#WritersCoffeeClub (Sep) 1: Intro: Shameless Self Promotion.
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 5: How much should a writer read?
Enough to have a good understanding of what's going on in their genre(s), and enough outside it/them to not be canalized, and then maybe just a bit more for good measure. Also, enough to keep them engaged with reading, and for their own enjoyment.
Yes, that's purposely a very vague amount.
#WritersCoffeeClub day 6: Do you write daily? Why or why not?
I try to, yes. Three main reasons:
1️⃣ Building a habit is good. That doesn't have to be daily; "M-W-F" or weekly, or whatever, would also work fine. But...
2️⃣ If I don't write it, it'll never get done. I'm acutely aware of time passing me by. I want it *done*, before anything happens.
3️⃣ If I skip a day, I get a nasty break in my progress graph lines. I see that gap for the next two months, until it scrolls off. And it *irks* me. 😅 -
#WritersCoffeeClub day 6: Do you write daily? Why or why not?
I try to, yes. Three main reasons:
1️⃣ Building a habit is good. That doesn't have to be daily; "M-W-F" or weekly, or whatever, would also work fine. But...
2️⃣ If I don't write it, it'll never get done. I'm acutely aware of time passing me by. I want it *done*, before anything happens.
3️⃣ If I skip a day, I get a nasty break in my progress graph lines. I see that gap for the next two months, until it scrolls off. And it *irks* me. 😅#WritersCoffeeClub day 7: How much does your writing occupy your thoughts away from the keyboard?
A fair amount. It's not all-consuming (even leaving aside things like work (which, actually, might not count as "away from the keyboard", since my job is web development 🤔)), but it's one among a group of common things for me to think about.
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 7: How much does your writing occupy your thoughts away from the keyboard?
A fair amount. It's not all-consuming (even leaving aside things like work (which, actually, might not count as "away from the keyboard", since my job is web development 🤔)), but it's one among a group of common things for me to think about.
#WritersCoffeeClub day 8: What about the current writing milieu do you wish were different?
Well, obviously, I wish "AI" weren't a thing. I could go on at great length about that, but I'll try to keep it short by just saying that "AI writing" (people passing off computer-generated text as their own) isn't the only problem; there's also the trend of people accusing actual, human-written text of being "AI"-generated, and the follow-on problem… 1/3
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 8: What about the current writing milieu do you wish were different?
Well, obviously, I wish "AI" weren't a thing. I could go on at great length about that, but I'll try to keep it short by just saying that "AI writing" (people passing off computer-generated text as their own) isn't the only problem; there's also the trend of people accusing actual, human-written text of being "AI"-generated, and the follow-on problem… 1/3
…of people trying to change their own writing styles in a (probably futile) attempt to pre-empt such accusations.
So "AI" is having bad effects even on people who don't use it. That really sucks.
(For the record, I recommend people just keep writing like themselves, em dashes and all. People who will jump on such basic stylistic standards and yell, "AI!" are fools, and there's no need to distort your writing just to cater to fools.) 2/3
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…of people trying to change their own writing styles in a (probably futile) attempt to pre-empt such accusations.
So "AI" is having bad effects even on people who don't use it. That really sucks.
(For the record, I recommend people just keep writing like themselves, em dashes and all. People who will jump on such basic stylistic standards and yell, "AI!" are fools, and there's no need to distort your writing just to cater to fools.) 2/3
I also wish there were more diversity and competition in both publishing houses and in distribution channels. (I.e., I wish the Big Four and Amazon didn't have such a chokehold on the industry.) 3/3
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I also wish there were more diversity and competition in both publishing houses and in distribution channels. (I.e., I wish the Big Four and Amazon didn't have such a chokehold on the industry.) 3/3
#WritersCoffeeClub day 9: What incorrect assumptions might a reader make about you?
That I still live in San Francisco.
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 9: What incorrect assumptions might a reader make about you?
That I still live in San Francisco.
#WritersCoffeeClub day 10: What encouragement would you give writers younger than yourself?
Not sure why it needs to be ones younger than myself. Is that supposed to indicate ones who are "less experienced"? Because if so, it's hard to even *find* writers less experienced than myself. I'm a beginner. 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 10: What encouragement would you give writers younger than yourself?
Not sure why it needs to be ones younger than myself. Is that supposed to indicate ones who are "less experienced"? Because if so, it's hard to even *find* writers less experienced than myself. I'm a beginner. 1/2
Encouragement that I'd give any writers, then, would simply be: Don't write what you think you're "supposed to", or what you think will sell. Write what *you want*, write as often and as genuinely as you can. 2/2
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Encouragement that I'd give any writers, then, would simply be: Don't write what you think you're "supposed to", or what you think will sell. Write what *you want*, write as often and as genuinely as you can. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub day 11: If you could banish one trope for a century, which would you choose?
Women in Refrigerators. I'd like to see writers forced to come up with other ways to motivate their (male) characters.
I nearly chose Forced Pregnancy, because I *HATE* that one, but I think WIR is more prevalent, and banishing it would have a greater effect on the next century's stories. (Sexy Lamp was another close runner-up: give us more fully-featured female characters!)
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 11: If you could banish one trope for a century, which would you choose?
Women in Refrigerators. I'd like to see writers forced to come up with other ways to motivate their (male) characters.
I nearly chose Forced Pregnancy, because I *HATE* that one, but I think WIR is more prevalent, and banishing it would have a greater effect on the next century's stories. (Sexy Lamp was another close runner-up: give us more fully-featured female characters!)
#WritersCoffeeClub day 12: What kinds of love appear in your writing?
Quite a few! I'm tempted say "all of them"...
* Romantic love
* Parental love for children
* Blood-sibling love
* Companionate/BFF/found-family love in a siblingly manner between people who aren't related by blood
* People's love for their City
* The City's love for its people
* Love of abstract ideals, like freedom, equality, or doing the right thingSome plain, carnal lust may also make an appearance; we'll see.
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 12: What kinds of love appear in your writing?
Quite a few! I'm tempted say "all of them"...
* Romantic love
* Parental love for children
* Blood-sibling love
* Companionate/BFF/found-family love in a siblingly manner between people who aren't related by blood
* People's love for their City
* The City's love for its people
* Love of abstract ideals, like freedom, equality, or doing the right thingSome plain, carnal lust may also make an appearance; we'll see.
#WritersCoffeeClub day 14: Why do you write in the form you do? Why not in another format? (poem, short story, novel, etc)
"Why don't I write in a shorter format?" thought the aspiring novelist whose draft currently stands at over 85,000 words when it's roughly a fifth of the way done. "Yeah, I'll get right on that. 🙄"
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 14: Why do you write in the form you do? Why not in another format? (poem, short story, novel, etc)
"Why don't I write in a shorter format?" thought the aspiring novelist whose draft currently stands at over 85,000 words when it's roughly a fifth of the way done. "Yeah, I'll get right on that. 🙄"
#WritersCoffeeClub day 15: How do your immediate surroundings influence your work?
I try pretty hard to keep them from doing so; I don't want to do what the Turkey City Lexicon calls "Dischism". (https://www.critters.org/turkeycity.html, roughly 40% of the way down the page — I have no idea why that list isn't alphabetically sorted.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 15: How do your immediate surroundings influence your work?
I try pretty hard to keep them from doing so; I don't want to do what the Turkey City Lexicon calls "Dischism". (https://www.critters.org/turkeycity.html, roughly 40% of the way down the page — I have no idea why that list isn't alphabetically sorted.)
#WritersCoffeeClub day 16: What was the hardest writerly lesson for you to learn? Or unlearn?
I think the hardest lesson for me to learn will turn out to be "how not to overwrite", and I sure as hell haven't learned it yet.
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#WritersCoffeeClub day 16: What was the hardest writerly lesson for you to learn? Or unlearn?
I think the hardest lesson for me to learn will turn out to be "how not to overwrite", and I sure as hell haven't learned it yet.
#WritersCoffeeClub day 17: Should modern writers worry about proving their work is not generated by an LLM?
I think they should only worry about it to the extent that they'd previously have worried about proving that their work wasn't plagiarized. Like, if seriously challenged (usually by one's publisher, not by some rando), it's good to be able to produce prior drafts or other artifacts of creation.
But that's about all. 1/6
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undefined Oblomov ha condiviso questa discussione
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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@informapirata @politica posso dire la mia? Avevo trovato questo studio che ha dimostrato il concetto: “La Dx è più tollerante della Sx”
Spiegazione: lo studio ha trovato nella Dx una maggiore diversità di pensiero, al contrario della sinistra, più omogenea ideologicamente. Ciò nonostante però, la Dx è meno litigiosa, perché rispettosa delle idee interne; la Sx invece è più intransigente
E questo è anche un motivo per cui non sono più di Sx né progressista
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/oidcStart?redirectUri=/doi/10.1111/bjso.12665
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@chainofflowers mi pare di aver fatto il salto dell'omino di Olio Cuore e aver preso in pieno la staccionata.
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@PaoloParti @marcoboh @lasiepedimore
Comunque, c'è la festa patronale in ogni città o paesello.
Sarebbe la festa patronale dell'Italia.
Poi è vero che molti lavorano lo stesso.
E può essere pure un 'omaggio' alla Chiesa o, piuttosto, ai religiosi ignoranti e/o fanatici.
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Io ho bisogno di presenze ingombranti, ho bisogno di circondarmi di rumore.
Perché nella mia vita mi sono sempre sentita così sola. Da sempre.
E colpevole di esserlo.
E se la solitudine ha i suoi vantaggi, innegabili, il vuoto che sento dentro non si compensa mai. E dà la misura della mia valenza.
#pensierinotturni
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@MauroV1968 mi schifa ogni volta che apre bocca.
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mi è arrivato il primo file da trascrivere dunque è finito il cazzeggio estivo e adesso si torna a lavorare per la locomotiva Italia quindi dichiaro ufficialmente finito il distrohopping e come vincitore Debian (che con antix e mx non va bene l'audio)
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Si può correggere la litigiosità insita nella sinistra? "Possiamo combattere l'uno contro l'altro, oppure possiamo porre fine all'ingiustizia"
Educhiamo i sostenitori progressisti sulle cause e le conseguenze delle lotte intestine e forniamo gli strumenti per contribuire immediatamente a porre fine al problema.
