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Recommended novels using 1st Person

Which YA novels would you recommend which are written well in first person?   After much resistance, within myself, I tried rewriting the…

Started by Marcus

13 Jul 3, 2011
Reply by Jen Klein

Formatting inner thoughts

Is there an accepted way to format a character's inner thoughts? I think in the past I sometimes didn't make it clear, a critiquer thought…

Started by Marcus

6 Apr 20, 2011
Reply by Marcus

HELP I'M DROWNING

So I have this manuscript that I love. Don't get me wrong, I know it needs work and I've been revising it for five months, but I love the s…

Started by Beth Fred

8 Feb 11, 2011
Reply by Janelle Weiner

framing the narrative

I'm playing with an idea that is kind of multiple narrators, but not really.  With the story idea I'm working with, the main story would be…

Started by Whitley Abell

0 Jan 19, 2011

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Literary Dialect

This is part of what I'll be talking about at NCTE next week, so I thought I'd share it here. I've also posted it at the Write Game along w…

Started by C. Lee McKenzie

1 Nov 13, 2010
Reply by Mary Jo Campbell

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Writing Habits - What are yours good/bad?

I did a vlog post the other day where I mentioned my preference for Twizzlers when I'm writing. I sort of like something to nosh on and it…

Started by Nicōle Olea

2 Oct 28, 2010
Reply by GEOFF WRIGHT

Plot too "heavy?"

I'm in the process of second revisions on my YA novel, with the help of Jordan E Rosenfeld's online revision class.  however, the revisions…

Started by Mary Jo Campbell

4 Sep 13, 2010
Reply by Mary Jo Campbell

Picking a POV

I'm curious to know how all of you picked your POVs and why!  For my two completed novels, they are both in 1st Person. I wanted to stay in…

Started by Nikki Katz

20 Sep 7, 2010
Reply by Sheri Larsen

Editing/Revising

I find my manuscript in the revisions process right now. I didn't revise my first ms because I felt there was no saving it. Ha! So, I'm new…

Started by Beth Fred

4 Aug 29, 2010
Reply by Beth Fred

Pitch Lines

Per Jenny's post on the main forum - I thought I'd create a discussion about Pitch Lines!These are just as important as queries, IMHO. How…

Started by Nikki Katz

12 Aug 16, 2010
Reply by s.d. Lishan

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