Mastodon: Writers' Coffee Club daily challenge February 2024

Writer's Coffee Club

February 2024

Chapter 6: Well, I'll go to the Foot of Our Stairs!

1. Intro update: Shameless Self Promotion. Tell us about yourself, published work, WIP or anything else people should know.

2. Do you agree with Jodi Picoult who says you should finish writing a book even if you think it might be garbage?

3. What skills/qualities do you look for in an editor?

4. What software do you use to write?

5. Can you feel the emotions of your characters when you write them?

6. If you were to write a sequel centred on one of your SCs, which would you pick?

7. Complete this phrase: I write because…

8. Which words do you overuse? Be honest.

9. How do you deal with describing specific character ethnicities?

10. What do you say to people who tell you they're frustrated writers?

11. Are some genres taken more seriously than others? How does this make you feel?

12. Share your personal grammar/typography style, if you have one.

13. Do you ever write very short pieces (fifty words, flash fiction etc)?

14. Does your work feature on Good Reads? How do you feel about the platform?

15. What's your field of expertise? What are you most skilled at?

16. If you've read a book series, was there a weak book in the series? What made it weak?

17. How much of yourself is in your MC, or do you never write this way?

18. Do you suffer for your art? Backaches, headaches, writers' cramps, etc.?

19. Do you give your characters mannerisms? How do you do this?

20. What's the secret to writing a good blurb?

21. Would you ever use emojis in your writing? Why? Why not? 😀

22. Thoughts on chapter length. Long, short or mixed? What's a chapter?

23. Do you format your own work, or hire someone?

24. Has feedback from readers ever changed the way you write?

25. How do you feel about Amazon's influence on books and publishing?

26. Would you consider recording your own audiobook?

27. How do you find beta readers? Would you beta read yourself?

28. Should you avoid running around the Wrekin, beating about the bush, and avoid colloquialisms?

29. Pick one of the Writers' Coffee Club writers you follow and ask them anything about their work or process.