Writers' Coffee Club
June 2024
Chapter 10: June Messiah
1. Intro and update: Introduce yourself and/or update us on your writing journey since your last intro.
2. Do you have any regrets as a writer, or do you never look
back?
3. Should books include a content warning?
4. How do you handle highly intimate scenes?
5. Have you ever dreamed about characters in your work?
6. Have you queried agents for traditional publishing? How did
it go?
7. What do you do first when you start a new writing project?
8. Do you agree with Michael Moorcock, who said: "Ignore
all proffered rules and create your own, suitable for what you want to
say"?
9. How do you select ideas from all the ones floating around?
10. Do you revise and add more plot if you feel your story is
too short?
11, Is it okay to use a comma before a dependent clause? Or
anywhere else?
12. Which social media channels do you use as a writer? Which
gives you the best engagement?
13. What's your favourite antagonist to write? Villains,
anti-heroes, rivals?
14. Describe a bit of ask-an-expert research you've done
presenting yourself as an author.
15. Is your work child or teen-friendly, or does it contain
themes more suited for mature audiences?
16. How do you like to end a story? Fully resolved? Bittersweet? Dark? What's your go-to?
17. Do you lose track of time while writing or editing?
18. Do you consciously apply show rather than tell in your
writing, or do the cards land where they may?
19. Does the slash (/) have any place in fiction?
20. Do you ever write in a cafe or bar? Give a shout out to your
favourites.
21. Can one use arcane verbiage in one's prose, or must one's
saga embody only elementary text?
22. Do you have a writer's totem, such as an old toy or a certain cup?
23. Some people can't access literature due to social factors.
Are we, as writers, doing anything to break down these barriers?
24. What does your narrator sound like in your mind?
25. What are the top five things people say when you tell them
you're a writer?
26. How much time elapses between your WIP's first and last
chapter?
27. What's the longest period of writer's block you've suffered,
or do you not suffer?
28. What audio/visual artistic work (TV, movie, play, painting
etc.) has been the biggest influence on your writing?
29. If Netflix were to
make your WIP into a series, what would the soundtrack sound like?
30. If You're a pantser, have you tried plotting and vice versa?
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