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- Fri, 09 Oct 2020 6:36 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Message on Screen
- Replies: 8
- Views: 695
Re: Message on Screen
Weird. *shrug* Have you tried emptying your cache, perhaps?
- Wed, 07 Oct 2020 6:04 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Message on Screen
- Replies: 8
- Views: 695
Re: Message on Screen
Not that I know of. How strange...
It looks normal to me. Please let us know if it still doesn't look right to you.
It looks normal to me. Please let us know if it still doesn't look right to you.
- Sun, 16 Aug 2020 10:42 am
- Forum: New to AWF?
- Topic: The Lies Writers Tell Themselves
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1372
Re: The Lies Writers Tell Themselves
True, these questions can be difficult -- unless the writer only treats writing as a hobby, perhaps (e.g. by relying on some other line of work to bring in a regular salary, while trying out writing as an evening/weekend job etc). Some writers start out like this. ;) for instance, before Terry Pratc...
- Fri, 14 Aug 2020 2:06 pm
- Forum: New to AWF?
- Topic: The Lies Writers Tell Themselves
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1372
Re: The Lies Writers Tell Themselves
Hmm. What about "My manuscript isn't good enough for publication yet"? Or "I just can't hack it in this industry, I'm going to become an accountant"? 

- Fri, 17 Jul 2020 4:16 pm
- Forum: New to AWF?
- Topic: Failing at writing is a tool
- Replies: 1
- Views: 500
Re: Failing at writing is a tool
Alexa is right. :) You learn a lot more from failure than from success (although success is, of course, much more pleasant). ;) I learned a crapload more from trying out (and failing in) writing a beat sheet, or an outline (just as an example). I tried writing them (and failed), and tried again (and...
- Wed, 29 Apr 2020 7:04 pm
- Forum: Resources
- Topic: Free Online Workshop
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1240
Re: Free Online Workshop
Ah, drat it. It says if I become a "writer of the future", I'll have to fly to Hollywood for a week??? :shock: It's impossible to fly anywhere right now - and my probation at work's nearly over, so hopefully I'll know soon if they want to keep me or not. ;) Too bad. I like Orson Scott Card...
- Mon, 24 Feb 2020 9:43 pm
- Forum: Resources
- Topic: Breaking through
- Replies: 0
- Views: 957
Re: Breaking through
1. Yes, they are no-brainers. (For me, at least). 2. Interesting! Yes, I sometimes (read: often) forget the setting, and when I don't forget, I forget other things ... thanks, Cage! :) 3. I'm already part of an author's group. I'm not sure about investing in Writer's Digest, but I do have a few Writ...
- Sun, 09 Feb 2020 9:40 am
- Forum: Resources
- Topic: Romance? Sex? or Love? The scenes that matter
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1464
Re: Romance? Sex? or Love? The scenes that matter
Yep. Fifty Shades is date-rape.
I'm surprised it became as successful as it did, but I guess you can't go wrong appealing to the lowest common denominator.

- Sat, 08 Feb 2020 4:29 pm
- Forum: Resources
- Topic: Romance? Sex? or Love? The scenes that matter
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1464
Re: Romance? Sex? or Love? The scenes that matter
Whatever the definition of romance, sex or love is, Fifty Shades is not it. 

- Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:47 pm
- Forum: Resources
- Topic: What to do when it's not happening
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3673
Re: What to do when it's not happening
OK ... well, that's my question: is it possible to write a beat sheet for a tragedy? *curious* From what I've seen in the Save the Cat book, all the beat sheets there are for "comedy" stories, "inspirational" stories (e.g. Hunger Games), or "adventure" stories (e.g. - a...