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ambongan
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I feel stupid asking this, but there are lots of abbriviations used here that I don't know. For example, what does WIP stand for?
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EricJamesStone
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WIP = Work In Progress = what you're writing
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mikemunsil
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SIP = Short [story] in Progress, I believe.


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ambongan
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Thanks. I got the basic meaning from context, but knowing exactly what it means will help.
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Damn! I always thought WIP meant: Woman in Pumps. That really is depressing...
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ambongan
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lol
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Jeraliey
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You mean it's not "With Interesting Plot"?!
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...you sure it doesn't mean Without Interest from Publishers?
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I thought it was Wayward Intelligible Ponderings.
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mikemunsil
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Wildly Idiotic Prose
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TruHero
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Perhaps even shorter: Wading in Poop! It's almost universal, and works in so many ways. Ok now I am done.
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