Writers' Coffee Club
November 2023
Chapter 3: Bonfire of the Profanities
1. What's the best writing advice you've heard or read?
2. Do you keep a notebook or digital device by your bed if you have an idea during the night?
3. "Are dialogue tags flexible?" laughed John.
4. Have you ever seen a movie which was better than the book?
5. How are you affected by reviews of your work?
6. Would you consider an audiobook of your novel or short story?
7. How would you describe your WIP's core plot? E.g. Found family, redemption, gunpowder treason?
8. What does your most productive writing space look like?
9. Is there any kind of scene you could never write?
10. What's the biggest mistake you've made in your writing journey?
11. Does your writing include comedy? How do you add comedic moments?
12. Do you prefer to write on a desktop, laptop, typewriter, pen and paper, quill and parchment, blood and stone?
13. What’s the hardest emotion for you to write?
14. Share an example of Chekhov's gun in your work.
15. If you find you've used a name from a famous novel, do you change it?
16. What ancillary writing apps do you find the most useful?
17. Do you draw out maps/floorplans/diagrams/etc for key set pieces in your writing?
18. How do you do research for your writing? Do you ask specialists?
19. Describe the funniest moment you’ve written lately. Share an excerpt.
20. Do you have an author's website specifically for promoting your writing?
21. What things make a good book cover design?
22. Who do you acknowledge in your work?
23. Do you have any profanity in your work? **** you, I want an answer!
24. What's the best time of day for you to write?
25. What's a better (more truthful) name for a famous novel?
26. Have you ever retconned a story after publishing? Is it okay to retcon?
27. How do you feel about the use of AI in writing?
28. How do you approach a fight scene or other high-action scenes?
29. Some writers hate exclamation marks! How do you feel about them? What about interobangs!?
30. How much detail do you put into character descriptions? Discuss?
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