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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: Have you ever written anything where the POV shifts partway through to a new MC? Would you?
My WIP is intended to shift among POVs, generally at chapter breaks.
(Though not always; it's looking very much like the end of chapter 2, which will mostly have been told in close 3rd from Kevin Wingard's POV, will shift to Margot Chu's for the last few pages when she and Angel Castillo tell Kevin good-night and get on a streetcar going elsewhere.) 1/2
It should be pretty smooth, though, because the action supports it.
Later on, the book may get more into switching at scene breaks instead of chapters. I'm not sure yet.
Anyway, if the question means, "would I start off a story in one character's POV and then switch to a second character midway through?", only if it seemed best for the story. But I think my stories tend to be multi-POV, not single. 2/2
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It should be pretty smooth, though, because the action supports it.
Later on, the book may get more into switching at scene breaks instead of chapters. I'm not sure yet.
Anyway, if the question means, "would I start off a story in one character's POV and then switch to a second character midway through?", only if it seemed best for the story. But I think my stories tend to be multi-POV, not single. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: What have you written most different from your usual work?
I only have written one thing so far, so:
1) I guess that defines what "my 'usual' work" is; but
2) A thing can't differ from itself, so... 🤷🏻
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: What have you written most different from your usual work?
I only have written one thing so far, so:
1) I guess that defines what "my 'usual' work" is; but
2) A thing can't differ from itself, so... 🤷🏻
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Have still images ever inspired your writing?
I can't think of any that have (so far), no.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Have still images ever inspired your writing?
I can't think of any that have (so far), no.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: Are novel genres helpful or constraining? A bit of both?
They're definitely helpful as a marketing aid/technique — and (unusually for me) I don't even mean "marketing" in any derogatory sense at all. As a reader, I like having some sense of what a book will give me before I spend my money and start investing my even-more-precious time on it. So they're definitely helpful in that way. 1/3
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: Are novel genres helpful or constraining? A bit of both?
They're definitely helpful as a marketing aid/technique — and (unusually for me) I don't even mean "marketing" in any derogatory sense at all. As a reader, I like having some sense of what a book will give me before I spend my money and start investing my even-more-precious time on it. So they're definitely helpful in that way. 1/3
They can even be helpful for the writer, guiding them in places where they're unsure. Can.
But when a story doesn't fit neatly into an existing genre, that's when a writer needs to say, "Okay, too bad for genres. I'm writing a cross-genre story, or a story-that-doesn't-any-genre, *and that's okay.*" When a genre becomes constraining, that's the time to jettison it and have no qualms about doing so.
Or maybe I'd say, "If genre is constraining you, then you're using it wrong." 2/3
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They can even be helpful for the writer, guiding them in places where they're unsure. Can.
But when a story doesn't fit neatly into an existing genre, that's when a writer needs to say, "Okay, too bad for genres. I'm writing a cross-genre story, or a story-that-doesn't-any-genre, *and that's okay.*" When a genre becomes constraining, that's the time to jettison it and have no qualms about doing so.
Or maybe I'd say, "If genre is constraining you, then you're using it wrong." 2/3
Addendum: Also, Charlie Stross's advice that "a book's genre is a diagnosis, it should never be a prescription" is 💯🎯; succinct and well-put.
https://wandering.shop/@cstross/113514854998079522
3/3
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Addendum: Also, Charlie Stross's advice that "a book's genre is a diagnosis, it should never be a prescription" is 💯🎯; succinct and well-put.
https://wandering.shop/@cstross/113514854998079522
3/3
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Do you have a day job? What is it? Do you wish you could write full-time?
I do, I'm a front-end web developer.
If my writing ever started making me more money than coding does, I'd drop the coding and become a full-time writer, sure. But I have no expectation of that happening.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Do you have a day job? What is it? Do you wish you could write full-time?
I do, I'm a front-end web developer.
If my writing ever started making me more money than coding does, I'd drop the coding and become a full-time writer, sure. But I have no expectation of that happening.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: How did you develop the idea for your first book?
I'm still developing it, TBH. At first, it was a lot of world-building: figuring out how City shaman society has developed over the years, what groups and cliques there are, what spells there are, how training is done, etc. 1/3
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: How did you develop the idea for your first book?
I'm still developing it, TBH. At first, it was a lot of world-building: figuring out how City shaman society has developed over the years, what groups and cliques there are, what spells there are, how training is done, etc. 1/3
Next came the vignettes I've been working on for ~7 months. Those get me into the minds of various characters, and have helped me fill in various aspects of recent history. Many of them have led me to ask myself questions that looped back into the world-building, so it's been kind of iterative. 2/3
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Next came the vignettes I've been working on for ~7 months. Those get me into the minds of various characters, and have helped me fill in various aspects of recent history. Many of them have led me to ask myself questions that looped back into the world-building, so it's been kind of iterative. 2/3
Along the way, I've also been making notes about things that I want to happen in the plot. Most of those have been in the first 5 chapters, though there are definitely some later ones. More recently, those vague plot notes have been coming together into an outline for the first 5 chapters. 3/3
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Along the way, I've also been making notes about things that I want to happen in the plot. Most of those have been in the first 5 chapters, though there are definitely some later ones. More recently, those vague plot notes have been coming together into an outline for the first 5 chapters. 3/3
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: Do you write under a pseudonym? Would you?
No. I suppose I might, if there were some good reason to do so, but I don't currently have one.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: Do you write under a pseudonym? Would you?
No. I suppose I might, if there were some good reason to do so, but I don't currently have one.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: What's the most challenging part of the writing process for you?
I haven't yet been through the whole writing process. So far, the most challenging part has been maintaining my motivation over such a long time, and especially after the election.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: What's the most challenging part of the writing process for you?
I haven't yet been through the whole writing process. So far, the most challenging part has been maintaining my motivation over such a long time, and especially after the election.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: How do you decide on character names?
A combination of sound/feel, meaning, and what was popular at the time the character was born.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: How do you decide on character names?
A combination of sound/feel, meaning, and what was popular at the time the character was born.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: What's the best feedback you've ever received on your writing?
Given that "best" doesn't always mean "most joyfully received", I think the best feedback I've gotten may well have been when my partner let me know that a couple of moments in vignettes, where I intended one character to be sincerely comforting another, _did not_ land the way I'd hoped, and actually made the efforts at comfort look really awkward and feigned. 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: What's the best feedback you've ever received on your writing?
Given that "best" doesn't always mean "most joyfully received", I think the best feedback I've gotten may well have been when my partner let me know that a couple of moments in vignettes, where I intended one character to be sincerely comforting another, _did not_ land the way I'd hoped, and actually made the efforts at comfort look really awkward and feigned. 1/2
I'm still trying to fix those situations, but I'm glad to at least know about the problem. 2/2
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I'm still trying to fix those situations, but I'm glad to at least know about the problem. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: If Hollywood wanted to adapt one of your books but change almost everything, would you do it?
Fuck no.
If they want to change everything, then they don't want *my* book at all. They want their own thing. They can damned well do that without me.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: If Hollywood wanted to adapt one of your books but change almost everything, would you do it?
Fuck no.
If they want to change everything, then they don't want *my* book at all. They want their own thing. They can damned well do that without me.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: Do you try to give readers what they want or strive for originality? A balance?
Well, some readers say, truthfully, that they want to read things that are original...
Really, I don't see them as in opposition. I'm really just trying to write what I feel moved to, and I trust that there will be people out there who want to read that.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: Do you try to give readers what they want or strive for originality? A balance?
Well, some readers say, truthfully, that they want to read things that are original...
Really, I don't see them as in opposition. I'm really just trying to write what I feel moved to, and I trust that there will be people out there who want to read that.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 29: What did you edit out of your most recent book?
I gather this intends something bigger than a couple of words here and there, and is more along the lines of chapters, plotlines, or characters who had to be removed. So, I'm not yet at the point where I'm making big edits like that; all I've done is minor edits on vignettes.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 29: What did you edit out of your most recent book?
I gather this intends something bigger than a couple of words here and there, and is more along the lines of chapters, plotlines, or characters who had to be removed. So, I'm not yet at the point where I'm making big edits like that; all I've done is minor edits on vignettes.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 30: As of now, how many stories have you written? How many more do you have planned?
So far? Something like 0.01.
Taking the loosest possible interpretation of "planned"... 5 for sure (well, 4.99), and some of those might grow into more, and also I might get more ideas somewhere along the way.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 30: As of now, how many stories have you written? How many more do you have planned?
So far? Something like 0.01.
Taking the loosest possible interpretation of "planned"... 5 for sure (well, 4.99), and some of those might grow into more, and also I might get more ideas somewhere along the way.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: Does your work make you laugh when you read it back?
Only the funny bits.
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@stefano Is it true Italians think British pizza has too much cheese and too thick a base? I wonder how the pizzas differ. 🤔
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Lets have some AI harvesting fun :)
What is the difference between SFTP versus FTPS?
Accurate not answers only :)
I will start.
1. With SFTP the encryption is applied at the beginning and with FTPS encryption is applied at the end.
2. The SFTP is server side encryption and FTPS is client side encryption.
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@EdwinG so, why did you say no?
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Tim could you post a screenshot? I’d love to see.
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@ParadeGrotesque 🤣🤣🤣
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@macfranc ecco, ricordavo che fosse "accanto" al mio. Ma era prima, non dopo. Scusa.
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Now, you have done it! I'll start posting pictures of food and tag you every time. 😄
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@dal oh, thank you! Surely a wrong cut and paste. I'll fix it tomorrow.
