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| 14 Jul |
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Where to start??
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I’ve had the idea for a novel circling around in my head for some time. I’ve written maybe 10,000 words- some key scenes, snippets of importan
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 vicw
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| 12 Jul |
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Thanks to Nik!
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The staff at WriteWords would like to thank Nik Perring for his wonderful work here as a site host.
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 david bruce
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| 9 Jul |
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Bristol Prize - Congratulations, Becca!
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Elbowsnitch
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Competitions Forum
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| 29 Jun |
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Email notifications for bookmarked author
For a while now we've had the 'bookmarked authors' section on your profile/my writewords page. Now we've just added the option of receiving notifications
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david bruce
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Writewords Forum
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| 25 Jun |
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Simon Trewin evening
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For all you lucky London people, Simon Trewin is doing this
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susieangela
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Getting Published Forum
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| 24 Jun |
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A sense of the whole
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Just following on from the thread about printing it out, I was thinking how many times I end up printing the thing out just to read and whether that&#
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snowbell
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Women's Fiction
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| 24 Jun |
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Kill your darlings ...
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I've heard it said by various people that 'killing your darlings' or removing your favourite passages from your work is one of the most im
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catcrag
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Technique Forum
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| 21 Jun |
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Lists - courtesy of Rachael King.
I found
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 rogernmorris
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Technique Forum
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| 15 Jun |
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Uncommented work
We've added a new link in the archive for 'Uncommented Work' - you can now help the community by being the first to comment
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david bruce
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| 10 Jun |
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How to sell some books
Just got back from my launch in the UK (The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight) and thought I'd share my experiences-
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scottwil
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Getting Published Forum
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| 6 Jun |
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2 WWers in Bristol Short Story prize shortlist!
Just got this from the lovely people at the Bristol Short Story Prize
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Anna Reynolds
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Competitions Forum
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| 3 Jun |
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One damn thing after another.
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some of my writing was criticised (rightly) for being ODTAA (one damn thing after another). I have t
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GaiusCoffey
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| 2 Jun |
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How much dialogue is too much?
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Are there any rules about amount of consecutive diaglogue? I've got a section of 2.5 pages of single lined a4 typed diaglogue. The characters ar
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funnyvalentine
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| 26 May |
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the alphabet game...
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Here's a game. Each person has to send a sentence begin
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susieangela
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Women's Fiction
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| 25 May |
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First drafts: inside-to-outside or outside-to-inside?
I think there may be two basic approaches to first drafts. To use painting as an analogy, one is the equivalent of lightly sketching outlines with the
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Terry Edge
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Technique Forum
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| 25 May |
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Nothing to do next Sunday Afternoon
A quick plug for South East London's premier Sunday Afternoon cultural event, Pipe & Slippers, in the gorgeous Victorian pub theatre at The Ivy Ho
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EmmaD
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Inspiration & Ideas Forum
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| 21 May |
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books on character creation
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Can anyone recommend a really good book on creating/writing characters? I really need some solid help
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susieangela
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Technique Forum
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| 21 May |
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Conan Doyle Prize
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Was lucky enough to get a story shortlisted for this
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cherys
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Competitions Forum
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| 19 May |
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Do you have to be...
a complete pedant to be a good editor? The thought has crossed my mind.
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Traveller
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Technique Forum
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| 16 May |
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Welcome to the new Arts & Entertainment Forum!
We've set up this new forum to allow members to chat about general cultural events, films, music, exhibitions etc.
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david bruce
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Culture & Entertainment Forum
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