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  2. Rumwriter
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    Share Your First Three Sentences

    Rumwriter, May 16, 2012 ... 263 264 265
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    Some Guy
    Apr 2, 2020 at 12:45 PM
  3. g1ng3rsnap9ed
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    Mental Health For Writers

    g1ng3rsnap9ed, Mar 23, 2009 ... 4 5 6
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    jannert
    Mar 17, 2020
  4. Writing Forums Staff
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    How to use the General Writing Forum

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    Writing Forums Staff
    Feb 16, 2020
  5. Masked Mole
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    Share Your Last Three Sentences

    Masked Mole, Apr 22, 2016 ... 11 12 13
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    TheOtherPromise
    Feb 5, 2020
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  7. MarkNZed

    A guide to popularisation?

    MarkNZed, Mar 25, 2020
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    RyanRoszak
    Apr 4, 2020 at 9:12 AM
  8. deadrats

    COVID-19 and writing

    deadrats, Mar 17, 2020 ... 2 3
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    Murkie
    Apr 4, 2020 at 1:49 AM
  9. wrinkrat

    How do I slay the discouraged dragon?

    wrinkrat, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:29 PM
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    Cephus
    Apr 3, 2020 at 8:48 PM
  10. Fronzizzle

    Questions about starting in the middle

    Fronzizzle, Apr 2, 2020 at 3:11 PM
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    Xoic
    Apr 2, 2020 at 9:41 PM
  11. CuppofTeaa

    Style How can I make my writing sound old-fashioned?

    CuppofTeaa, Mar 22, 2020
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    Rzero
    Mar 31, 2020 at 3:35 AM
  12. TheThinkerDeath

    Waiting for fate

    TheThinkerDeath, Mar 27, 2020
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    TheThinkerDeath
    Mar 30, 2020 at 10:35 AM
  13. Adam Bolander

    Clarifying Pronunciations?

    Adam Bolander, Mar 29, 2020 at 6:57 PM
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    Seven Crowns
    Mar 29, 2020 at 8:29 PM
  14. The Piper

    A Question of Formatting

    The Piper, Mar 24, 2020
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    Some Guy
    Mar 25, 2020
  15. Adam Bolander

    How often should you say a character's name?

    Adam Bolander, Mar 24, 2020
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    deadrats
    Mar 24, 2020
  16. Antaus

    Describing Gunshots

    Antaus, Mar 21, 2020
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    Antaus
    Mar 21, 2020
  17. Richach

    Style Voice Tags: Is 'said' invisible?

    Richach, Mar 14, 2020
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    Malisky
    Mar 20, 2020
  18. jannert

    Style How to balance dialogue with narrative

    jannert, Mar 14, 2020 ... 2
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    jannert
    Mar 20, 2020
  19. Jrp331

    Advice for Beginner Writer

    Jrp331, Mar 17, 2020
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    Rzero
    Mar 18, 2020
  20. realIK17

    Style Is it wrong to have a sentence that is too long at the head/front?

    realIK17, Mar 14, 2020
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    Wreybies
    Mar 15, 2020
  21. deadrats

    Who do you write like?

    deadrats, Mar 13, 2020
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    Wreybies
    Mar 14, 2020
  22. labelab

    how to get back into reading?

    labelab, Mar 12, 2020
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    J.D. Ray
    Mar 13, 2020
  23. labelab

    When you were 16, what stage were you at as a writer?

    labelab, Oct 26, 2019 ... 3 4 5
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    Partridge
    Mar 12, 2020
  24. deadrats

    Do you want to be a profound writer?

    deadrats, Feb 27, 2020 ... 2
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    Dorafjol
    Mar 11, 2020
  25. heal41hp

    Repetition: How often is it okay?

    heal41hp, Mar 7, 2020
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    jannert
    Mar 11, 2020
  26. Gladiolus83

    Can I Go Against The Order From The Draft ?

    Gladiolus83, Mar 9, 2020
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    Gladiolus83
    Mar 11, 2020
  27. Adam Bolander

    Things you wish authors would stop doing?

    Adam Bolander, Jan 24, 2020 ... 3 4 5
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    cosmic lights
    Mar 9, 2020
  28. oliverm

    subject vs content

    oliverm, Mar 3, 2020
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    Wreybies
    Mar 7, 2020
  29. Teladan

    Forever Abandoning Projects

    Teladan, Dec 13, 2019
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    Le gribouilleur
    Mar 7, 2020
  30. Sapphire

    The Writers Block Thread

    Sapphire, Sep 21, 2006 ... 221 222 223
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    Alan Aspie
    Mar 7, 2020
  31. isaac223

    Do I Really Want To Write?

    isaac223, Feb 2, 2020 ... 2
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    JLT
    Mar 1, 2020
  32. Accelerator231

    What is this trope or phenomenon called?

    Accelerator231, Feb 29, 2020
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    Accelerator231
    Feb 29, 2020
  33. Gladiolus83

    Help With Templates

    Gladiolus83, Feb 27, 2020
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    Xoic
    Feb 29, 2020
  34. Damage718

    Writing what you don't see/don't know

    Damage718, Jan 27, 2020
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    Alan Aspie
    Feb 28, 2020
  35. Wreybies

    What kinds of things do you like authors to do?

    Wreybies, Feb 25, 2020
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    jannert
    Feb 26, 2020
  36. Adam Bolander

    Showing vs Telling

    Adam Bolander, Jan 13, 2020 ... 2
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    deadrats
    Feb 23, 2020
  37. bdw8

    Ethics of depicting violence

    bdw8, Jul 29, 2019
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    shiba0000
    Feb 23, 2020
  38. DarkWoods

    Should I search for a mentor?

    DarkWoods, Jan 13, 2020
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    deadrats
    Feb 21, 2020
  39. J.T. Woody

    "Potato Chip" Stories

    J.T. Woody, Jan 30, 2020
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    Malisky
    Feb 18, 2020
  40. EdFromNY

    The Enemies of Writing

    EdFromNY, Jan 30, 2020
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    Not the Territory
    Feb 15, 2020
  41. J.D. Ray

    Structural Statistics

    J.D. Ray, Jan 25, 2020
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    J.D. Ray
    Feb 15, 2020
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