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 5 Aug   How honest should I be?      1   2  
I've recently been asked to submit my full manuscript to two agents, which I'm really pleased with obviously. Anyhow, today I
 Smilingrightatyou   (81)
in Getting Published Forum
 5 Aug   The Impossibility of being Everything to Everyone
Ok, so I'm developing some strange fixation with trying to write the perfect synopsis and have come to the conclusion that there is no such
 geoffmorris   (2657)
in Getting Published Forum
 1 Aug   Creating a rounded antagonist      1   2  
The question is, do we need to? Most stories have an antagonist of one sort or another, even if they don't fall easily into the obvious
 Sibelius   (1122)
in Technique Forum
 26 Jul   How do you know you have finished?
I finished my first novel Ghostport, (a rip roaring adventure/horror story for older children) about two years ago, having written it in
 Kristian   (33)
in Getting Published Forum
 25 Jul   I can`t put it off any longer...can I?      1   2   3  
After almost two years of writing it, and months of editing it and days and days of prevaricating over it, I've just printed out my
 susieangela   (3477)
in Getting Published Forum
 23 Jul   Writing in the first person and POV      1   2  
I am currently changing my first chaps from 3rd person to 1st person, as an experiment really. I have been tempted to write 1st person for a while but
 Casey   (682)
in Technique Forum
 22 Jul   Welcome NMott as new site host!
We're delighted that Naomi aka NMott has agreed to take on the role of site host following Nik's standing dow
 david bruce   (1656)
in Writewords Forum
 20 Jul   After years of struggle my first book has just been published!      1   2   3  
... Publication day was 1st July and it has been the maddest two weeks of my life. But I am merely going to say this' DON'T GIVE UP!!!! Keep g
 lola2004   (58)
in Getting Published Forum
 20 Jul   Grammar question
Can I really say 'she had used to' do something? I want to make it clear it's the
 RT104   (6534)
in Technique Forum
 20 Jul   Character `motivation`      1   2  
I've been reading the 'where to start' thread in this forum with interest and something struck me, but I thought it best t
 ladyblackbird   (505)
in Technique Forum
 14 Jul   Where to start??      1   2   3   4  
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   (27)
in Technique Forum
 12 Jul   Thanks to Nik!      1   2   3  
The staff at WriteWords would like to thank Nik Perring for his wonderful work here as a site host.
 david bruce   (1656)
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 9 Jul   Bristol Prize - Congratulations, Becca!
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 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   (1656)
in Writewords Forum
 25 Jun   Simon Trewin evening      1   2  
For all you lucky London people, Simon Trewin is doing this
 susieangela   (3477)
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   (4284)
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   (2434)
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   (1656)
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   (4330)
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