Writers Questions

Writing tends to be a lonely business and writers often don't know where to turn to get answers to what are often quite ordinary problems.

This Questions and Answers page deals with various aspects of writing, Word for Windows problems and a number of computer problems that writers have asked us about.

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• In my novel I want to quote the entire poem "How Do I love Thee" giving Eliz. Browning credit. Is it permissible?
  
  In my novel I want to quote the entire poem "How Do I love Thee" giving Eliz. Browning credit; also I want to write all the lyrics of a Beatle song, giving them credit. Is it permissible? Or, in the latter case, would it be better to just use excerpts--- a few words from the song--also giving Beatles credit?
• Insurance for Writers
  
  I am trying to discover if I need insurance as a freelance writer specialising in health? Can you help with that? My sister is a writer and recommended you so that’s why I was on your site. I was just worrying what happens if someone follows what you say in a feature and gets ill or something!
• I Don't Think My Writing Is Good Enough
  
  I have two short stories and some poems finished and would love to see if they are good enough to be printed. People tell me I am good I don't think so .
• Could You Advise Me of the Typical Cost For a Ghostwriter?
  
  Please could you advise me of the typical cost for a ghostwriter to assist with a novel?
• I have begun my memoirs with a dream sequence. How do I continue please?
  
  I have a life story that is complicated. It starts off with one family and touches another two. I have begun my memoirs with a dream sequence. How do I continue please?
• Names in memoirs - use real or fictitious?
  
  I am editing by late Fathers memoirs and hoping to get them published. Should I change the names of people mentioned or keep them (or just some)?
• Numbering chapters when in separate Word documents
  
  I keep the chapters of my novel in separate Word documents but I want the page numbers to follow on from chapter to chapter. How do I do this?
• Do you know any FREE writers competitions for kids?
  
  Do you know any FREE writers competitions for kids?
• Dealing with Rejections
  
  My stories keep getting rejected. What advice can you offer to help me deal with this?
• How Can I Create a Desktop Icon For a Newly Installed Program?
  
  I have downloaded and installed a program but the desktop icon doesn't seem to have come up on my desktop. How can I create an Icon so that I can use the program?
• Is there any way to stop spam if you don't have a firewall?
  
  Is there any way to stop spam e-mails if you don’t have a firewall?
• How can I make sure my computer is protected by a firewall?
  
  How can I make sure my computer is protected by a firewall?
• What is Spyware and do I need it?
  
  What is Spyware and do I need it? Is it really harmful to my computer?
• How do I work in several Word documents at once?
  
  How do I work in several Word for Windows documents at one time?
• How do you pronounce 'horcrux'?
  
  I've been reading Harry Potter and want to know: how do you actually pronounce 'horcrux' and 'horcruxes'?
• Should a competition story always have a title?
  
  When entering a writing competition, if not mentioned, should a short story have a title?
• Word 'Help' System
  
  Does Microsoft Word have a simple way of getting answers to questions?
• Outlook and spam
  
  I have a tremendous fan called Viagra. He writes to me every day sometimes 20 times. How can I set up a Spam box for him to leave his messages in?
• What is de-fragging?
  
  What is de-fragging? How and why should I do it? What happens when I de-frag?
• Handling large documents in Word
  
  Can I keep very large documents, say 50,000 words, on my computer?
• Where do deleted documents go?
  
  Where do deleted documents go from Word, and can they be recovered?
• Cookies disabled
  
  If a web site says your cookies are disabled which reduces the functionality of the site for you: what do you do?
• Envelopes and Labels
  
  Printing labels. If I go into Envelopes and Labels and select Labels, I can never sort the correct sizes out as I don’t speak metric. Can you help?
• Disappearing boxes and windows in MS Word
  
  In MS Word how do you get rid of something (a box or window) that suddenly overlaps a previous one on screen? How do you recover a piece that suddenly disappears off screen?
• Opening several Word documents at once
  
  When opening several Word documents, how can I select them from the file index collectively rather than individually?

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