Writers' Coffee Club
October 2024
Chapter 14: The Colour of Tragic
1. What makes your WIP (or most recent work) stand out from
the crowd? Don't be shy.
2. Trauma? Can you write a traumatic, disturbing scene?
3. Do you agree with Isaac Bashevis, who said, "A good
writer is basically a storyteller, not a scholar or a redeemer of
mankind."
4. What was the first book you read that enormously impacted
you?
5. You're the Ruler of the Writing Universe for the day.
What petty rule do you decree?
6. Have you mixed genres in your work? Would you?
7. Tell me about something new you tried to do with a story.
Did it stretch you?
8. What's your favourite food and drink combo when writing?
9. What motivates you to keep going when sales are low?
10. How do you research and plan your stories?
11. Do you have a favourite phrase or word that crops up in
most of your work? What is it?
12. Do you prefer euphemisms or technical terms to refer to
genitalia in your writing? Why?
13. Has anything you've written made you cry, either when
writing it or on a re-read?
14. How does your plot structure grow? Linearly as you go?
Or does it grow out from one or more ideas?
15. Which of the different marketing tactics you may have
tried has been the most successful?
16. Have you ever tried to write something set in a culture
other than your own? How did it go?
17. What's the body count in your WIP? Is this typical for
your work?
18. Do you read scripts? Would you try writing a script or
screenplay?
19. Do you go to fan conventions or similar?
20. Do you agree with Terry Pratchett, who said,
"There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in
California who couldn't write."
21. If you write adult fiction, would you consider children's
stories and vice versa? Do you write both? How's it going?
22. What's your favourite writing convention to eschew?
23. How do you capture a character's unique voice in dialogue?
24. Do you criticize other writers? Who and in what way?
25. How long is the shortest story you've ever written? Can
you link to it?
26. Have you entered any contests? Which would you
recommend?
27. What's been a key non-fiction book for researching your
current/recent writing project?
28. Do you make any of your work available for free? Would
you?
29. What is your editing process? How do you know it is
done?
30. How much world-building do you do before starting your
first draft (if any)?
31. What's your tip for getting into a writing groove?
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