Forums – Forward Motion for Writers

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- The Main Board
  This is where the members of FM usually gather
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- March 13, 2023 at 10:04 am
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- Welcome Mat: The Spot for Newcomers
  We encourage new members to introduce themselves here. Tell us about what you like to write, and what brought you to Forward Motion.
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- September 25, 2022 at 12:43 pm
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- The Reading Room
  Writers need to be readers as well. Here is a spot to talk about your favorite works and to list what you've been reading during the year.
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- August 25, 2022 at 1:27 pm
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- Suggestions and Troubleshooting
  Have a suggestions for the website? Having issues with a part of it? Post here and we'll see what we can do!
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- Writing Business
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- The Business of Publishing
  Today’s writing business include many different aspects, including Traditional, Indie, Hybrid, as well as the associated marketing, blurb, and query writing required for any path taken. Here is the place to discuss and ask questions so you can make good choices based on good information.
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- Sold and/or Published
  Many of the Forward Motion members are published authors. This is the board where you can announce a new publication, whether traditional or indie, short or long.
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- Writing Craft
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- Craft, Skills and Techniques of Writing
  This board will cover information from grammar to world building, and will also include classes.
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- Genre Discussions
  Here is the location to discuss the various genres and to ask questions about how to handle related problems.
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- Think Tank Archives
  We hold two Writer's Think Tanks every week (Friday and Sunday at 9pm US Eastern Time) and both Think Tanks are held in Conference Room One, which is one of our chat rooms, and are scheduled to last 2 hours. Come prepared to ask questions about problems with your own story and take part in helping others.
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- Snippets
  This is not a place for critiques. Please don't post more than a manuscript page worth of material (up to 400 words) at a time. Remember, this is snippets... short pieces. Do be supportive of the people who post here. If you don't like a snippet, don't say anything. If you do like it, tell the writer. Have fun!
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- Bi-weekly Marathons
  On the old site, we had writing and editing challenges that ran every other weekend (with a week off if the month had too many) that were simple productivity pushes. The time has come to resurrect this part of the site features. Come in, read the descriptions, and sign up on the thread for the weekend you want to devote to writing or editing (they alternate).
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- Weekly and Daily Goals
  Setting short term goals can help you through a problem scene or to reach a deadline without becoming overwhelmed with the work.
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- Annual and Monthly Goals
  Setting long term goals can help you find the pace at which you work best and help you maintain a steady output to help with your writing career.
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- Justin’s Daily Exercises
  These daily exercises are a great way to get a new story idea, try something different, or just to get the muse up and moving before work!
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- The Story Project Board
  What are you working on? Share your current projects and add posts to tell us how they are progressing.
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- The Great Rejection Slip Contest
  Need a nudge to get those manuscripts out in the mail? Here is a contest for you! Get points just for sending material out, whether accepted for not!
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- Where are your characters now?
  We often leave our characters in a real mess at the end of the day. Drop by now and then and let us know what your characters are up to!
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- Challenges
  Look here for monthly challenges and more!
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- FM’s NaNo Board
  NaNoWriMo is a fun, insane challenge in November (with some offshoots the rest of the year). You can join unofficially and just take part here in the FM section or you can do both this one and the traditional version at nanowrimo.com
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- FM Two-Month Challenges
  Take part in the two-month challenges to help move you towards completing your work! Lots of areas to choose from!
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