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  2. Dan Rhodenizer
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    Italics for thoughts?

    Dan Rhodenizer, Jul 25, 2007 ... 52 53 54
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    Shannon Davidson
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  4. ElvishPenguin12

    Question About Cursing

    ElvishPenguin12, Sep 23, 2006
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    DagunZain
    Oct 2, 2006
  5. failure2comply

    Fair use - what is it?

    failure2comply, Jun 28, 2006
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    trailer trash
    Oct 2, 2006
  6. wonka

    How to Write a Retraction: Content & Format

    wonka, Oct 13, 2006
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    Spherical Time
    Oct 14, 2006
  7. LiteralKamikaze

    Writing Technique?

    LiteralKamikaze, Oct 23, 2006
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    LiteralKamikaze
    Oct 23, 2006
  8. tvwriter

    Need Help!!!!

    tvwriter, Nov 13, 2006
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    Hellbent
    Nov 14, 2006
  9. Esaul

    Chapter Length

    Esaul, Sep 21, 2006
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    mammamaia
    Nov 22, 2006
  10. Esaul

    When To Use Periods At the end of a Dialouge

    Esaul, Nov 10, 2006
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    mammamaia
    Nov 30, 2006
  11. Hellbent

    Writing Style...yours?

    Hellbent, Nov 16, 2006
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    Hellbent
    Dec 9, 2006
  12. Devon

    Can beats be enclosed by commas?

    Devon, Jan 11, 2007
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    Arktos
    Jan 11, 2007
  13. Nowhere Kids

    your deffinition of passive voice

    Nowhere Kids, Jun 23, 2006
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    Arktos
    Jan 14, 2007
  14. Avrilkiller

    It's confusing

    Avrilkiller, Dec 31, 2006
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    SeaBreeze
    Jan 15, 2007
  15. Lenn

    Depictable?

    Lenn, Nov 1, 2006
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    mammamaia
    Jan 20, 2007
  16. MissIvy

    Correct this please.....

    MissIvy, Dec 27, 2006
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    mammamaia
    Jan 20, 2007
  17. Bluemouth

    Word Count to Page Comparison

    Bluemouth, Jan 14, 2007
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    Bluemouth
    Jan 21, 2007
  18. Onoria Westhrop

    How do you punctuate this?

    Onoria Westhrop, Jan 4, 2007
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    mammamaia
    Jan 22, 2007
  19. DustFeathers

    Um, is there an error...

    DustFeathers, Dec 6, 2006
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    DustFeathers
    Jan 24, 2007
  20. Daniel

    First Person vrs Third Person

    Daniel, Nov 28, 2006 ... 2
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    powertodream
    Feb 4, 2007
  21. ASA_Formatting

    ASA Formatting

    ASA_Formatting, Mar 11, 2007
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    mammamaia
    Mar 12, 2007
  22. phAntAsmAgoriA

    Question about the point of view of a short story

    phAntAsmAgoriA, Mar 12, 2007
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    Neo
    Apr 2, 2007
  23. zerobytes

    The opening paragraph

    zerobytes, Dec 9, 2006
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    HellOnEarth
    Apr 3, 2007
  24. HellOnEarth

    All of you need a little bit of this in your stories:

    HellOnEarth, Mar 17, 2007
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    HeinleinFan
    Apr 9, 2007
  25. Torana

    An intersting statement on grammer

    Torana, Apr 14, 2007
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    Torana
    Apr 14, 2007
  26. Torana

    Is Grammer Essential?

    Torana, Apr 15, 2007
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    1,630
    IW-Cavalier
    Apr 18, 2007
  27. Targaddon

    They're Only Empty Words

    Targaddon, May 15, 2007
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    Targaddon
    May 15, 2007
  28. Ferret

    The official first person versus third person thread of goodnes.

    Ferret, Apr 30, 2007
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    mammamaia
    May 20, 2007
  29. Alice in Wonderland

    Writing in first person is hard!

    Alice in Wonderland, Apr 1, 2007
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    2,832
    Snap
    Jun 3, 2007
  30. TWErvin2

    Question on editing and a word's usage

    TWErvin2, Jun 5, 2007
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    Cogito
    Jun 6, 2007
  31. sashas

    How to write accents?

    sashas, May 26, 2007
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    13,154
    Daniel
    Jun 8, 2007
  32. Neo

    Formatting for a Publisher

    Neo, Jun 2, 2007
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    2,218
    mammamaia
    Jun 9, 2007
  33. sashas

    A Question About Formatting.

    sashas, May 24, 2007
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    2,315
    Cogito
    Jun 23, 2007
  34. femfrog

    "&" vs. "and"

    femfrog, Sep 27, 2006
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    36,207
    Raven
    Jul 6, 2007
  35. Gagoots

    complex dialog punctuation

    Gagoots, Jul 8, 2007
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    Gagoots
    Jul 11, 2007
  36. Edward

    "What are some alternate ways of showing dialogue?" Edward wondered.

    Edward, Jul 17, 2007 ... 2
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    judesplace
    Jul 25, 2007
  37. chatte

    What is wrong with this sentence...

    chatte, Jul 23, 2007
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    1,785
    Christopher
    Jul 25, 2007
  38. Dan Rhodenizer

    Third-Person or First-Person?

    Dan Rhodenizer, Jul 26, 2007
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    1,961
    PaidWriting
    Jul 26, 2007
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