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[ "If so, how to find for free or buy an appropriate picture, photo,", "how to find for free or buy an appropriate picture, photo, drawing etc.?", "visual illustration? If so, how to find for free or buy an appropriate", "you think a writing can always benefit from the use of a visual", "Do you think a writin...
[ "curious is found here: [MBTI Test](http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp). This question popped into my mind while", "spree at the moment (which is dangerous, because it is so easy to", "Test](http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp). This question popped into my mind while listening to an ep...
[ "the passive voice can make writing harder for reading and understanding. Is it", "follow this advice without overemphasizing it? Is there ever a good time to", "reading and understanding. Is it true for all kinds of writing? How to", "that overusing of the passive voice can make writing harder for reading an...
[ "authors in her/his stable is probably a good choice, are there other signs", "submitted manuscript to their vanity publisher backer. What would be typical warning signs", "who work for less reputable publishing houses, charging fees for representation and then", "What would be typical warning signs I should ...
[ "the diary form for a novel? Which are the most effective published examples?", "a novel? Which are the most effective published examples? (I mean fictional diaries,", "are the most effective published examples? (I mean fictional diaries, so not Anne", "the most effective published examples? (I mean *fict...
[ "boring both to write and to read. To make my current dilemma even", "to advance my main plot. Additionally, the acts of the characters dealing with", "problem with travel in my stories. Since I'm writing an epic fantasy novel,", "my stories. Since I'm writing an epic fantasy novel, travel is a big", "not i...
[ "editing, I found myself struggling to come up with new ways to start", "had to edit a 40 page paper and I'm not kidding, there were", "writing from scratch, but when editing, I found myself struggling to come up", "and I'm not kidding, there were paragraphs where every sentence started with \"This.\"", "no...
[ "dialogue within stories? I often find myself writing \"'sentence/dialogue' said character\", and it", "within stories? I often find myself writing \"'sentence/dialogue' said character\", and it sometimes", "but I don't find this problem when reading books. * said * replied", "it sometimes gets really repetit...
[ "which would theoretically be useful because of the hierarchy system that you can", "One of them is to create a bullet-point outline, which would theoretically be", "because subsets of one idea could be branched off. What ways do you", "a bullet-point outline, which would theoretically be useful because of th...
[ "interested in, I love to have a subscribtion that makes sure some hugely", "inspirational material gets dropped into my mailbox once in a while. I'm not", "users, but rather one that focuses on the process of writing and writing", "into my mailbox once in a while. I'm not looking for magazines that", "I lo...
[ "go trough it again and try to force some style (and essentially Beauty)", "I could. Part of it is because I'm just not talented in that", "and then try to go trough it again and try to force some", "way. However (seemingly) brilliant ideas for stories keep invading my head bugging me", "it a viable approac...
[ "has accepted a story of mine for publication... but he wants me to", "a story of mine for publication... but he wants me to change the", "changing the ending from a \"downer\" ending to something more upbeat. Is this", "the timbre of the piece by changing the ending from a \"downer\" ending", "from an edit...
[ "their heads, to try to understand how they perceive the world and how", "the world and how they make decisions, so that when I'm writing them,", "can make decisions closer to the personality I have laid out for them.", "in place; I just used this test as a tool to get in", "out for them. Are there any othe...
[ "plan for becoming a writer and actually getting things done beyond brainstorming? (What", "want to try to write thriller novels. I spent some time brainstorming my", "is, now I can think of a million reasons not to do it,", "bad that I get terrified of failure and stop writing altogether. So, here", "John ...
[ "short stories, what are some good instruction manuals I should use to learn", "looking to learn how to write good short stories, what are some good", "write good short stories, what are some good instruction manuals I should use", "stories, what are some good instruction manuals I should use to learn from?",...
[ "and stories have standard components, that fans have come to expect to see", "expect to see from authors. Is there a definitive guide somewhere to these", "RPG genre of books and stories have standard components, that fans have come", "to expect to see from authors. Is there a definitive guide somewhere to",...
[ "Celular El pelo en el jabón El último en la cola Instante cero", "children and it's in spanish. update: These are the titles of the tales:", "the titles of the tales: ``` El hijo del escritor Celular El pelo", "último en la cola Instante cero La máquina de los cuentos La entrevista", "it. It's not for ...
[ "schooling should a teenager, trying to decide on a college, consider, if she", "on a college, consider, if she is looking to grow to become a", "a college, consider, if she is looking to grow to become a successful", "of schooling should a teenager, trying to decide on a college, consider, if", "a teenager...
[ "do they require? Is it something you would have one for each chapter", "in a writing group that talked about set pieces, but I never really", "was using a book in a writing group that talked about set pieces,", "it something you would have one for each chapter or so, or is", "what it is or how they're supp...
[ "I reacting correctly when I claim that is completely unprofessional? I thought that", "document that is written by one person and then sent out for review", "editor, or am I reacting correctly when I claim that is completely unprofessional?", "The reviewers change word tense, change from active to passive vo...
[ "See the point above. Thanks for all who answered so far, although this", "hour writing (creating the original rough content) * ~0.5h refining and improving style", "are your usual times? EDIT: I feel that the question has been misunderstood", "that time is split. You've written a book with 300 pages ...
[ "to write bits of stories out of order. If I have a great", "work with plot points on index cards, but this becomes unwieldy when I", "have smaller bits lying around -- a line of snappy dialog I haven't", "when I add in scenes (which are often too long for a card),", "cards, but this becomes unwieldy when I...
[ "10 times, is my daily count up to 50 or up to 500?", "50 word paragraph 10 times, is my daily count up to 50 or", "are eventually to be kept count, or do you also count rewrites? For", "if I rewrite a 50 word paragraph 10 times, is my daily count", "For example, if I rewrite a 50 word paragraph 10 times, i...
[ "for expanding my active vocabulary. I know that the first thing to do", "thing to do is to read more, which definitely helps, at least with", "basic vocabulary. I was wondering if there are any good exercises or anything", "I noticed that I often use a lot of the same words and", "anything else for expandi...
[ "in and putting up my own comments...I know that's tacky, but it's taking", "Of being young and fleet and running to beat the wind.* Feel free", "it. Of being young and fleet and running to beat the wind.* Feel", "could, marking the perfect sand with the print of your shoes, and then", "control not to fix t...
[ "been said that this service is for writers. How exactly can it help", "anything meaningful from their [\"about\"](http://www.gather.com/about.jsp) page, and I want to gather knowledge from", "How exactly can it help me as a writer? Cause I didn't get", "service in the webz. It's been said that this service i...
[ "comes later in the book. This is something I'm terrible at doing, unfortunately.", "the book. This is something I'm terrible at doing, unfortunately. Here are some", "are the most effective literary techniques for foreshadowing events? Is it best done", "what comes later in the book. This is something I'm te...
[ "just like that: It picks 20 questions (or more) which you can then", "little tool to help with character generation. It's called \"20 Questions\" and works", "generation. It's called \"20 Questions\" and works just like that: It picks 20", "your character. You can [find it here](http://www.pdark.info/20q/20q...
[ "to make use of the tried & tested techniques and key concepts to", "of a scene will enable me to make use of the tried &", "for the type. [edit] [This question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/761/134) is in the same direction as mine,", "that seems insurmountable * romantic - scene plays with love/hate ...
[ "anyone recommend a publisher for short stories (scifi type)? edit: based on comment.", "two questions. How short is a short story and is it worth the", "other places. Maybe the question should be where can a short story hope", "story if your goal is to be published? If all is good can", "really thought a...
[ "cover letter is getting rusty. What kind of information should I provide when", "and my memory of what I was taught then to put in my", "in my cover letter is getting rusty. What kind of information should I", "what I was taught then to put in my cover letter is getting", "then to put in my cover letter is...
[ "first novel and done as much editing as I think I can as", "think I can as the author. What should I do next in order", "author. What should I do next in order to get this out there?", "editing as I think I can as the author. What should I do", "and done as much editing as I think I can as the author.", ...
[ "some examples but was hoping for more insight. What does it mean to", "about passive voice but didn't really know what active voice was. I read", "here about passive voice but didn't really know what active voice was. I", "active voice was. I read some examples but was hoping for more insight.", "really kn...
[ "finish a story, say a short story, not really intending to publish. Do", "story, not really intending to publish. Do you go back and revise it", "to publish. Do you go back and revise it or let it be,", "not really intending to publish. Do you go back and revise it or", "you finish a story, say a short sto...
[ "going on, which doesn't surprise me as there is so much more Room", "Sci Fi) Novels that I've read seem to have a lot more Acts", "wonder if there are standards for organizing Novels? Most (Fantasy or Sci Fi)", "1 and end of Act 2) ([Three Act Structure](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_act_structure)) I w...
[ "the word \"that\" too much. How do you really know when you need", "know when you need that \"that\" word there? Like just now. I don't", "really know when you need that \"that\" word there? Like just now. I", "find myself using the word \"that\" too much. How do you really know", "too much. How do you rea...
[ "* [Know the end before you begin](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/761/the-rules-of-writing/884#884) * [Miscellaneous](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/761/the-rules-of-writing/1388#1388) * [Show, don't tell](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/761/the-rules-of-writing/762#762)", "o...
[ "and expected to become a famous, published author right away. I don't expect", "from the time they actually start trying to actively publish to the time", "long it took them to get to that point. EDIT: Edited the title", "become discouraging sometimes. I'm not interested in self-publishing, by the way. This ...
[ "children's novel? Say 5th - 8th grade, if that's the best way to", "words are normal for a children's novel? Say 5th - 8th grade, if", "are normal for a children's novel? Say 5th - 8th grade, if that's", "normal for a children's novel? Say 5th - 8th grade, if that's the", "a children's novel? Say 5th - 8th...
[ "and procrastination isn't a very big issue. However, as soon as I sit", "search on this site for self-criticism and perfectionism, and found little to no", "don’t think I’m the only (article) writer who struggles with this, so I", "important, my joy in writing. I did a search on this site for", "“not good ...
[ "do some more fleshed-out preparation and when it's just wasting time (and accumulating", "historical events. I'll find myself describing entire battles or diplomatic missions or even", "the story itself - and almost none of that is ever going to", "fantasy oriented novels when writing; it's just what comes...
[ "how to convince your publisher that your story is good, and that it", "your publisher that your story is good, and that it would be a", "to convince your publisher that your story is good, and that it would", "publisher that your story is good, and that it would be a good", "on how to convince your publish...
[ "the stage for adaptations he'll have to make later. My problem is that,", "i.e. someone with a broad base of skills and interests across unrelated areas", "pretty extreme polymath myself, I don't know how to gauge whether he is", "and interests across unrelated areas of endeavor. I really like how this chara...
[ "be extremely discourteous)? My gut-feel is that it involves some kind of IP", "that it involves some kind of IP that requires permission/deal of some kind.", "would at the very least be extremely discourteous)? My gut-feel is that it", "contact with some of the originals characters; is it allowed? Can I do",...
[ "off base that they will think they know best and ask me to", "said. Vehemently. * The wind threw itself down from the mountains at us;", "* The wind threw itself down from the mountains at us; the howl", "The wind threw itself down from the mountains at us; the howl was", "world, as I am not especially tol...
[ "I like to read about things first, to get some inspiration and hints", "first, to get some inspiration and hints about common pitfalls. So, are there", "and a friend of mine has been thinking about joining forces and make", "an excellent drawer/illustrator while I perform better in the story/character/writin...
[ "in cars and make phone calls. The settings and technological level are sort", "world. So what the genre does all that amount to? Could it be", "two hours of explanation. I want to be able to talk about my", "etc. However, the level of technology and the social structures in the made-up", "coherent about wh...
[ "could put up $10k of my own money with $25k from other sources", "savings, and since I am familiar with the practice of procuring investors for", "to having a publisher sign a new author seemingly high, especially without prior", "sources to help grease the wheels of this process? If the book doesn't", "wa...
[ "This tends to feel like two chapters forced uncomfortably together, for obvious reasons.", "is making chapters longer. I'm hesitant to go down that road. It's not", "that follow the same group). I've tried merging chapters by simply concatenating two", "novels follow two or three characters or groups of char...
[ "and digital titles. We sponsor events like Saints & Sinners in New Orleans", "authors can use toward vendor fees at local Pride events and festivals if", "two times per month. In 2009 we distributed more than 15,000 promotional CDs", "have a stipend that our authors can use toward vendor fees at local", "B...
[ "Lately, I find that some of the topics I am trying to present", "I find that some of the topics I am trying to present are", "much more technical than the intended audience is used to. I already plan", "present are much more technical than the intended audience is used to. I", "Explain terms the first time...
[ "happily ever after to the end of his days. This isn't a review", "end up (by accident, you might say) with a plot that, while unique,", "it becoming more and more generic as I think about it. Should I", "not delusional about the nature of the science fiction novel I'm (very) slowly", "the discoverers * Mor...
[ "* A twist or combination of those plots such as reimagining them in", "plots. By an original plot, I mean either: * One of the broad", "stories published since 1900 with original plots** and what made those plots original?", "mean either: * One of the broad classes of plots as defined by", "a comment on [t...
[ "great feedback to improve my writing. I also don't want to pester my", "This question is about websites, not [local writer's groups](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/124/how-do-i-go-about-finding-a-writing-group), or [collaborative story sites](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/108/are-there...
[ "As far as I know there is no such river. (So that makes", "our own mid-century world, except the countries, names, history, and geography are all", "different now, and more detailed.) * The story takes place in an imaginary", "I'm trying to figure out what genre the following is, if any. (I", "point of vie...
[ "writing directed at trying to dissect the process of writing really engaging, bestseller-quality", "you don't know of any specific references regarding how to write engaging non-fiction,", "references regarding how to write engaging non-fiction, I'd still be very interested in", "to put down. For example, au...
[ "refrain from using profanity, such as Stephanie Meyer and Norman Mailer. Are readers", "Norman Mailer. Are readers turned off by swearing in books? More importantly, is", "as Stephanie Meyer and Norman Mailer. Are readers turned off by swearing in", "of the most successful writers refrain from using profanit...
[ "in viewpoint.Drawback: * some of the third-person narratives are longer than a 'snippet'", "in viewpoint comes a change in perspective as well. The third-person narrative is", "has changed, and would allow me to advance a parallel story. Benefit: *", "ideas. 1. Put a brief third-person snippet at the beginni...
[ "\"exciting like a winter morning\" (except funny - I don't know any good", "funny comparisons in newspaper articles or other texts. I am talking about things", "love funny comparisons in newspaper articles or other texts. I am talking about", "other texts. I am talking about things like \"exciting like a win...
[ "If you grow your writing from short-stories, to longer stories and novels you", "to create a longer main-story. But another possibility is to add side-stories. That", "will be more detailed description of settings, people and plot. Also you will", "too much side-story might be distracting, the reader not lon...
[ "and, for books, more ubiquitous. 4. DOIs are very rapidly becoming dominant in", "allowing any book to be digitally identified in a reference list by either", "with a nice URL scheme for obtaining authoritative publisher information on the text,", "nice URL scheme for obtaining authoritative publisher inform...
[ "What kind of shortening can be expected? The most obvious is to find", "strategies are available for shortening the text? What kind of shortening can be", "imposed word limit, which strategies are available for shortening the text? What kind", "shortening can be expected? The most obvious is to find passages...
[ "on a regular (annual, semi-annual, bi-annual, etc.) basis * Are friendly to unpublished", "good way for new authors to become recognized is a contest. What contests", "exist that: * Accept short stories * Occur on a regular (annual, semi-annual,", "Accept short stories * Occur on a **regu...
[ "starting out. I am also curious if the lack of degree will hurt", "don't really know where to begin in terms of career path. **So, I", "up the craft aspects of this form of writing. However, I don't really", "degree will hurt me significantly. Would four years back at school benefit me", "the craft aspects...
[ "at which point do you have to deal with the editor, and what", "the editor's (proposed) changes? I have googled (yes, just now) and haven't found", "editor's involvement greatest? After or before a deal? I'd suspect after, since before", "at least not with an unknown author) But what \"recourse\" do you have...
[ "I choose a Creative-Commons-license for my work? [Cory Doctorow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow) seems fine with this.", "choose a Creative-Commons-license for my work? [Cory Doctorow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow) seems fine with this. Is", "a Creative-Commons-license for my work? [C...
[ "Not a bestseller. Just enough income to survive in the city. Question subjective?", "a novel. For a perfectionist each line is poetry. How long should it", "long should it take to write a novel? Not a bestseller. Just enough", "to write a novel? Not a bestseller. Just enough income to survive in", "bestsel...
[ "which point would such liberties be accepted? (If in need of context: children", "of the story for each day before Christmas starting December 1st. She likes", "she gets one part of the story for each day before Christmas starting", "fact that I am taking some liberties with the structure of my verses", "I...
[ "and he doesn't use chapters (mostly). Are there any other authors who tend", "Pratchett, and he doesn't use chapters (mostly). Are there any other authors who", "(mostly). Are there any other authors who tend to not use traditional chapters", "Are there any other authors who tend to not use traditional chapt...
[ "and I want to know if it is appropriate to cite bash, and", "if it is appropriate to cite bash, and if so, how should I", "bash, and if so, how should I do so? I am having trouble", "programming and it is often just referred to as the 'command line'. Is", "SO, but two users there suggested that I take it h...
[ "the subject? If yes, how? **Some clarification: I want to know what kind", "my disposal some kind of searchable content with all the references from many", "papers. How would a source reference would be typically written/formatted? Is it dependent", "with all the references from many books and papers. How wo...
[ "* ... Bob asked Jaqry to hand him the lug wrench. He dropped", "been a walrus pup then... (Exaggerated for simplicity's sake.) How can I smoothly", "characters & their backgrounds/motivations/etc. within the flow of the story? They've been hanging", "within the flow of the story? They've been hanging out...
[ "So, what are the criteria for a good prologue? What clues might indicate", "the criteria for a good prologue? What clues might indicate a bad prologue,", "have prologues that add to the story. So, what are the criteria for", "published books have prologues that add to the story. So, what are the", "bad pro...
[ "any sort of cohesive group you can think of. What are the pitfalls", "narrator - a group of neighbors, students in a high school class, soldiers", "the first person plural voice not realistically convey? If I were to use", "the first person plural? What will jolt the reader out of his or", "the group of em...
[ "con's * reasonable expectations for publishing my work digitally as e-books? I remember", "as e-books? I remember Spepfuj Kunw did something along these lines with his", "remember Spepfuj Kunw did something along these lines with his 'Dark Tower' series,", "/ pro's & con's * reasonable expectations for publi...
[ "on from generation to generation and always be recognized as a story which", "way that To Kill A Mockingbird is. I find myself doing this in", "draw that to the fore so that others, anywhere, the common humanity (if", "from generation to generation and always be recognized as a story which holds", "i...
[ "scholar and important name in the open access movement, has a piece in", "name in the open access movement, has a piece in the current *New", "library. A recent court case in the state of Washington makes it seem", "usually insist on keeping the terms [of any library's subscriptions to their journals]", "a...
[ "field but I'm sure that Writing SE's lit fic authors and technical writers", "am particularly interested in one for writers of genre fiction and ones with", "I'm sure that Writing SE's lit fic authors and technical writers could benefit", "as many writers are just not joiners. Does anyone know of a healthy",...
[ "dialog is absolutely brilliant. How can I learn to write dialog that sounds", "dialog that sounds like it is from this general era? For example are", "absolutely brilliant. How can I learn to write dialog that sounds like it", "lists of words that I should try to substitute or differences in the", "the dia...
[ "out there. Is there a list of essay contests somewhere? Does anyone have", "seem to find any essay contests out there. Is there a list of", "Is there a list of essay contests somewhere? Does anyone have suggestions for", "find any essay contests out there. Is there a list of essay contests", "there. Is the...
[ "appreciate your sharing how you get around this. Just to keep within guidelines,", "will try to clarify ~ What I'm trying to say is that there", "up with something original - is there a way to do this? If", "this? If there are various methods to go about this - even if", "specifically in sci-fi / fantasy...
[ "sites out there will write a review in exchange for a copy of", "will write a review in exchange for a copy of the book? I", "with smaller publications, getting reviews is often one of the best ways to", "I don't want ones that'll give you a good review just because you", "make sales. But what professional...
[ "are too much? Would they annoy the reader? And if I completely avoid", "the story over a page or more. The same would go for things;", "no further effect on the story over a page or more. The same", "reader? And if I completely avoid this, would the story have to less", "after and has no further effect on ...
[ "with fictional writing? Could that add something to the atmosphere? Or would it", "that add something to the atmosphere? Or would it distract the reader too", "could include multimedia, like videos or music/soundsnippets. How well does that go together", "something to the atmosphere? Or would it distract the...
[ "a crap shoot for that person to get published? Is it just like", "like the lottery or maybe better chances? Is it like a band hoping", "or maybe better chances? Is it like a band hoping to get discovered", "it like a band hoping to get discovered or a little better than", "for that person to get published?...
[ "Writing had written a technical white paper for a certain amount (actually for", "for asking this question was that I realized that on some online venues", "job on a freelance writing website. If, the local client were to discover", "charge to write a 500 word press release for an online client who", "woul...
[ "script. Would I encounter such difficulties if say I let my story be", "(so only one exemplar), and decided later I wanted this story to be", "that putting your story, or a piece of it, on the internet would", "to somebody (so only one exemplar), and decided later I wanted this story", "book as a present t...
[ "the advance back to them? Do they ever just buy your work and", "give the advance back to them? Do they ever just buy your work", "to them? Do they ever just buy your work and you get some", "you have to give the advance back to them? Do they ever just", "Do publishers give you an advance as some sort of e...
[ "are the formatting rules for scripts? Are there significant variations? What differences are", "scripts? Are there significant variations? What differences are there between stage plays, television,", "What are the formatting rules for scripts? Are there significant variations? What differences", "rules for ...
[ "caused the rights to the book to revert to the author once it", "\"in print\" forever and prevent the rights from reverting to the author, even", "even when the book isn't selling? Is it common for modern contracts to", "language that allows the rights to revert if sales drop below a certain", "length of t...
[ "if I don't. And the thought of going back to fix everything in", "go back to fix the error as soon as I spot it, but", "keep going, or stop to correct? I'm afraid I might miss some errors", "usually stop or go back to fix the error as soon as I", "back to fix the error as soon as I spot it, but often", "...
[ "Dtomek. Specifically, how long does it take the average person to recover their", "those who have made the switch (or attempted it and reverted back to", "knows of studies that tested people switching from Querty to Dtomek. Specifically, how", "studies that tested people switching from Querty to Dtomek. Spec...
[ "conflict with the whole novel rights that the publisher is going to want?", "to try and sell the whole novel (which contains that same bit), are", "handled between the author, the novel publisher, and the short story publisher? Do", "seek out these deals? Do the authors seek them out and then have", "then ...
[ "probably varies a bit by location, I am specifically interested in how this", "varies a bit by location, I am specifically interested in how this applies", "people still think this is \"too legal\", we can talk on meta or", "a bit by location, I am specifically interested in how this applies in", "I am not...
[ "to attribute a source. I'm familiar with academic citation (APA, MLA), but have", "this in journalism. What's the preferred way to completely acknowledge a source? Quotes", "I'm not sure how to attribute a source. I'm familiar with academic citation", "writing feature articles and trying to adhere to AP styl...
[ "could come from no other source without being discarded immediately.* --- There may", "this could come from no other source without being discarded immediately.* --- There", "for these that I don't know. In the first example, the thoughts of", "where it is better to use a particular one? Are there any other"...
[ "things like this posted on NaNoWriMo forums, but it seems like those folks", "500 words in an hour). I know I've seen some things like this", "in a specific time (e.g. 500 words in an hour). I know I've", "tend to offer ideas that increase word count at the expense of quality,", "know I've seen some things...
[ "as the experience can be helpful for your own writing. What benefits do", "I've heard a few people recommend doing time volunteering as a [slush reader](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slush_pile)", "volunteering as a [slush reader](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slush_pile) (for a small press magazine, say), as th...
[ "prove I'm serious about it. How many scripts should I write in advance?", "I want to start writing a webcomic, but as my talent as an", "an illustrator is limited, I would only write the scripts and let to", "to bring my script into picture. The only problem is that I don't", "find illustrator? (Is it the ...
[ "in chapter one, I write down the change in a list in my", "because I love having the handwritten notes to look at later. So, my", "later. I also keep a list of things that need to be added", "having the handwritten notes to look at later. So, my question, is do", "writing or rewriting -- and I realize that...