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First time novelist here.

I want to write a romance novel from the views of both main characters. I wanted to know if my novel would be rejected by a publisher if it alternates different points of view every chapter.

OR

When writing in the third person, would it be wise to write one chapter about one character, and then the next about another, and alternate that way?

1 – I generally make a new chapter whenever I switch points of view
but
2 – not every chapter is a change in point of view (sometimes it’s just a scene break, or maybe just a nice place to break up an otherwise long chapter)

As a gimmick (alternating chapters with POV) it’s been done a lot (sometimes too much, it’s amazing how many slush pile rejects do it).

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I’ve forgotten the program we used to write C programs. i need to be able to write, test, compile and debug programs written in C programming language… what’s the program to use?
hey.. i tried virtual C++, i’m still lost!
ok guys… i’ll try it again!

microsoft’s visual c++

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I thought I saw something earlier on the forum but now I can’t find it.

You’re thinking of "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" by Al Franken, published in 1996, well before Franken started running for office — and before most people ever heard of Beck. Ah, the good old days.

Olbermann’s written two political books: "The Worst Person In the World," a collection of his show’s segments of the same title; and "Truth and Consequences," a collection of his "Special Comments." It is unfortunate that both books are so long, but that’s not his fault.

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I want to publish a book about a girl living in an abusive life. It’s strated out great and everyone is helping me make it better! But I don’t know how to get it published when it is finished in probably early 2009.

Janie, first you finish the book. You put it away for a few months, then reread it and make any changes or fixes it needs when you view it with "new eyes."

Next you give it to trusted beta readers–people who are not your friends or family and therefore prefer not to hurt your feelings–for their input. What worked for them? What didn’t? What mistakes did they find? Where were they confused? Bored? Do a rewrite based on their feedback.

Only then is it time to identify publishers who deal directly with authors (none of the big-name ones do) and literary agents who have sold books similar to yours. The current Writer’s Market or Literary Marketplace will help you, and you can do further research on agents online.

But first, finish the book and take the time to rewrite it as many times as you need to to make it as good as it can be.

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The people I’ll be interviewing are "basically" everyday men & women… I’ll have to approach and ask if I can interview them, but should I be paying them or compensating them for their time at all? Each interview will likely be 15 minutes at the most.

It is widely considered unethical to pay interviewees, since payment can influence the subjects to tell you what you want to hear. Both serious novelists, non-fiction writers, and journalists working for mainstream newspapers and magazines do not pay. Journalists are generally forbidden to do so.

The one exception involves research subjects who have agreed to participate in a university psychological/medical project. If that is not what you are doing, then you must not pay.

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I’m planning to write a novel. I’m steering towards horror fiction. I’m planning in writing about a kind of haunted/death house. I’m not sure whether to stick with this or simply do something completely different. What do people think?

I LOVE writing. To me, haunted/death house is a little overdone, though, but if you keep it interesting, you’ll definitely have a future bestseller on your hands. As for if you should stick with it or not, it depends on your own personal feelings. If you want to, by all means, go ahead, writing is a very good and interesting profession. If you find writing becoming monotonous but you still want to write, i’d advise you to give that one a break and work on something else for a while and then you may find yourself wanting to go back to the other one.
Best of luck writing!

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