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 14 Jul   Where to start??      1   2   3  
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
 vicw   (21)
in Technique Forum
 12 Jul   Thanks to Nik!      1   2  
The staff at WriteWords would like to thank Nik Perring for his wonderful work here as a site host.
 david bruce   (1647)
in Writewords Forum
 9 Jul   Bristol Prize - Congratulations, Becca!
 Elbowsnitch   (7102)
in Competitions Forum
 29 Jun   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
 david bruce   (1647)
in Writewords Forum
 25 Jun   Simon Trewin evening      1   2  
For all you lucky London people, Simon Trewin is doing this
 susieangela   (3085)
in Getting Published Forum
 24 Jun    A sense of the whole    1   2   3  
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&#
 snowbell   (4266)
in Women's Fiction
 24 Jun   Kill your darlings ...      1   2  
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
 catcrag   (39)
in Technique Forum
 21 Jun   Lists - courtesy of Rachael King.
I found
 rogernmorris   (2411)
in Technique Forum
 15 Jun   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
 david bruce   (1647)
in Writewords Forum
 10 Jun   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-
 scottwil   (4326)
in Getting Published Forum
 6 Jun   2 WWers in Bristol Short Story prize shortlist!
Just got this from the lovely people at the Bristol Short Story Prize
 Anna Reynolds   (4584)
in Competitions Forum
 3 Jun   One damn thing after another.      1   2  
some of my writing was criticised (rightly) for being ODTAA (one damn thing after another). I have t
 GaiusCoffey   (257)
in Technique Forum
 2 Jun   How much dialogue is too much?      1   2  
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
 funnyvalentine   (403)
in Technique Forum
 26 May    the alphabet game...    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13  
Here's a game. Each person has to send a sentence begin
 susieangela   (3085)
in Women's Fiction
 25 May   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
 Terry Edge   (4007)
in Technique Forum
 25 May   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
 EmmaD   (12459)
in Inspiration & Ideas Forum
 21 May   books on character creation      1   2  
Can anyone recommend a really good book on creating/writing characters? I really need some solid help
 susieangela   (3085)
in Technique Forum
 21 May   Conan Doyle Prize      1   2  
Was lucky enough to get a story shortlisted for this
 cherys   (1111)
in Competitions Forum
 19 May   Do you have to be...
a complete pedant to be a good editor? The thought has crossed my mind.
 Traveller   (2285)
in Technique Forum
 16 May   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.
 david bruce   (1647)
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