Writers' Workshop

324 topics in this forum

1. A writer looks at editors -- for better or worse

   By vwl, February 15, 2016
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   • Cole Parker
   • February 15, 2016

2. Annoying writing tics

   By JamesSavik, February 9, 2016
   • 14 replies
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   • colinian
   • February 13, 2016

3. Names in stories 1 2

   By Bruin Fisher, April 23, 2015
   • 34 replies
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   • Cole Parker
   • February 5, 2016

4. The singular 'they' now officially correct.

   By Gee Whillickers, February 1, 2016
   • 9 replies
   • 552 views
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   • Cole Parker
   • February 2, 2016

5. Expletives

   By Bruin Fisher, January 13, 2015
   • 23 replies
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   • Gee Whillickers
   • February 2, 2016

6. Snuck?

   By FreeThinker, November 16, 2013
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   • DesDownunder
   • December 11, 2015

7. Incorporating real people into fiction 1 2

   By Graeme, April 6, 2014
   • 45 replies
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   • Graeme
   • December 6, 2015

8. Our 51 most commonly misused words and phrases

   By Alien Son, December 2, 2015
   • 7 replies
   • 629 views
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   • Bruin Fisher
   • December 4, 2015

9. Space after Period. Are you old? 1 2

   By FreeThinker, October 16, 2015
   • 32 replies
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   • colinian
   • December 3, 2015

10. No where else to post this

    By Cole Parker, October 26, 2015
    • 8 replies
    • 668 views
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    • Cole Parker
    • October 30, 2015

11. Transmedia Storytelling

    By Nigel Gordon, October 20, 2015
    • 2 replies
    • 428 views
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    • Cole Parker
    • October 21, 2015

12. In Defense of Self Publishing

    By vwl, September 9, 2015
    • 19 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Lugnutz
    • October 11, 2015

13. Why “Show, Don’t Tell” Is the Great Lie 1 2 3

    By larkin, July 10, 2015
    • 52 replies
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    • Merkin
    • August 6, 2015

14. E.L. Doctorow: R.I.P.

    By RonPrice, August 6, 2015
    • 0 replies
    • 756 views
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    • RonPrice
    • August 6, 2015

15. To Outline or not to Outline?

    By larkin, July 19, 2015
    • 16 replies
    • 632 views
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    • Cole Parker
    • August 1, 2015

16. Words that should be banned from good writing 1 2 3

    By vwl, February 4, 2015
    • 50 replies
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    • Nigel Gordon
    • July 29, 2015

17. The Story

    By larkin, July 26, 2015
    • 9 replies
    • 691 views
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    • Lugnutz
    • July 27, 2015

18. Finding your writer's voice

    By larkin, July 15, 2015
    • 10 replies
    • 612 views
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    • JamesSavik
    • July 23, 2015

19. 8 Rules of Writing from Kurt Vonnegut

    By Cynus, May 24, 2014
    • 10 replies
    • 725 views
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    • Rutabaga
    • July 12, 2015

20. Editing your own work

    By Cynus, March 13, 2015
    • 11 replies
    • 818 views
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    • Merkin
    • July 12, 2015

21. A quick observation about rereading your own work. 1 2

    By Cynus, June 6, 2014
    • 26 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • colinian
    • July 11, 2015

22. Switching genders

    By Cynus, September 3, 2014
    • 9 replies
    • 549 views
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    • larkin
    • July 10, 2015

23. My Theory of Horror

    By JamesSavik, October 29, 2013
    • 3 replies
    • 491 views
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    • larkin
    • July 10, 2015

24. Why failing is okay

    By Cynus, June 30, 2014
    • 21 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • larkin
    • July 10, 2015

25. Gay Story Cliches

    By Cynus, January 3, 2015
    • 15 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • larkin
    • July 10, 2015