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Tim
Dec 13, 2021
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Question 1122 How does the Homestead Affect Writing?
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Jul 17, 2024 |
Question 1121: Sacred ideas and Adapting from Screenplays
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Jul 11, 2024 |
Question 1120: What is a play?
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Jul 11, 2024 |
Questions 1119: Filling Up the Corners
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Jul 09, 2024 |
Question 1118: Preventing Author Avatars
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Jul 08, 2024 |
Question 1117: Why Have Sequels Gone Out of Fashion?
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Jun 21, 2024 |
Question 1116: Is it a Prequel, or Just Book One?
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Jun 20, 2024 |
Question 1115: Why Are People Writing Prequels?
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Jun 19, 2024 |
Feedback: The Bradbury Challenge
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Jun 18, 2024 |
Questions 1114: Developing a Young Character
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Jun 14, 2024 |
Question 1113: Troubles Finishing
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Jun 13, 2024 |
Question 1112: Products of NaNoWriMo
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Jun 12, 2024 |
Question 1111: Tough Truths About Loving Writing
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Jun 11, 2024 |
Question 1110: Breaking Faith With Readers
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Jun 11, 2024 |
Question 1109: Writing the Right Sequel
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Jun 06, 2024 |
Question 1108: Writing the Wrong Novel
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Jun 05, 2024 |
Question 1107: Film vs. Book: Characterization in Lord of the Rings
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Jun 04, 2024 |
Where The Hell Have We Been?
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Jun 03, 2024 |
Quick Announcement
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Apr 11, 2024 |
Question 1106: Creativity and ADD
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Apr 10, 2024 |
Question 1105: Changing the Way You Listen
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Apr 09, 2024 |
Question 1104: Building Life Experience
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Apr 05, 2024 |
Questions 1103: Cannell’s Secret Sauce
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Apr 04, 2024 |
Catch-up & Announcements
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Apr 03, 2024 |
Question 1102: Reading as a Writer
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Jan 26, 2024 |
Question 1101: Pacing in Action-Adventure
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Jan 25, 2024 |
Question 1100: Finding Public Domain Books
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Jan 24, 2024 |
Question 1099: Measuring Yourself as a Writer
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Jan 23, 2024 |
Question 1098: Getting Back In The Mood
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Jan 22, 2024 |
Question 1097: We Need a Punctuation Master Class
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Jan 12, 2024 |
Question 1096: How To Write a Worstseller
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Jan 11, 2024 |
Question 1095: Dictation and Twisty Plots
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Jan 10, 2024 |
Question 1093: Mentally Tough Characters
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Jan 09, 2024 |
Question 1092: Destructive Writing Advice
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Jan 05, 2024 |
Question 1091: Individual Characters or Chessmen?
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Jan 04, 2024 |
Question 1090: Creative Partnerships
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Jan 03, 2024 |
Question 1089: Creating Effective Antagonists
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Jan 02, 2024 |
Question 1088: Writing Implements
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Nov 22, 2023 |
Question 1087: Expanding a Short Story Into a Novel
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Nov 21, 2023 |
Questions 1086: Networking for Writers
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Nov 20, 2023 |
Question 1085: Showing Narrator Gender in First Person
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Nov 19, 2023 |
Question 1084: What Motivates a Writer?
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Nov 18, 2023 |
Question 1083: Vacations for Freelancers
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Nov 18, 2023 |
Question 1082: When Not to Write
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Nov 08, 2023 |
Question 1081: Edible Plants
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Nov 07, 2023 |
Question 1080: Work-Life Balance
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Nov 06, 2023 |
We’re BACK! Question 1079: Fear of Writing
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Nov 02, 2023 |
Question 1078: Sustaining an Unplanned Series
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May 25, 2023 |
Question 1077: AI and the Politics of the Future
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May 24, 2023 |
Question 1076: The Most Fun Story to Write
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May 23, 2023 |
Question 1075: AI and the Demographic Collapse
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May 22, 2023 |
Question 1074: How Many Hours to Write a Book?
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May 19, 2023 |
Question 1073: Using Voice in Character and Narration
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May 18, 2023 |
Question 1072: Intensifying Your Character Dynamics
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May 17, 2023 |
Question 1071: Biospheres and Self-Contained Worlds
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May 16, 2023 |
On Predictability…
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May 16, 2023 |
Question 1070: Story Structure as Quality Control
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Apr 05, 2023 |
Question 1069: Anthropomorphization
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Apr 04, 2023 |
Question 1068: Guilt Cultures vs. Shame Cultures
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Mar 10, 2023 |
Question 1067: Fiction Preorders
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Mar 09, 2023 |
Question 1066: How to Stop Spinning Your Wheels
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Mar 08, 2023 |
Question 1065: First Person Considerations
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Mar 06, 2023 |
Question 1064: Interleaving Novellas into a Novel
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Feb 24, 2023 |
Feedback: Life Hacks: Finding Writing Time
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Feb 23, 2023 |
Question 1063: Rebuilding the Writing Habit
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Feb 22, 2023 |
Question 1062: Cover Design Considerations
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Question 1061: Strategic Concerns for Long Term Series
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Feb 20, 2023 |
Question 1053: Filing Off the Serial Numbers
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Feb 20, 2023 |
Question 1060: Writing and SciFi Educational Resources
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Feb 14, 2023 |
Question 1059: Best Writing Sprints
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Feb 03, 2023 |
Question 1058: Dealing with Burnout
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Feb 02, 2023 |
Question 1057: Time Jumps
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Feb 01, 2023 |
Question 1056: Too Much Detail
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Jan 31, 2023 |
Feedback: Many Thanks
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Jan 30, 2023 |
Question 1055: All About Paragraphing
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Jan 25, 2023 |
Question 1054: How to NOT Break Your Novel
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Jan 24, 2023 |
Writing Rural, Ep 3: Rural and On-Grid
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Jan 20, 2023 |
Writing Rural, Ep 2: Worldview and Order of Operations
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Jan 19, 2023 |
Writing Rural, Ep 1: Equipment and Strategy
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Jan 18, 2023 |
The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 31: The Nature of Failure
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Jan 14, 2023 |
FIXED — The Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 17 — Beauty and Perspective
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Jan 12, 2023 |
FIXED — The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 09: Setbacks and Traction
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Jan 12, 2023 |
FIXED — Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 01 — Getting Started
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Jan 12, 2023 |
FIXED Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 00 — Pre-game
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Jan 12, 2023 |
The Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 17 — Beauty and Perspective
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Jan 12, 2023 |
The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 09: Setbacks and Traction
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Jan 11, 2023 |
Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 01 — Getting Started
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Jan 10, 2023 |
Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 00 — Pre-game
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Jan 09, 2023 |
Question 1051: Useful Aphorisms
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Oct 28, 2022 |
Question 1050: Re-typing as Editing
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Oct 27, 2022 |
Question 1049: Expanded Universes
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Oct 20, 2022 |
Question 1048: Editorial Pet Peeves
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Oct 19, 2022 |
Question 1047: Positive Pressures
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Oct 04, 2022 |
Question 1046: Great 80s TV Shows
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Oct 03, 2022 |
Question 1045: Interest vs Obsession
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Sep 23, 2022 |
Question 1044: All-Powerful AI
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Sep 22, 2022 |
Question 1043: Ancient Aliens
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Sep 22, 2022 |
Question 1042: Strong Themes
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Sep 20, 2022 |
Question 1041: Adult Moral Choices in YA Stories
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Sep 15, 2022 |
Off-Grid and Overlanding
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Sep 14, 2022 |
Question 1039: Non-Linear Storytelling
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Sep 13, 2022 |
August State of the Podcasters
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Aug 30, 2022 |
Feedback: Charles Replies/Mental Friction
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Aug 26, 2022 |
Feedback: The Drawbacks of Formality
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Aug 25, 2022 |
Feedback on Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile
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Aug 24, 2022 |
Feedback: Dictation Rides Again
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Aug 19, 2022 |
Question 1038: Beta Reader Tech
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Aug 18, 2022 |
Question 1037: Story Rejection Etiquette
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Aug 17, 2022 |
Feedback on Charles’ question on finding time
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Aug 16, 2022 |
Feedback: Tough Love for Charles
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Aug 04, 2022 |
Feedback: Life Experience
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Aug 03, 2022 |
Feedback: Dictation and the Full-Time Life
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Aug 02, 2022 |
Question 1036: What is SpecFic?
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Aug 01, 2022 |
Question 1035: How Formality Works
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Jul 29, 2022 |
Question 1034: Writing, Revising, and Creative Flow
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Jul 28, 2022 |
Question 1033: All About Adventure
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Jul 26, 2022 |
Question 1332: Working the Ranch
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Jul 25, 2022 |
Question 1031: Learning to Type
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Jul 22, 2022 |
Question 1030: What Are Story Beats?
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Jul 21, 2022 |
Question 1029: Dialogue, Punctuation, Pacing, and Packing
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Jul 20, 2022 |
Question 1028: Writing with a Full-Time Life
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Jul 15, 2022 |
Q1027: More on Short Stories and copyright
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Jul 13, 2022 |
Questions 1026: Copyright, Escaping Shorts, and Fix-ups
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Jul 12, 2022 |
Question 1024:Poetry and Poetry Corner
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Jul 06, 2022 |
Question 1023: Short Story Flashbacks
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May 20, 2022 |
Question 1021: Villains and Antiheroes
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May 19, 2022 |
Question 1020: EDN Origin Story
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May 17, 2022 |
Question 1019: Adding Character Texture
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May 16, 2022 |
Question 1018: Writing Prompts (What Are They Good For?)
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May 13, 2022 |
Question 1017: Staying In Your Lane
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May 12, 2022 |
Question 1016: What is YA?
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May 11, 2022 |
Question 1015: Opposing the Current Thing (and State of the Podcasters)
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May 10, 2022 |
Feedback: Mid-Life Crises
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May 09, 2022 |
Questions 1014: Unreliable Narrator (pt 4 of 4)
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Apr 15, 2022 |
Questions 1013: Unreliable Narrators (pt 3 of 4)
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Apr 14, 2022 |
Questions 1012: Unreliable Narrators (pt 2 of 4)
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Apr 13, 2022 |
Questions 1011: Unreliable Narrators (pt 1 of 4)
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Apr 12, 2022 |
Feedback: Short Stories and Experimentation
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Apr 07, 2022 |
Feedback on Healthy Romances
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Apr 06, 2022 |
Feedback: More on Knowing What You’re Good At
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Apr 05, 2022 |
Feedback: On Language Barriers in Books
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Mar 29, 2022 |
Feedback: Knowing What You’re Good At
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Mar 28, 2022 |
Question 1010: Open Vista Deadlines
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Mar 25, 2022 |
Question 1009: EDN Archives
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Mar 24, 2022 |
Question 1008: Psychology and Character Design
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Mar 23, 2022 |
Question 1007: Writing as Therapy and Polemic
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Mar 22, 2022 |
Question 1006: The Passive Voice
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Mar 21, 2022 |
Question 1005: Relevant but Not Topical
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Mar 18, 2022 |
Questions 1004: Romance Tropes and Healthy Relationships
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Mar 17, 2022 |
Question 1003: What Makes a Good Villain?
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Mar 16, 2022 |
Question 1002: Adverbs!
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Mar 14, 2022 |
Feedback: Bird by Bird, Writers Yoga, and Text Message Formatting
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Mar 09, 2022 |
Feedback: Swords Sorcery and Sexism
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Mar 08, 2022 |
Feedback: More on Franchise Decay
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Mar 07, 2022 |
Feedback: Short Cuts to Identifying Your Genre
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Mar 04, 2022 |
Question 1001: The Post-Growth World Anthology
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Mar 02, 2022 |
Question 999: Different Names for Different Genres
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Feb 28, 2022 |
Question 998: Everyman vs. Expert
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Feb 25, 2022 |
Question 997: Day Lengths on Other Planets
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Feb 24, 2022 |
Call for Submissions: Swords in Space!
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Feb 24, 2022 |
Question 996: Writing Dyslexic Characters
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Feb 10, 2022 |
Question 995: Crossing Lines vs. Staying In Your Lane – fixed
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Feb 09, 2022 |
Question 994: Subscription Writing Groups
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Feb 08, 2022 |
Feedback: Franchise Decay
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Feb 07, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Post Game — The Secrets To Going Pro
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Feb 05, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Day 28– Editors and Escaping Short Stories
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Feb 05, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Day 25 — Difficult Books and the Beta Process
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Jan 28, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Day 21 — Deleted Scenes
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Jan 28, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Day 19 — Managing Pen Names
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Jan 28, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Day 17 — Writing Retreats
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Jan 28, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Day 14 — Why Writing Programs Suck
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Jan 19, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Day 13 — Pen Names, Algorithms, and Wordcount
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Jan 19, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 10 — Feedback on Sports from Simon
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Jan 14, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Day 7 — Challenges, Scheduling, and Concepts
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Jan 14, 2022 |
Quick Update…
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Jan 12, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 5 — The Luxury of Continuity
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Jan 06, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 3 — Developing Characters
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Jan 05, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 2: Taking Notes Can Save Your Butt
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Jan 05, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On — Day 1/Using Foreign Languages
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Jan 03, 2022 |
Nanogang Bangs On Pre-Show
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Jan 01, 2022 |
Questions 1274: Competition From AI
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Dec 31, 2021 |
Question 991: The Social Function of Sports
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Dec 30, 2021 |
Questions 990: Chapter Management
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Dec 29, 2021 |
Q989 Dr. Who Bad Guys
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Dec 28, 2021 |
Question 988: Sequel Blurbs
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Dec 27, 2021 |
Question 987: I’ll Give You *One*
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Dec 23, 2021 |
Feedback on Suspension of Disbelief
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Dec 22, 2021 |
Feedback: Future Histories and Jerry Pournelle
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Dec 21, 2021 |
Feedback: The Rest of the Bradbury Challenge
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Dec 21, 2021 |
Question 986: Swords, Sorcery, and Buddyhood
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Dec 16, 2021 |
Question 985: Exposition and the New Writer
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Dec 15, 2021 |
State of the Podcasters Dec 2021
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Dec 14, 2021 |
Question 984: A Man’s Genre?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
Feedback: Serialization Platforms
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Dec 09, 2021 |
Questions 983: Good Examples of Sticking the Ending
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Dec 08, 2021 |
Questions 982: Internal vs. External Conflict
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Dec 07, 2021 |
Special: AWP Anthologies
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Dec 06, 2021 |
Feedback: Suspension of Disbelief
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Dec 02, 2021 |
Questions 981: The REAL Avengers
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Dec 01, 2021 |
Questions 980: Sword and Sorcery and Sexism
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Nov 26, 2021 |
Questions 979: Recognizing Your Genre
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Nov 25, 2021 |
Questions 978: Egronomics and Exercises
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Nov 24, 2021 |
Questions 977: The Story Grid
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Nov 23, 2021 |
Questions 976: Finding Your Readers
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Nov 22, 2021 |
Questions 975: Formatting Text Message Conversations
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Nov 19, 2021 |
Questions 974: Best Acceptance and Rejection Letters
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Nov 17, 2021 |
Questions 973: Action Adventure Story Beats
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Nov 16, 2021 |
Feedback on the Whole Podcast
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Nov 15, 2021 |
Question 972: Your First Website
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Nov 12, 2021 |
Question 971: Pen Name Strategies and Copyright
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Nov 11, 2021 |
Feedback: Don’t Abandon That Future History!
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Nov 10, 2021 |
Question 970: Interpreting Rejection Letters
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Nov 09, 2021 |
Question 969: Stopping to Breathe Between Creative Bursts
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Nov 08, 2021 |
Question 968: Kitty’s Editorial Journey
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Nov 07, 2021 |
Questions 967: Advice From Authors You Don’t Read
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Nov 05, 2021 |
Question 966: Your First Writer’s Conference
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Nov 04, 2021 |
Question 965: Marvel Vs. DC
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Nov 03, 2021 |
Question 964 Burn-out and the Writer
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Nov 02, 2021 |
Question 963: Serial Publishing Platforms
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Nov 02, 2021 |
Nanogang 2021 Announcement
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Oct 31, 2021 |
Question 961: Genre vs. Lit Fic
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Oct 28, 2021 |
Question 960: Whoovians Represent!
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Oct 27, 2021 |
Question 959: All About Tropes
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Oct 26, 2021 |
Question 958: Alternate Approaches to NaNoWriMo
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Oct 25, 2021 |
Question 957: Prepping for NaNoWriMo
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Oct 22, 2021 |
State of the Podcasters
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Oct 21, 2021 |
A Conversation With Toni Weiskopf
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Oct 20, 2021 |
Question 956: High-Paying markets
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Oct 19, 2021 |
Question 955: Short Story Series Exposition
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Oct 18, 2021 |
Question 954: Insensitivity Readers
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Oct 15, 2021 |
Question 953: Cover Art for Short Stories
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Oct 14, 2021 |
Question 952: Beat Sheets for Sci-fi
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Oct 13, 2021 |
Question 951: What’s the Deal With Pre-sales?
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Oct 12, 2021 |
Feedback on Science Changing Beneath You
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Oct 11, 2021 |
Feedback: Life’s Do-Overs
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Oct 04, 2021 |
The 5 Formulae – excerpt from Secrets with Kitty’s Commentary
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Oct 03, 2021 |
Question 950: Squirrel Brain
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Sep 29, 2021 |
Question 949 Pen Name Order of Ops
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Sep 28, 2021 |
Question 948: What are the Heinlein Juveniles, and where can I find them??
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Sep 27, 2021 |
Question 947: Pandemic to Endemic
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Sep 24, 2021 |
Question 946: Adjusting Your Future History on the Fly
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Sep 23, 2021 |
Question 945: Heroine’s Journey and Heinlein Juvenile
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Sep 22, 2021 |
Characterization and Wisdom–Kitty Rants
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Sep 21, 2021 |
Question 944: Finding Mood Music Playlists
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Sep 20, 2021 |
Question 943: The autodidact’s bible and asking “how’s it going?”
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Sep 17, 2021 |
Question 942: What ACX Debacle?
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Sep 16, 2021 |
Question 941: Literary Contests and Feedback
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Sep 15, 2021 |
Question 940: Fan Fiction, Serials, and Originality
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Sep 14, 2021 |
Feedback: Cultural Appropriation and Courage
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Sep 13, 2021 |
Question 939: Sequencing Books in a Series
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Sep 10, 2021 |
Feedback: Correction About Imperial China
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Sep 09, 2021 |
Introduction to the Eroticism in Storytelling
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Sep 07, 2021 |
The Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile Revealed
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Sep 04, 2021 |
Feedback: A Great Beta Reader Hack
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Sep 03, 2021 |
Feedback: Guest Hosts, Ebook Troubles, and Down From Ten
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Sep 02, 2021 |
Questions 938: Balancing Historical Accuracy Against Modern Sensibilities
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Sep 01, 2021 |
Question 937: Con Artists as Characters
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Aug 31, 2021 |
Questions 936: Burner Novels and a Million Words of Crap
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Aug 30, 2021 |
Question 935: Finding Short Story Markets
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Aug 27, 2021 |
Feedback: Books Read Aloud
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Aug 26, 2021 |
Question 934: Chapter Construction
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Aug 25, 2021 |
Question 933: Selecting a Pen Name
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Aug 24, 2021 |
Feedback: On Re-Using Dialog
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Aug 23, 2021 |
Q932: Maintaining Character Tension in an Open-Ended Series
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Aug 17, 2021 |
Question 931: Short Story Self-Pub Strategies and Figuring Cost/Benefit
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Aug 16, 2021 |
Question 930: Paying For Beta Readers
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Aug 13, 2021 |
Feedback: More On Getting Good Audiobooks
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Aug 12, 2021 |
Question 929: Cultural Appropriation
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Aug 11, 2021 |
Question 928: A Message for Kitty
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Aug 10, 2021 |
Question 927: Best Intro to Dan’s Work
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Aug 09, 2021 |
Question 926: Historicals and Research
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Aug 06, 2021 |
Question 925: Becoming a Good Audiobook Reader
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Aug 05, 2021 |
Question 924: Lines You Should Not Cross
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Aug 04, 2021 |
Question 923: Great Friendships in Literature
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Aug 03, 2021 |
Question 922: The Reviewer’s Circuit
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Aug 02, 2021 |
Question 921: Keeping Track of Character Development
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Aug 01, 2021 |
Special Episode: More on the Adult Mindset
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Jul 30, 2021 |
Question 920: Other Places To Find Audiobooks
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Jul 29, 2021 |
Question 919: Building Up Your Descriptive Skills
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Jul 28, 2021 |
Question 918: Poetry Markets
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Jul 27, 2021 |
Question 917: Code Switching In Fiction
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Jul 22, 2021 |
Questions 916: The Benefits of Writing Poetry
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Jul 21, 2021 |
Mel Todd on KDP Select
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Jul 20, 2021 |
Every Day Novelist Success Stories: Mel Todd
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Jul 19, 2021 |
Question 915: Writer Resume For Queries
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Jul 16, 2021 |
Question 914: After Your First Novel, Where Do You Go?
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Jul 15, 2021 |
Feedback: Nanogang and Thanks
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Jul 14, 2021 |
Question 913: Structure and Joy
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Jul 13, 2021 |
Question 912: Bildungsroman and Adult Mindset
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Jul 12, 2021 |
Questions 911: The Bildungsroman
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Jun 30, 2021 |
Questions 910: Managing Aphasia and Brain Trauma
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Jun 29, 2021 |
Questions 909: Schools of Thought on Revisions
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Jun 28, 2021 |
Questions 908: Losing the Story Thread
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Jun 25, 2021 |
Questions 907: Making Writing a Priority
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Jun 24, 2021 |
Questions 906: Restarting After an Interruption
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Jun 23, 2021 |
Question 905: Balancing World, Plot, and Character
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Jun 11, 2021 |
Questions 904: When Am I An Author?
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Jun 10, 2021 |
Feedback: Writing Religious Themes
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Jun 09, 2021 |
Questions 903: Dyslexia and Writing
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Jun 08, 2021 |
Feedback on Throwing Lead
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Jun 07, 2021 |