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    "Deathly Hallows" - two films....

    I have to agree with that to some extent. After Prisoner of Azkaban, the films certainly seemed to become more about making the best parts into films and less about staying true to the books (for example, the dragon challenge of Goblet of Fire). Personally, I would say that Goblet of Fire and...
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    Harry Potter Character Quiz: Which Character Are You?

    I'm Draco Malfoy. That's oddly fitting... <_< >_>
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    Confusions about Length

    Word Processing software gives you the 'raw' word count so I assume that's the one everyone goes by.
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    Confusions about Length

    When I finished the third draft of my first novel it was 65,000 words. Two years and two drafts later, the same novel is 205,000 words (unfinished) and has much more content because I keep thinking of more things that I can put into it. Now, I'm not saying the same thing will happen to you...
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    Awful approach letter

    Now that you've said all that, it seems so obvious. I don't know how I failed to see it before... <_< >_> Ah well. I'm sure the author of the letter knew exactly what he/she meant. It's just a shame the rest of us never will. Who knows what goes on in the water around XXX Island?
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    Population of the Various Races and Nations of Middle-earth

    I doubt very much that one third of the population would have been elderly. Back in medieval days, the average life expectancy was about 50 - they just didn't have good enough living conditions to live for as long as we do, and their general health was much poorer. Although, according to the...
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    Awful approach letter

    I am curious as to what exactly the author of XXX Island meant by that...
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    How age relates to publishing

    I don't think they're two clearly cut groups. Granted, writers will probably be better at one than the other, but that doesn't mean that the talented writers can't tell stories and that the talented storytellers lack writing skills. His name was Christopher Paolini. Although he is indeed a good...
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    Chicken House

    You do have a point. But I think my novel will be worth just as much when I'm 17 years and 364 days old as it will be the next day. I don't find it altogether fair that under-18s are rejected or have their work labelled as children's literature.
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    Chicken House

    Hmmmm... Well, I'm 16 and will, I don't doubt, be attempting to publish before I reach 18. My novel, however, is not what anyone could possibly call children's literature. I imagine the same applies in a large number of cases. If they refuse to accept you on grounds of your age, they're...
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    How age relates to publishing

    Would I, at 16, be considered too young to be accepted by publishers? At the moment, it's irrelevant - my 200,000 word fantasy epic is far from finished - but I am looking for publishers who accept unsolicited manuscripts so that I can get some feedback and see whether my dream of publishing has...
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