Hi Writing-Community, I don’t know if it is right. On Word 2016 when I write a sentence with an em-dash and question mark. Then the program says...
Schrapnel rained down, and a cargo lift exploded the water nearby, hazing the skiff in chilly mist. ---------------------------------- I'm using...
I need some help here, guys. For the past few weeks, every time I open Word, it has changed my default language to Dutch and won't let me change...
I need a beta reader for a literary fiction short story I plan to start submitting this month. Thank you!:)
What would be a safe word limit per chapter?
Greetings! I write, I read, and I think about all the things I want to read or write about. Occasionally I go experience them. Otherwise, I just...
I don't actually hate the word "moist". Must be an ESL thing. Are there any words or phrases that just make you gag for no reason other than...
I'm looking for some beta-readers for my completed crime novel, a police procedural that I hope will be the first of a series. Anyone interested,...
I can trade for a similar length short story in return. The story genre is horror, it is 6,600 words.
Alexa stepped back from the edge, beyond which was a steep drop to the bay which was now covered by the risen tide. I want to convey that the...
My POV character is in a post-apoc setting with nobody else around. A little girl emerges from some undergrowth, and they end up having a...
Hi, I may or may not be overthinking this, but I'd like to double-check anyway. Whenever I hear the word "autobiographical" it's in reference to...
So, my book's genre is YA fiction. For every chapter I aim to write at least 2,000 words, but I usually go over that at least a few hundred words....
I'm not sure there is a word for this, but I'm not happy with the wording of this sentence and I think a single verb would sound better. Here is...
Hi all! I've been waiting for this day to ask the community for a beta read swap. I'm willing to read your novel if you read mine! Please, feel...
So I am currently practicing my writing certain scenes and I got to a pretty intense scene basically where the character is sneaking around and...
I'm struggling with the right word to fit this person or situation. Let's say someone's having a party and says he'll buy the pizza for $60. He...
So my current project is sitting at 60k words; I try to keep my novels around the 100k mark, but it isn't hard and fast; I won't go below 80k...
Hey everyone! So this short story, The Girl in the Blackberry Patch, is a little fantasy story that I'd been trying to write for years, and only...
I've been dancing around a topic whenever I work on my query letter -- my audience. I know that's a really bad sign. But, it's the truth....
Separate names with a comma.
