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Dale Hartley Emery
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What's the modern way to handle gender in tech writing?
Jun 3 '11 at 3:41
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Is it smart to reserve one's best ideas or to utilise them early in their writing career?
Jun 3 '16 at 1:02
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Avoiding the “as you know” trope in exposition
Oct 20 '15 at 19:06
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How does one write a character smarter than oneself?
Nov 17 '12 at 0:59
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How to avoid repetitive sentence structure?
Nov 11 '12 at 20:15
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Feedback: What to use and what to ignore?
Jun 15 '15 at 20:30
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Writing Multiple Novels Simultaneously
Oct 3 '13 at 20:42
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How do you convince your publisher that your story is good?
Dec 12 '10 at 21:55
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How should a writer use version control to track drafts, rewrites, and revisions?
Feb 17 '13 at 2:22
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Getting emotional while writing, good or bad?
Mar 3 '11 at 9:36
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Is there enough money in writing for me to quit my dead end job?
Oct 1 '13 at 22:42
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Software for developing and organizing characters
Sep 20 '13 at 20:54
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At what point does a POV character noting their surroundings go from showing/telling to an infodump?
Jan 13 '18 at 23:46
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Alternatives to “he said” in dialogue
Dec 27 '12 at 6:44
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Is it a bad idea to publish individual chapters of my book idea online for feedback?
Jun 14 '15 at 21:06
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Is there a way to know who bought my books on Amazon?
Jan 6 '15 at 10:17
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How to handle foreign military ranks?
Feb 1 '11 at 19:57
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Citing Myself As a Source
Feb 25 '12 at 19:44
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How to refer to character of focus in a story
Apr 17 '11 at 23:27
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What's a good way to backup your writing?
Jan 20 '11 at 20:42
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Is it bad storytelling to have things happen by complete chance?
Jan 30 '17 at 0:36
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If I get a free ISBN through Amazon's CreateSpace now, will that impact any decisions about getting my own ISBN later?
Sep 25 '14 at 10:32
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Should mystery stories have resolutions?
Dec 27 '17 at 3:48
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Is CreateSpace 100% free for self-publishing?
Sep 25 '14 at 19:16
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How Do you Stave Off Boredom While Writing?
May 24 '11 at 14:42
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Meretricious - A bit too fancy?
Mar 17 '11 at 0:30
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Finding the 'voice' of a character
Mar 2 '11 at 11:09
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How to show characters learning something in a non-boring way?
Jul 11 '14 at 20:37
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Main male character description
Jun 20 '14 at 19:14
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My first comedy plot draft is very bland - how far can I go on calling this out?
Jan 30 '14 at 22:40
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