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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: What have been your writing-related achievements in the last year?
I've developed a ton of world-building material, character backgrounds, etc.
I've written over 60,000 words of vignette material to practice my craft, find my characters, and get myself ready for the first draft.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: What is your favourite part of the writing process?
So far, what I've enjoyed *most* has been writing first drafts.
A lot of other stuff has been fun as well. I know I've complained about building background material, but that doesn't mean I didn't like it, just that I'd done an awful lot of it and wanted some variety.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: What is your favourite part of the writing process?
So far, what I've enjoyed *most* has been writing first drafts.
A lot of other stuff has been fun as well. I know I've complained about building background material, but that doesn't mean I didn't like it, just that I'd done an awful lot of it and wanted some variety.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: Do writers read differently from non-writers?
I think this is sort of like, is same-sex attraction different from opposite-sex attraction? And I think the answer is *yes*, because:
If I'm looking at an attractive woman, I just think she's attractive. She's someone I want to be *with*. But an attractive man can be someone I want to *be* (as well as wanting to be with). I've also heard it phrased as, "Do I want to do him, or be him?" 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: Do writers read differently from non-writers?
I think this is sort of like, is same-sex attraction different from opposite-sex attraction? And I think the answer is *yes*, because:
If I'm looking at an attractive woman, I just think she's attractive. She's someone I want to be *with*. But an attractive man can be someone I want to *be* (as well as wanting to be with). I've also heard it phrased as, "Do I want to do him, or be him?" 1/2
Not always, of course; there are guys I look at who I'd never want to be, but who I want to jump in bed with anyway. But it's *possible* to add that extra layer of attraction, in a way that doesn't make sense when I'm attracted to a woman.
Similarly, when a non-writer reads something, they're just reading it for itself. But when a writer reads something, they at least have the option to compare it to their own work, and to potentially learn from it (by imitation or avoidance!). 2/2
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Not always, of course; there are guys I look at who I'd never want to be, but who I want to jump in bed with anyway. But it's *possible* to add that extra layer of attraction, in a way that doesn't make sense when I'm attracted to a woman.
Similarly, when a non-writer reads something, they're just reading it for itself. But when a writer reads something, they at least have the option to compare it to their own work, and to potentially learn from it (by imitation or avoidance!). 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: Do you have specific goals when creating a scene?
Any scene should serve some purpose in the story: to introduce a character or plot device; to have characters relate to each other somehow (whether in conflict or in cooperation); to set up or resolve some conflict; etc. [Edit: folks have mentioned fun, lifting mood after/between heavy scenes, etc., and yes! That too!]
My purpose in a scene is to make it fulfill that purpose as well as possible.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: Do you have specific goals when creating a scene?
Any scene should serve some purpose in the story: to introduce a character or plot device; to have characters relate to each other somehow (whether in conflict or in cooperation); to set up or resolve some conflict; etc. [Edit: folks have mentioned fun, lifting mood after/between heavy scenes, etc., and yes! That too!]
My purpose in a scene is to make it fulfill that purpose as well as possible.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: What kind of birthday cake would your MCs enjoy?
I don't think any of them have particularly strong birthday cake preferences. Chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, whatever.
Maybe David kinda likes German Chocolate cake, but I'm not solid on that yet, and he wouldn't turn his nose up at a vanilla one or even a funfetti cake.
Maybe Ángel kinda likes lemon cake, or vanilla with lemon frosting, but doesn't expect anyone else to like it. Again, just a vague idea, not sure.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: What kind of birthday cake would your MCs enjoy?
I don't think any of them have particularly strong birthday cake preferences. Chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, whatever.
Maybe David kinda likes German Chocolate cake, but I'm not solid on that yet, and he wouldn't turn his nose up at a vanilla one or even a funfetti cake.
Maybe Ángel kinda likes lemon cake, or vanilla with lemon frosting, but doesn't expect anyone else to like it. Again, just a vague idea, not sure.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: Where is your book listed?
Nowehere, the first draft isn't written yet.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: Where is your book listed?
Nowehere, the first draft isn't written yet.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: What genre are you least likely to write? Why?
Westerns and military sci-fi both bore me to tears. Ergo, I wouldn't want to write either of them.
[Edited to Add: I have been reminded that there is at least one, and maybe multiple, genres of Christian... I dunno, stuff? Anyway, I'd be far less inclined to write that, having never been Christian.]
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: What genre are you least likely to write? Why?
Westerns and military sci-fi both bore me to tears. Ergo, I wouldn't want to write either of them.
[Edited to Add: I have been reminded that there is at least one, and maybe multiple, genres of Christian... I dunno, stuff? Anyway, I'd be far less inclined to write that, having never been Christian.]
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: The Hero's Journey is garbage. Discuss.
Nah, not the Hero's Journey itself. But the idea that it's the best or only way to structure a story? Yeah, that's garbage. So is the attempt to hammer stories that clearly don't fit it into that mold anyway (whether that be while writing, or while analyzing an existing work).
The HJ itself is kinda mid. Its fan club, though... they're the reason I generally hate the thing (and am restraining myself from an anti-HJ rant rn). 1/3
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: The Hero's Journey is garbage. Discuss.
Nah, not the Hero's Journey itself. But the idea that it's the best or only way to structure a story? Yeah, that's garbage. So is the attempt to hammer stories that clearly don't fit it into that mold anyway (whether that be while writing, or while analyzing an existing work).
The HJ itself is kinda mid. Its fan club, though... they're the reason I generally hate the thing (and am restraining myself from an anti-HJ rant rn). 1/3
New addition: Having seen some posts with more info on the Hero's Journey that I didn't previously know... never mind, both the Hero's Journey *and* the idea that it's the best/only way to structure a story are garbage. Wow. It's just garbage all the way down. Hot garbage.
(Why is there no "flaming dumpster" emoji? We need one!) 2/3
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New addition: Having seen some posts with more info on the Hero's Journey that I didn't previously know... never mind, both the Hero's Journey *and* the idea that it's the best/only way to structure a story are garbage. Wow. It's just garbage all the way down. Hot garbage.
(Why is there no "flaming dumpster" emoji? We need one!) 2/3
Something I just read points out that "On the very first page of the prologue of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell explicitly claims that all stories from all cultures follow the exact same outline", so I'll stop blaming HJ/Campbell fanboys, and just blame Joseph Campbell himself.
Fuck this garbage. 3/3
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Something I just read points out that "On the very first page of the prologue of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell explicitly claims that all stories from all cultures follow the exact same outline", so I'll stop blaming HJ/Campbell fanboys, and just blame Joseph Campbell himself.
Fuck this garbage. 3/3
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: Do you go to book festivals?
No. (Not yet? Maybe I will when I'm published? What happens at them, anyway?)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: Do you go to book festivals?
No. (Not yet? Maybe I will when I'm published? What happens at them, anyway?)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: Do your characters have birthdays or anniversaries during your story?"
One of my MCs, Jessie, has her 30th birthday near the end of the book. Her dread of it as it approaches is an important part of her plotline.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: Do your characters have birthdays or anniversaries during your story?"
One of my MCs, Jessie, has her 30th birthday near the end of the book. Her dread of it as it approaches is an important part of her plotline.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Do you write old-school or digital? A mix?
Digital. My handwriting sucks, and writing by hand makes my hand cramp within 5 minutes.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Do you write old-school or digital? A mix?
Digital. My handwriting sucks, and writing by hand makes my hand cramp within 5 minutes.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: How do you visualise a scene when writing it?
By using my imagination?
A mix of "from the character's POV" and "as if it were a movie"?
I'm not sure I understand what this question is asking.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: How do you visualise a scene when writing it?
By using my imagination?
A mix of "from the character's POV" and "as if it were a movie"?
I'm not sure I understand what this question is asking.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Do you reuse characters?
I haven't had the opportunity to yet.
If my WIP becomes a trilogy, does having a few characters from book 1 show up in book 3 count as "reuse", or is that just a completely expected thing?
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Do you reuse characters?
I haven't had the opportunity to yet.
If my WIP becomes a trilogy, does having a few characters from book 1 show up in book 3 count as "reuse", or is that just a completely expected thing?
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Do you read non-fiction, and if so, for pleasure, research or both?
Not really.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Do you read non-fiction, and if so, for pleasure, research or both?
Not really.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: Name-check any Writers' Coffee Club members who've inspired you or helped you in the last year.
@orionkidder gave me some good advice a few weeks back.
[Edited to add: I swear, I wrote this when I first saw the prompt, *before* I saw him name-checking me!]
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: Name-check any Writers' Coffee Club members who've inspired you or helped you in the last year.
@orionkidder gave me some good advice a few weeks back.
[Edited to add: I swear, I wrote this when I first saw the prompt, *before* I saw him name-checking me!]
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: Name-check your cover artist, even if it's yourself. Share your best cover.
I don't have a cover yet, that's way premature.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: Name-check your cover artist, even if it's yourself. Share your best cover.
I don't have a cover yet, that's way premature.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: Do you agree with Somerset Maugham, who said, "There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
No. I think huge numbers of people "know" what the rules of writing are... and they disagree with each other on most of the particulars.
Luckily, there are lots of other people who realize that guidelines beat the heck out of rules.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: Do you agree with Somerset Maugham, who said, "There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
No. I think huge numbers of people "know" what the rules of writing are... and they disagree with each other on most of the particulars.
Luckily, there are lots of other people who realize that guidelines beat the heck out of rules.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you believe the magic happens in the edit, or do you have a different approach?
I think it can happen at many stages of the process.
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@giuglionasi Capisco, ma forse dovremmo scindere la manifestazione sportiva dalla sua organizzazione e gestione...forse...
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@gian_d_gian @Freddure Ci sono un nero e uno schiavista bianco su una jeep nel deserto,ad un certo punto il nero esclama :
"Guarda garibaldi"
"Eh?Garibaldi?Dove?" Risponde il bianco
"Guarda garibaldi,guarda garibaldi,guarda garibaldi"
Il bianco non capisce e continua ad andare.
Ad un certo la jeep si cappotta su una duna ed il nero esclama:
"Te l'avevo detto garibaldavi!"
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I learned a technique to avoid spending too much time in front of the computer after dinner. Basically, I decided that as soon as I need to go pee, I shut it down. It works. Except then I turn it back on because “just one more thing…”
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@petergleick ... and entirely unexpected too... 😠
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@Freddure @giuglionasi
è un classico, è una delle mie preferite insieme a "badrone badagaribaldi"
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@AdriBel no e ho evitato pure le olimpiadi sciupio di miei soldi ...mangiatoia
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@cR0w everyone going on about supply chain attacks (and some trying to add dystopian af shit to the internet to 'prevent them' .. )
while just letting ai walk right in
