Writers Weekly Newsletter - Friday, January 30, 2015

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Top new questions this week: Getting My Rights Back Back in the late 90's I wrote a picture book which eventually was published in 2002 by a big name publishing house. The book was critically acclaimed, won an award, and went through a couple of ... publishing legal copyright   asked by Chris Sunami 8 votes answered by eladrin201 0 votes How to stay motivated while rewriting? This related question made me think. I love writing. I am never bored. I never have writer's block. I just enjoy exploring my imagination and following the unexpected turns of my creativity. It is one ... rewriting   asked by what 7 votes answered by Chris Sunami 3 votes How to stay motivated while writing a story, after the initial burst of enthusiasm? TL;DR: How do you approach to writing? What part of the work do you enjoy the most? And how do you keep the motivation up? I often ask myself if I really like to write. I mean, I have a lot of ... storyline motivation   asked by Solaire 6 votes answered by Henry Taylor 3 votes Originality of Writing I have been writing a book, and often times I feel like a lot of the elements in my story are just Freudian slips. I'm not plagiarizing or anything, but sometimes I will go back and read through my ... originality   asked by Keychain1 6 votes answered by Neil Fein 3 votes Naming my character I am a beginner, would like to know if I can start a short story calling my main character "he" and then introduce his name later. If so when is a good time to do this? fiction   asked by Annie 4 votes answered by hildred 1 vote Children's Dialogue I'm having some trouble writing dialogue (and emotive responses) for children in the age bracket of roughly 10-13. They end up reading more like adults with limited vocabularies and simple grammar ... dialogue child-characters   asked by Watercleave 4 votes answered by Paul Senzee 5 votes How would my work being available online affect my chances of a book deal? Preferring to peddle my Science Fiction manuscript to a Literary agent, may well be an impossible dream. In which case I feel that whilst I'm considering that option, however remote it may be, I ... publishing   asked by james a Bresco 3 votes answered by Chris Sunami 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: Where can I find sales numbers for books? I'm a writer, working on a non-fiction book proposal. Finding public, free sales numbers for comparable titles is nearly impossible. BookScan is a subscriber service run by Nielsen. "Above the ... publishing resources non-fiction marketing queries   asked by user1135 11 votes answered by Dori 12 votes How many commas is too many? I find myself often in writing using too many commas, but then going through and editing many of them back out again or restructuring to use full-stops. Is there a rule of thumb I've forgotten from ... punctuation   asked by Neil Barnwell 7 votes answered by spiceyokooko 9 votes Can you answer this? Is there any research about the efficacy of illustration and example placement in procedure writing? In writing procedural documentation, I have the choice of writing the complete step-by-step instructions with references to an appendix of illustrations, For instance: 1. Do task 1 (see Fig. 1) 2. ... technical-writing formatting business-writing   asked by dwwilson66 1 vote

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