How should I approach using codes in the writing? If I wanted to use an encrypted text, which can be solved by a Caesar Cipher, for instance, what...
Hi, My wife and are supporting someone close to the family who is serving a five-year sentence in a state prison. During the first half of his...
I'm here seeking advice. Today, I finally broke down and upboxed 4+ moving boxes worth of my mother's attempt at fiction. The pages are fragile...
I submitted my partial manuscript (100 pages) to an agent at the Knight Agency after she requested it from me over 90 days ago. She has not...
When you guys write your first manuscripts, do you just plow through it and worry about making a nice story later? Or do you at least attempt to...
I am approximately a quarter way into my word count goal for my romance manuscript and I have a strong instinct to alter the name a bit. My story...
I finished the first draft of my manuscript (a thriller) two months ago. It was 92,000 words. Then I did a complete edit of the entire manuscript....
Well, maybe not blank or it would be but a ream. I've been away from the world for a while, but now I'm back I want to make the most of life and...
Does anyone have any experience is trying to get a rhyming children's book published without any art work to go with it? It seems very strange to...
I've read that if you were to send off a manuscript it's 250 words/ per page. So whilst writing in a mac pages document, should I section break at...
Hi all. I wonder if you can help me. I've recently completed a romance manuscript at 85k words. I submitted it to agents / pubs, and while many...
I am closing in on the end of my first draft, and I'm starting to think about the most economical ways to print it for editing. It looks like I...
I have been told by a fellow writer that a new manuscript formatting software is on the market (StyleEase for Chicago Manual of Style) that works...
Aloha! How do you do? Well, you see, I was writing my manuscript when something bugged me. I have this text: He searched in the internet 'the...
I was in the forum the other day when a poster thaked another poster for not starting with the word 'the' as it was a pet peeve of theirs. Now all...
Since I am new in the forum, I think Introductions, first of all, would be a great way to start the topic. So… Hello. My name is Yotam Haddad, I...
Hello. I'm new to this forum. I am trying to break into writing and illustrating picture books. I have completed one manuscript/dummy and am...
Yesterday I prematurely launched a short story towards an ezine and promptly cancelled my submission today explaining I wanted to try again with a...
...being haunted by the 'Lorem Ipsum' ghost? There was I, minding my own business, getting ready to spill some more words of beauty into my...
Wasn't entirely sure if this should go here or in General Writing, so if this is in the wrong place, I'm sorry! Anyway, just a quick question...
Separate names with a comma.
