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  2. Rumwriter
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    Share Your First Three Sentences

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    Friedrich Kugelschreiber
    Sep 28, 2020 at 5:15 PM
  3. deadrats
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    COVID-19 and writing

    deadrats, Mar 17, 2020 ... 5 6 7
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    saldanamoreno
    Sep 27, 2020 at 10:13 PM
  4. g1ng3rsnap9ed
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    Mental Health For Writers

    g1ng3rsnap9ed, Mar 23, 2009 ... 5 6 7
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    PaperandPencil
    Aug 10, 2020
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    Share Your Last Three Sentences

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    Dalantri
    Jul 28, 2020
  6. Writing Forums Staff
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    How to use the General Writing Forum

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  8. ISalem

    Good writing habits

    ISalem, Sep 29, 2020 at 12:51 AM
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    ISalem
    Sep 29, 2020 at 12:51 AM
  9. r.ross

    Common Clichés

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    JLT
    Sep 28, 2020 at 9:34 PM
  10. MzSnowleopard

    Average Daily Word Count?

    MzSnowleopard, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:20 PM
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    MzSnowleopard
    Sep 28, 2020 at 5:22 PM
  11. labelab

    How much do you write in one go?

    labelab, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:05 PM
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    OurJud
    Sep 26, 2020 at 5:43 PM
  12. Damage718

    Continuity error? Or nitpicking? Please help!

    Damage718, Sep 24, 2020 at 10:19 PM
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    Damage718
    Sep 26, 2020 at 3:36 PM
  13. Glen Barrington

    Style Bad Writing Habits

    Glen Barrington, Aug 23, 2019 ... 2 3 4
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    r.ross
    Sep 26, 2020 at 3:35 PM
  14. Damage718

    Where do you write?

    Damage718, Sep 2, 2020 ... 2
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    MzSnowleopard
    Sep 25, 2020 at 11:58 PM
  15. Viserion

    Style Epistolary Novel?

    Viserion, Sep 25, 2020 at 7:56 PM
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    Viserion
    Sep 25, 2020 at 9:26 PM
  16. deadrats

    How many words in...

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    Cephus
    Sep 25, 2020 at 4:01 PM
  17. A_Jones

    Ever heard of blank page syndrome?

    A_Jones, Aug 24, 2020
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    LadySilence
    Sep 25, 2020 at 2:34 PM
  18. elfdragonlord

    Writing to music.

    elfdragonlord, Dec 2, 2007 ... 23 24 25
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    LadySilence
    Sep 25, 2020 at 8:44 AM
  19. OurJud

    Is finding your voice a major ‘click!’ moment?

    OurJud, Sep 24, 2020 at 3:42 PM
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    John Calligan
    Sep 25, 2020 at 1:52 AM
  20. ISalem
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    Does reading help improve writing better? Or does writing help improve reading better?

    ISalem, Sep 21, 2020 ... 2
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    big soft moose
    Sep 24, 2020 at 10:31 PM
  21. Flozzie

    In which language do you write?

    Flozzie, Jul 21, 2008 ... 13 14 15
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    LadySilence
    Sep 24, 2020 at 8:30 AM
  22. deadrats

    Who do you write like?

    deadrats, Mar 13, 2020 ... 2
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    Bakkerbaard
    Sep 22, 2020
  23. Justin Berak

    Coping with Forgetting

    Justin Berak, Jul 12, 2020
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    ISalem
    Sep 22, 2020
  24. Birch Anderson

    When Jealousy gets in the Way

    Birch Anderson, Sep 22, 2020
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    Cephus
    Sep 22, 2020
  25. Simon Says

    Been away for a while...

    Simon Says, Sep 21, 2020
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    deadrats
    Sep 21, 2020
  26. ISalem

    What do you most write about?

    ISalem, Sep 11, 2020
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    Mana_Kawena
    Sep 21, 2020
  27. Nervous1st

    Improving myself as a writer

    Nervous1st, Mar 4, 2009 ... 14 15 16
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    JLT
    Sep 21, 2020
  28. RMBROWN

    How would you rate your people skills?

    RMBROWN, Sep 20, 2020
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    Wreybies
    Sep 20, 2020
  29. malaupp

    What Keeps You Writing?

    malaupp, May 31, 2017 ... 2
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    ISalem
    Sep 18, 2020
  30. ISalem

    Do you write in the same language you think of?

    ISalem, Sep 13, 2020
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    Inessa
    Sep 17, 2020
  31. alw86

    How do you get the most out of your reading?

    alw86, Aug 29, 2020
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    Friedrich Kugelschreiber
    Sep 16, 2020
  32. Raven

    Why Do You Write?

    Raven, Jun 13, 2007 ... 78 79 80
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    ISalem
    Sep 15, 2020
  33. ISalem

    How often do you write?

    ISalem, Sep 12, 2020
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    Larro
    Sep 13, 2020
  34. blubttrfl

    Questions about plagiarism and copyright

    blubttrfl, Jul 2, 2007 ... 69 70 71
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    Rad Scribbler
    Sep 10, 2020
  35. Oldmanofthemountain

    What are the most common errors amateur writers tend to make in the writing industry?

    Oldmanofthemountain, Aug 15, 2020 ... 2
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    AASmith
    Sep 8, 2020
  36. drewelise

    Where do you do your writing?

    drewelise, Aug 29, 2018 ... 2
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    ISalem
    Sep 8, 2020
  37. Chloelouise

    Style Do you think you have a unique style?

    Chloelouise, May 24, 2020 ... 2
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    ISalem
    Sep 8, 2020
  38. ASBPunkin

    Writing Classes

    ASBPunkin, Sep 4, 2008 ... 6 7 8
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    AASmith
    Sep 7, 2020
  39. Teladan

    Forever Abandoning Projects

    Teladan, Dec 13, 2019
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    AASmith
    Sep 7, 2020
  40. NK_UT

    Dialogue How much dialogue is too much?

    NK_UT, Aug 4, 2020 ... 2
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    AASmith
    Sep 7, 2020
  41. Adam Bolander

    Grammatical terms and words?

    Adam Bolander, Sep 7, 2020
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    Naomasa298
    Sep 7, 2020
  42. Emily B

    Online Writing Workshop Suggestions

    Emily B, Sep 2, 2020
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    deadrats
    Sep 2, 2020
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