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"ACCOUNT CLOSED'? Was it something we said? If you can't stand the heat,...

Congratulations, Randy! When does the movie come out?

For instance, if you are using a job title as a direct address, it should be capitalized. “Do you think I should start running on a treadmill, Doctor?” https://www.business2community.com/huma … g-01259140

The key is that "Exorcist" is used in direct address to the person. Even though the person is not truly an exorcist, the demon is addressing him as such (direct address), so the title is capitalized.

My dog ate my homework, Teacher.
I'm late because the traffic was terrible, Boss.
I'm too busy to take out the trash, Mom.

Weird to see I don't fit in my age group. I guess that just goes to show us not to generalize our conceptions about people because of their age, whether they be teenagers or old folks. We can't help when we were born.

Sounds good. I'll check it out.

I suppose I'm a fatalist. I was already unsatisfied with my work; I kept going back to tinker with it. Now I can get the bare bones back from tnbw, and make the improvements it needs. The universe just let me know two things: 1) I can do better, and 2) I need to back up my writing.

All I really needed was someplace to vent my frustration among people who understand. I got that.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I think they'll be helpful.  JP

I checked it out, BB. looking good! Much success with it.   JP

Worry, worry, worry!

Aren't we supposed to be showing DD our support? Don't give the guy even more to worry about.

1) Yes, it makes sense to remove the work from the site on publication. It only makes sense to remove the story that someone is paying for from tnbw, where theoretically, anyone in the world could join and read for free. Get that? Anyone in the world! It's obvious that doesn't happen, but remove it anyway, out of professional responsibility.

2) Forget changing names, unless you want to. It's not a problem with the publisher. Just make sure the publisher knows your real name, so they know where to send the money.

JP

My turn.  Here we go--

Imagine you're the sheriff. Look at Mary. Can you tell by looking at her that she's guilty of a crime? NO.

Now imagine you're writing a story from the sheriff's point of view. Taking his POV, you have to go on what he knows. Since he doesn't know if she's guilty, you can't write that Mary did something guiltily, because the sheriff doesn't know that for a fact. Yes, I know history is full of examples of lawmen who behaved as if they knew someone was guilty, so they arrested (shot, hanged) them. If your sheriff says or thinks Mary's guilty, he's one of those bad guys.

Or could be the sheriff is one of those emotional guys who shoots first and says sorry later. That's for you, the author, to decide.

In the next chapter, you can take Mary's POV and write that she does something guiltily, and even what she's done and why she acts and feels guilty, because now you're in her head. Could be something totally unrelated to the crime. Maybe she's having an affair, or she hit somebody with her car and drove away, etc., etc.. (Watch Dead to Me on Netflix.)

So, even if you're not writing in first person, you've taken sides, and you can't know what the other team is thinking.

Unless you want to write Sci Fi and your character reads minds. Then go right ahead.

JP