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#WritersCoffeeClub July 18: Talk about a time your own writing has surprised you.
July 19: What is the difference between a writer and a person who writes?
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1. Typically when I re-read something good I wrote years ago. Goes in the spirit of "Darnit, how comes I was so clever back then?"
2. Semantics.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 10 Aug
How much of your world-building extends beyond what's shown in the text?
I don't know much about the cities on the northern coast of the continent, beyond what they import or export. I don't know how many there are, or what their political systems and religions are. I suspect that there are in fact other continents, but the people on '…

#WritersCoffeeClub Aug 7: Have you always written, or was there a tipping point to get you to start?
I was the reason our teacher set a max page count to the essays and short stories. The stories, the tales, and the fantasies have always been a part of me. But I only recently actually tried to catch anything in ink seriously.

#WritersCoffeeClub 1 Aug: Why are you writing your current work?
Because as the world has felt like it’s gotten darker and more hopeless in recent months, this project has become a lifeline of joy, hope, and love.
Doing this work and trying to do it well has kept me from spiraling. It keeps me sane. It gives happiness to days that otherwise sink me into pits of despair.
Gosh I know that sounds dramatic but sincerely my fragile mental health is holding on to writing this novel like a lifeline.

#WritersCoffeeClub July 17: How much can a reader learn about an author through their works?
Depends on the author. Considering my works, much. Dangerously so.

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13. Talk about the joy writing has brought you.
14. Why do you write in the form you do? Why not in another format? (poem, short story, novel, etc)
15. How do your immediate surroundings influence your work?
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13. A usual mix on neuromediators, I believe. Not sure if there's anything special about it. Hard to describe.
14. Trivial: that&…

Fictional depiction of mild self-harm, blood.
#WritersCoffeeClub July 23: Share a description you're proud of.
I've been writing a vampire novel lately. Here's a description from the scene when the vampire character proves to the human protagonist that he's been telling the truth:
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"It's okay, Ada," he gave me a reassuring close-mouthed smile. "Just watch."
He slashed across his wrist in a motion that made the matching scars on my left arm hum. I covered them with my right hand, as if to calm my skin that I wasn't hurting it like that anymore. That we were merely watching someone else.
The cut on Theodore's arm turned red and angry, as expected. And then, just before the wound pooled up enough to bleed, it closed. I watched time run backwards as it disappeared, the skin stitching itself together to leave no trace of the violence imposed on it by the blade.
"What?" I walked up to him as he handed his wrist to me for inspection. I ran the tips of my fingers over the spot where the cut was mere moments before - but Theodore's skin, cold as always, was smooth and unharmed.
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#WritersCoffeeClub July 16: How often do you raise questions in your writing without intention to answer them?
I try to, occasionally, despite being weak at that. I usually have a clear understanding of what's happening in my story. But modern writing is a collaborative effort where an original text is a spark to ignite the discussion. Comments bring many interesting things, yet to…

#WritersCoffeeClub July 15:
What 'standards' do you take for granted?
Vague question.
I'm conservative, so language rules, probably? I can still read experimental things but it takes additional effort.
In case of 'standards' that continually fail me it's feedback. I am used to loving things despite their flaws, so I expect people to accept feedba…

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10. What encouragement would you give writers younger than yourself?
11. If you could banish one trope for a century, which would you choose?
12. What kinds of love appear in your writing?
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10. You have lots of essays and structured metamaterials. Power of the Sun at your fingertips. Enjoy.
...I would love some encouragement myself.
11…

#WritersCoffeeClub July 13: How many ‘layers’ of interpretation do you seek to achieve in a piece of writing?
July 14: What is your favorite emotion to write?
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I got lost along the way, but let's try it again.
13. At least two. When it's three or four, I'm happy.
14. Justified rage.

#WritersCoffeeClub August 8: What's a work you won't write but you'd like to see another writer take on?
9: Have you ever encountered a work uncomfortably similar to one of your own?
10: How much of your worldbuilding extends beyond what's shown in the text?
11: Have you ever been overwhelmed by a work of fiction? Tell us about it.
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8: "Like&q…

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7. How much does your writing occupy your thoughts away from the keyboard?
8. What about the current writing milieu do you wish was different?
9.What incorrect assumptions might a reader make about you?
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7. When I am actively writing, there's the "flow" mode and a "background task" mode.
In flow mode I keep thinkin…

#WritersCoffeeClub August 5: How much misdirection is unreasonable?
6: When is deus ex machina warranted?
7: Have you always written, or was there a tipping point to get you to start?
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5. None as long as it is satisfying.
6. I'd say avoid it. Usually not satisfying. I have used it before as a shortcut, still salty about it.
7. Always? No. I started to wri…

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4. How do you handle nudity or sex in your writing? Subtly, graphically, not at all?
5. How much should a writer read?
6. Do you write daily? Why or why not?
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4. Depends on the goal.
I did write explicit scenes at some point, and I see no problem in doing so again if the need arises.
Most of the time in generic audience writing I settl…

#WritersCoffeeClub August 1: Why are you writing your current work?
2: What's plentiful in your writing?
3: How heroic are your protagonists?
4: How violent is your work?
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1. Because no one else can.
2. Words.
3. Pretty much. Then again, is it truly heroism for a suicidal person?
4. Depends.
I never write gore for the sake of gore. Unless i…

#WritersCoffeeClub Septembah
1. What’s the most number of revisions you’ve gone through for a work?
2. Describe your aesthetic.
3. Have you ever based a character on yourself? If not, would you?
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1. One, probably. Rarely more.
Doesn't mean that I don't edit it later. I still catch typos years after finishing the piece. But my first draft is usually a…

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30. Have you ever written as a commission? If not, would you?
31. How was this month for you, writing-wise?
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30. Not for payment but yes. I participated in the "Secret Santa" event where a bunch of people wrote short stories using prompts from each other on what they wanted to read.
I'm mostly satisfied with how it turned out.

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27. How traditional is your writing? Which tradition?
28. What's the highest praise you've received as a writer?
29.Talk about an experience you've had with plagiarism.
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27. Very. I put letters into words.
Jokes aside, it probably is. I am oldschool and generic. If I neglect typical writer schematics, it's often because I…

#WritersCoffeeClub July 31: What is your greatest strength as a writer?
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Oh, we're doing job interviews now, aren't we?

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July 29: How happy or bittersweet are your endings?
July 30: What single book had the greatest impact on your writing?
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29: Both? Both. Both is good.
Not necessarily simultaneously. (mostly the former)
30: Definitely Dune. That is the level of layered storytelling and themes that I seek.
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24. Have you ever written a work that was a retelling of another work?
25. Talk about a way you've described the indescribable. If you can!
26. What conflicts have you experienced because of your writing?
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24. I started like that, but moved on. When you get skilled enough, it becomes boring.
25. Row, row-
Something is "und…

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22. Talk about an affirming experience you've had amongst your writing peers.
23. Do you tend towards writing personal or universal cataclysms? Why?
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22. Tough question. As an introvert with obscure fetishes I rarely get noticed. One example I have is when we connected with a person because of the phrase in the spirit of "this is what the …

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20. Name something unexpected you had to learn for a work.
21. What's something essential to your process you think other writers should try?
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20. Lots.
Structure of a frigate. Perspective long-range spaceship engines. Crash course for paramedics. Indian tales for kids. Cancer cell biology. Medieval iron smelting. Herbal alcohol. Chicken fo…

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July 26: Talk about the most difficulty you had writing something sensory.
July 27: How does your social class influence what you write?
July 28: How do you write sensory experiences that fall beyond the the usual five? Give an example.
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26: I occasionally have difficulty writing all of them, but can't single out one particular case.

#WritersCoffeeClub 16. What's the most drastic alteration you've made to a work?
17. What's changed for you from when you started writing to now?
18. Have you ever hidden the fact that you're a writer? Why?
19. Talk about the influence folklore has on your work.
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16. Exothermic oxidizing.
As in, took the papers, went into the forest and bur…

#WritersCoffeeClub 12. How does the morality of the characters you write differ from your own?
13. What regrets do you have regarding your work?
14. What causes distance between your characters?
15. From which real-world events have you taken inspiration?
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12. Main ones, not drastically. I can't write pure evil protagonists properly.
Others can be more…

#WritersCoffeeClub July 21: What emotions do you avoid writing? Why?
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Can't say I specifically avoid any emotions. I don't write some because I don't know how to write them.
Like love.

#WritersCoffeeClub July 20: In terms of writing, what are you most thankful for?
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The readers. Their reactions, questions and insights.
Oh, and all the fish.

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June 20: Solstice. What’s the most you’ve ever written in a single session? What made that possible?
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I remember writing a story in three pages in a single go. Probably did even more before. Usually happens when I get to a part which I was going to and planning to write for a while - a culmination,a standoff, a cathartic scene, something like that. It l…

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June 19: How would you describe the theme of the whole of your œuvre?
Describing everything is hardly possible, especially when the theme shifts with time.
Still, if I had to pick something, I'd say individualism, humanism, rebellion and justice. Systems crunching people in the cogs persist to this day. I never truly "outgrew" it - and, see…