@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social#WritersCoffeeClub for April 30:
How was this month for you, in terms of writing?
Eh. I wrote an angry post about #Draft2Digital's new fees while still sick with the flu and a little later a guide for alternatives. I don't have any sexy escapism ready for publicat…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot#WritersCoffeeClub 17 Apr
Can plots which hinge on a misunderstanding be done well?
Oh, don't go there!
Especially romance plots. Romance plots based on misunderstandings are such an old, done, burned, cliche.
Unless you're a much better writer than Jane Austen, don't do it.
Just say NO!
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social#WritersCoffeeClub May 20: If not your current genre, what genre would you write?
Historical fiction. My erotica is a subgenre of historical fiction for the most part and I have written an attempt at a historical adventure novel a long time ago.
I also find the genre of gothic fiction intriguing but I'm not sure I could do it justice.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 10
How informal is your prose? Is there a limit to informality?
I think that, even where you don't have a first-person narrator, prose in fiction should express the personality of the point of view character -- be similar to but just a little more formal than their normal way of speaking.
To preserve the plausibility that they might have writt…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social#WritersCoffeeClub 03 May: Do you write your works localised to the setting or to your background? How do you decide?
I mostly write in a mythical historical settings, only one of which somewhat close to where I live. I don't usually write contemporary fiction and when I do, it's not usually localised. But it could be fun doing that some time because I come from a city th…