Lyrra's suggestion/question (#11) is a good one.

I've had to do technical manuals for GE locomotives (talk about dull!) and we were told to write for an eighth grade level of comprehension. I sometimes carry that mentality over when writing tutorials (it's always difficult how much to cover and how much to assume the reader knows).

As for the "fiction" side, I could really us help with dialogue. My problem seems to come about when I have to switch between characters. I can do all the dialogue for one character but when I have to shift and think like the other character I break my rhythm.

@Jaqui, LOL, writing program code is very much like writing a novel, you need to know how it ends before you write the beginning! (Or else you end up with spaghetti!)

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