Talk:Fiction writing

message: This as well as having a section on genres of fiction as I have mentioned earlier, I feel is important to have on the 'Fiction Writing' article. I do feel as though dialogue within writing fiction goes without saying, but I do however feel it would be of importance to someone who is a novice to writing fiction. I realize that Dialogue and Genre fiction are both Wiki article on their own, I just feel they should be added to this article as well, seeing that those are two important factors of writing fiction. The article is a generality of Fiction writing, but I would like to see  a more in depth article.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsearnest (talk • contribs) 14:49, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you please be more specific with your proposal and expand upon what you mean?--Tomwsulcer (talk) 16:25, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Simply interaction? So, if two characters are dancing, they're engaging in dialogue?--Tomwsulcer (talk) 11:17, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Many reasons why not. You yourself say you have no knowledge of fiction writing at all. See the problem? Why add something to an article when you know nothing? Wikipedia does not benefit by having college students fill up articles with information when they do not know anything.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 11:17, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

text: May I suggest? Learn something about fiction writing first. Please understand this is advice coming from a Wikipedian who is also sadly clueless about almost all things. On your browser, put the term in quotes. Then add a search string such as this one: (site:nytimes.com OR site:usatoday.com OR site:philadelphiainquirer.com OR site:time.com OR site:miamiherald.com OR site:pittsburghpostgazette.com OR site:chicagotribune.com OR site:latimes.com OR site:sfgate.com OR site:wsj.com OR site:mercurynews.com OR site:washingtonpost.com OR site:suntimes.com OR site:nj.com OR site:boston.com OR site:nydailynews.com OR site:denverpost.com OR site:npr.org OR site:baltimoresun.com OR site:csmonitor.com OR site:dailynews.com). Now, hopefully what we have here are people knowledgeable about fiction writing, more knowledgeable than us. Got it? Read what they say. If you find a factoid or truthy-truthism or information-nugget or profoundly-inspiring-sentence that you think will give readers mind-expanding insights and possibly nipple erections to boot, add it to the article and here's the clinker: end your addition with an inline checkable reference. Here's a quick guide about one way to do this. Now, we've solved the problem. We brought experts here to enlighten Wikipedia and we have an inline checkable reference so fellow Wikipedians can check that your addition is right. Good luck on your project.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 11:17, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

text: Will your professor grade you based on your contributions to this article in Wikipedia?--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:33, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Dialogue

message: Clearly Blum is an acknowledged authority on fiction writing, which is why the Modern Scholar series chose her to do a CD-audio course on The Author at Work: The Art of Writing Fiction. Her book Those Who Save Us is a NY Times bestseller; Blum is one of Oprah’s Top 30 Women Writers. So it seems perfectly appropriate to have Blum's views on fiction writing presented here, and don't understand why the photo is a "glamour shot" and how that might even be relevant, especially coming from Allobore, a SPA account, whose only contributions at Wikipedia are anti-Blum.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:17, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  About [[Jenna Blum]] 

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