'

    Amr M. Abdu, Sep 10, 2012
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    1,435
    Amr M. Abdu
    Sep 10, 2012
  32. Man in the Box

    Vocabulary, vocabulary, vocabulary...

    Man in the Box, Oct 7, 2011
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    1,422
    Cogito
    Sep 10, 2012
  33. DefinitelyMaybe

    Full stops before tags

    DefinitelyMaybe, Sep 10, 2012
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    6
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    1,256
    mammamaia
    Sep 10, 2012
  34. Maxitoutwriter

    What is another word for thing?

    Maxitoutwriter, Sep 9, 2012
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    1,976
    digitig
    Sep 10, 2012
  35. peachalulu

    ending a sentence on preposition - at

    peachalulu, Sep 7, 2012
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    11
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    2,203
    Kaidonni
    Sep 9, 2012
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