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It would depend on the content and how it's done. Right now, a lot of the same questions are appearing on different hashtags.

That was the impetus that made me create #engenderedWriting. I wanted to help writers think about gender in storytelling—okay, honestly, prod them. Whilst I ended the prompt, the hashtag questions are at #engenderedWritingQ. I got to a 100 or so.

I follow #eroticMusings though I don't write intentionally erotic fiction. It helps me think about spicy stories and subplots, as well as the innuendo that's passing through my stories.

So, @paranoiapen, I'd be attracted to a new prompt that addresses different facets of writing or craft beyond the basics, or makes me think deeply on motivation or the human condition. But that's me…

#EngenderedQ Writing Author Daily Challenge FINAL Questions Week 15 (93-102, suggested February 18-28)

This indeed is the last set of prompts. It's been a great ride and I feel I learned something from all of you. I don't rule out that a random set of prompts might show up every so often, but I think I've touched on all the topics I could think of. If you have just stumbled upon this game, go ahead and answer the prompts in any order that gets your creativity revved up. This is the last page of the threaded post that includes ALL of them. This hashtag is here to help you reimagine your literary worlds while giving you a totally different perspective of gender in our own.

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• (Feb 18) 93 — Since this is the last set of prompts, what of value did you take away from following the #engenderedWriting challenge game? Do you feel you learned something? Did it change what you write about? @NaraMoore
• 94 — If your character presents as male, regardless of the sex assigned them at birth, your character wakes finding themselves physically weak. If presenting as female, they wake physically strong. What effect does this have on the character, or possibly the plot. How does their reaction differ from question 90.
• 95 — Humans are suddenly predictably fertile once a year for a week. (The change happens in the story or just before the story.) How does this change gender roles? Society?
• 96 — If humans always had had a fertile season would our modernity be different or would it be the same old time religion and patriarchy?
• 97 — Long ago our ancestors fought off the patriarchal invaders and obliterated their barbaric idea for their women kin. How would a modern society work if inheritance and family flowed only through women, and was both traditional and legally recognized?
• 98 — Is marriage inevitable? Is it an exclusive symptom of patriarchy? Do any of your stories touch on the subject?
• 99 — If humans were exclusively matrilineal, would marriage evolve in your stories?
• 100 — Your MC has an object they adore that is NOT associated with their gender or gender role. Whether it gets suddenly revealed, or if they routinely flaunt it, it suddenly causes them huge trouble. How do they cope? CW if appropriate.
• 101 — One of your characters has an opportunity for power (your definition) if they take on the opposite gender role. How do they react? What do they do?
• 102 — Men stop being aggressive (your definition). Does society fall apart? Does the population decrease? Could you write a story from that male POV?
• (Feb 28) 103 — Men cease to have interest in sex (your definition) overnight or over no more than a span of a year. Does society fall apart? Does the population decrease? Could you write a story from the male POV, or would from the female POV be more interesting?

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#EngenderedQ Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 14 (86-92, suggested February 1-9)

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• 86 — (Pt. 4) If your story sticks to traditional gender roles, even if your characters rebel, what does the story lose?
• 87 — A regime takes power that makes it illegal to display macho behavior, and with the ability to enforce the law, deports those caught to an inhospitable reservation, country, colony, planet, etc. Your POV is macho. What happens? (This is an allegory, folks.)
• 88 — (Pt. 1) What does it mean to a story to depict a man who's happy being male but is both sensitive and doesn't care that he enjoys filling a traditionally female gender role? (He wants to raise the kids, for example.) Can you make the audience accept this? Does it kill the story?
• 89 — (Pt. 2) What does it mean to a story to depict a woman who's happy being female, but is macho no nonsense at work and at play, filling by force-of-character male gender roles, but hates being called a tomboy or a dyke? Can you make the audience accept this? Does it kill the story? (Compare your answers with Pt. 1).
• 90 — If biologically male (regardless of preference or presentation), your characters wakes finding themselves physically weak. If female, they wake physically strong. How would you write a story to express how they’d cope with the change?
• 91 — Overnight all biological females (regardless of orientation or preference) become on-par as strong as males. How would this change one of your stories?
• 92 — How would it change society if women were and had always been physically stronger than men?Next week's prompts will display as a reply to this thread.

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#EngenderedQ Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 13 (79-85, suggested January 23-31)

[A bit late posting. Life. Characters insisting I write their stories. Spontaneous short fiction. You know.]

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• 79 — Is it fair, or is it reasonable, to have the narrator discuss gender matters or poke fun at the characters for gender inanity? Do your narrators express opinions about the characters? Would you considering doing this?
• 80 — Narrator POV: The story depicts a repressive society (it could even be ours) where the characters have no personal issues with their gender, no matter how excessive or how queer. Have your narrator point out their stupidity.
• 81 — A character expresses different genders at the same time or alternately. (Ex: Girly at work but the neighbors swear he's a man.) How do you portray this? Would you dare portray this negatively?
• 82 — (Pt. 1) Is gender equality or disparity a thing in your stories? How (not why) do you show it?
• 83 — (Pt. 2) If you show gender equality or disparity in your stories, what's the message? What does the depiction bring to a story?
• 84 — (Pt. 3) If your story maintains traditional gender roles, even if your characters rebels, what does the story gain?
• 85 — Is gender equality a viable story topic in today's changed world? If not, why not?

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#EngenderedQ Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 12 (72-78, suggested January 13-19)

[To continue the challenge game, I'm adding more writing prompts into the mix, some with specific suggestions as exemplified by #72. The concept is to think about or practice writing about gender or gender-prohibited behaviors directly or as a subtext. Once you get a feel for the change, feel free to submit similar prompts as suggestions.]

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• 72 — Pick or invent a character in POV: They are accused as being attracted to the same (or if applicable, different) gender. How do they react? Who's accusing them? What's do they think is the motivation?
• 73 — ALL clothing dissolves when worn. Does mayhem ensue, or something positive? Will gender affect coping?
• 74 — Pick or invent a character in POV: Their clothing dissolves when worn. What do they do? Don't pick an Arctic / winter or a spacesuit setting as a get out of jail free card.
• 75 — Are love and sex the same thing in your story, or are they separate? Do different genders or sexual preferences pose problems separating the concepts or maintaining their association?
• 76 — Can you write a good erotic scene (your definition of such) using non-anatomical euphemisms? Is the ability to do so made easier by narrator or POV gender choice? If so, why?
• 77 — Pick or invent a character POV: Properly CW'd, write or present a snippet with indirectly racy euphemisms or double entendres.
• 78 — Pick or invent a character POV: They desire sex but seeking opportunities is against their gender role. How do they handle the problem? Does it change their acceptance of their gender role?

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#EngenderedWritingQ Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 10 (64-71, or January 3-9)

[LAST CHANCE to suggest a prompt. Next week is the end of my queue. Please send suggestions to @sfwrtr@eldritchcafe.]

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• 64 — Is there such a thing as toxic femininity? Would this be taking a feminine gender role too seriously? How would you portray this, or how have you portrayed this?
• 65 — Do you know of a story that has an MC or SC who's a hermaphrodite? What was the author's message? Would you consider writing one? Please share if you wrote one.
• 66 — How would you pull this off: The hero or heroine in a romance story is asexual. They're alloromantic (they desire romance not sex.) @NaraMoore
• 67 — Have you ever included sex workers in your stories? Why or why not? @JessMahler
• 68 — Standard and diverse gender roles insist monogamy is required for true love. Do your stories demonstrate this, or do they demonstrate the concept is an illusion?
• 69 — Is jealousy a gender role in your stories? Does it affect one gender or certain sexual preferences?
• 70 — Many consider jealousy an expression of love demanded by their gender role. How do your stories treat jealousy? Positively? Do you demonize it? Something in between? Snippets are welcome.
• 71 — Can a character be "greedy" or "love many people," even have sex with them, and not be shamed or considered a bad person? Does it challenge you to write such behavior without shame? How so?

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#EngenderedWritingQ — Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 9 (57-63, or December 27 through Jan 2nd)

Reposted - 57-63 wasn't threaded previously. Will post Jan 3 in a few minutes...

[Since I'm down to 9 prompts in the queue, I think I'll bring this prompt to a close soon. If you have any ideas I might include to extend the count to two weeks, please send them to @sfwrtr@eldritchcafe.]

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• 57 — Fiction often depicts people that seem to ignore gender roles; the reader may not know what they are. Are they asexual and non-romantic? Have you written any? Is there an advantage to story telling, other than YA that ignores all sexuality?
• 58 — A certain gender seems more susceptible to gaslighting and manipulation than another thanks to training or lack there of because of their gender. Have you used this (or observed this used) in fiction? How about that gender manipulating the manipulator because of their gender training?
• 59 — Could you write or have you written a positive story with toxic masculinity as an element? Why or why not?
• 60 — Are any gender issues overtly addressed in your genre? Why or why not?
• 61 — Can gender or feminist fiction be funny or comedic without self-satirizing?
• 62 — Is there genre(s) that won't work for gender fiction? Explain why.
• 63 — If your story contains sexual scenes (any combination of genders or preferences) are they mostly positive or negative experiences? Why? @ignova

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NP! All the gender related writing challenge prompts can be found at #EngenderedWritingQ. I will post another set today, but you will find a link at that hash tag to a convenient docs file with the whole set out so far. Feel free to join in anywhere if any intrigue you.

— Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 9 (57-63, or December 27 through Jan 2nd)

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• 57 — Fiction often depicts people that seem to ignore gender roles; the reader may not know what they are. Are they asexual and non-romantic? Have you written any? Is there an advantage to story telling, other than YA that ignores all sexuality?
• 58 — A certain gender seems more susceptible to gaslighting and manipulation than another thanks to training or lack there of because of their gender. Have you used this (or observed this used) in fiction? How about that gender manipulating the manipulator because of their gender training?
• 59 — Could you write or have you written a positive story with toxic masculinity as an element? Why or why not?
• 60 — Are any gender issues overtly addressed in your genre? Why or why not?
• 61 — Can gender or feminist fiction be funny or comedic without self-satirizing?
• 62 — Is there genre(s) that won't work for gender fiction? Explain why.
• 63 — If your story contains sexual scenes (any combination of genders or preferences) are they mostly positive or negative experiences? Why? @ignova

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• 57 — Fiction often depicts people that ignore gender roles; the reader may not know what gender a character. Does the character thereforebecome asexual and non-romantic; is there a deeper meaning? Have you written any characters like this? Is there an advantage to storytelling, other than for YA, that ignores all sexuality or gender issues?

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— Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 8 (50-56, or December 20 through 26)

[This week manifests as an areligious holiday gender fiction writing theme! Because I've "toyed" with the idea of toys, I've successfully added an additional week of prompts. That means I still only have two more weeks of prompts left. Your suggestions are welcome! Please send them to @sfwrtr@eldritchcafe.]

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• (Dec 20) 50 — Do your (or would your) children characters play with gender affirming toys or non-gender specific toys? Maybe cross-gender toys? Dolls, toy soldiers, versus blocks. Why one over the other, or why haven't you considered this?
• (Dec 21) 51 —Pick a character and talk about their favorite toy. Neither age nor spice limited!
• (Dec 22) 52 — Which character has the most / best toys? Do they affirm gender or preference, or aid in asserting it? We're talking anything from little pony toys to a Ferrari here.
• (Dec 23) 53 —Does your story have a Rosebud? As the author, do you impute symbolism to your character's toys or possessions? Do they announce their gender, preferences, or perceived role in life? Why?
• (Dec 24) 54 —The word toy has many meanings, some good and some bad. Do any of your characters engage in semantics? Do they toy with others or use toys as subtle symbols, even weapons?
• (Chanukamas) 55 — Toys make great gifts for any age! Pick two characters. What toy would they give (if they could) and why? If not G-rated, please CW appropriately.
• (Dec 26) 56 —Do adult toys (the colloquial meaning) ever appear in your stories; would they?

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#EngenderedWritingQ — Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 7 (43-49)
[I have only two more weeks of prompts lined up. I could use some more suggestions! Please send them to @sfwrtr@eldritchcafe.]

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• 43 — Cite a story (short, novel, or fanfic) that DOES address gender issues well.
• 44 —Tell us about a conflict that exists between genders in your story. @[email protected] it to us. If yours, please share a link.
• 45 — Fiction often depicts people that seem to ignore gender roles; the reader may not know what they are. Are they asexual and non-romantic? Have you written any? Is there an advantage to story telling, other than YA that ignores all sexuality?
• 46 — Character POV: Have one of your characters suddenly be "acting out" or "in your face," either obviously violating their gender role or being "out." Does it feel out of character? Or did you learn something?
• 47 — What do you think of Women-Acting-Badly stories? Do they help the cause or are they gratuitous? Alternately address any gender or sexual preference you choose. How would you approach writing one?
• 48 — Is it possible to pull off a story where the ensemble is all sorts of genders and have different sexual preferences, and it wouldn't matter at all? Do such things seem Pollyanna? Message heavy? Hopeful?
• 49 — Out-and-proud stories sometimes seem cartoonish. (As do cis-het cognate stories like a woman who makes everyone uncomfortably aware she is feminine.) Do such depictions feel like pushing the envelope? Or are they incautious recommendations that might push a reader into dangerous behavior?

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#EngenderedWritingQ — Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 6 (36-42)
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• 36 — Have you ever used subtext for a queer relationship? If so, what techniques did you use to write that? Why did you never outright state the relationship? @NaraMoore
• 37 — Character POV: Your relationship with them is growing stronger. You know it, but they ain't saying it! What signals are you picking up? How are you going to signal it back without saying it? [Pick one: Queer, Forbidden, Ace, or Coy relationship.]
• 38 — Recommend a gender fiction book, short story, movie, or anime. Explain why we must read or watch it.
• 39 — Who are your favorite gender fiction authors? Feel free to recommend a book or link.
• 40 — Try reversing the gender of your MC but without switching their gender role. Can you still write them? Why or why not? Share a snippet if you want.
• 41 — Cite a story (short, novel, or fanfic) that DOES NOT address gender issues well, but in the end says something important about gender or sexual relationships. Do you recommend it?
• 42 —Character POV: Because you are [Pick one: Trans, NB, Queer, Cis...] it is causing conflicts with someone or something. How do you cope?

#EngenderedWritingQ — Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 5 (29-35)

[Thanks everyone for participating. After this week, I have 20 more fabulous prompts ready, but I can always use more! If you have ideas, don't be shy about private mentioning @sfwrtr.]

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• 29 — Could / would you write a gay romance? (Or if gay, a straight one?) Why or why not?
• 30 — How do you feel about cishet (straight) authors writing lgbt+ characters? [Should cishet write lgbtqia+ fic?] @JessMahler
• 31 — If / when writing queer storylines, do your storylines tend toward tragedy? Or hope and joy? @ignova
• 32 — Until the early 1900s, pink was a male color and blue female. What colors do your characters like, wear, or feel comfortable in?
• 33 — Wes Craven (Horror Filmmaker) in an interview observed Last House on the Left was a cautionary tale about misogyny and the human potential for unthinking brutality. Faced with an über fan of the movie, he wondered if a cautionary tale was the right approach. Is detailing the (possibly gratuitous) worst outcome or oppression the best way to get the message across? Do you use a kinder, gentler alternative?
• 34 — If you write in fantasy or write about future societies, how do you develop gender roles for them? @JessMahler
• 35 — Expanding the fantasy / future societies development question, how do you develop their views on sexuality? @JessMahler

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#EngenderedWritingQ — Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 4 (22-28)

[Thanks everyone for participating. After this week, I have 27 more fabulous prompts ready, but I can always use more! If you have ideas, don't be shy about private mentioning @sfwrtr.]

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• 22 — Can your MC flout clothing taboos, cross dress, or handle nudity? Can you write it? For example, your female MC wears completely concealing clothing, but to find food and lodging is required to reveal her face and arms.
• 23 — Have you ever written a character for whom you never reveal their gender. Would you? Why or why not? (not the same as #18.) @stevendbrewer
• 24 — Is it okay for a man to write from a woman's POV? Or vice-versa? Why does this work or not work in your opinion.
• 25 — Is it best to use a gender neutral pen name so as not to add subtext to your gendered characters?
• 26 — Would you consider using a pen name of the opposite gender to add subtext to your story, or to validate the gender of your POV?
• 27 — What is your opinion on using gender jargon (i.e. academic or activist terms like dysphoria, gender identity, genderqueer) in fiction? Ref: https://www.healthline.com/health/different-genders. @ignova
• 28 — Were you to write a trans character in a POV role, would you need them to present as your own gender? Why or why not?

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#EngenderedWritingQ — Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 3 (15-21)

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• 15 — Have you written slice of life stories, slice of life interludes (for instance in a thriller)?” How does slice-of-life support or hinder stories?
• 16 — Have you written a gender-bending role model story? E.g., Man who raises her children, woman who's a starship captain, trans woman who's running for mayor. Would you, why or why not?
• 17 — (Opposite of #8) Do you have a character who feels compelled to act out a gender other than their own, e.g., a macho man, a girly girl, etc. Why or why not? Analyze someone else's character if you'd prefer.
• 18 — Have you ever written a character who never comes out gender- or preference-wise? Would you? Why?
• 19 — Do you use they / them / their / theirs (or it / its) instead of the generic gender him / his, etc.? How do you feel about how it reads? Does pronoun choice telegraph a message, or it transparent?
• 20 — Do / would you use gender preference pronouns in the narrative and dialogue, or only in dialogue.
• 21 — Do you know a trans person? (Without outing yourself, they can be you.) Would you write a story featuring one? Why or why not?

#EngenderedWritingQ — Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 3 (15-21)

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• 15 — Have you written slice of life stories, slice of life interludes (for instance in a thriller)?” How does slice-of-life support or hinder stories?
• 16 — Have you written a gender-bending role model story? E.g., Man who raises her children, woman who's a starship captain, trans woman who's running for mayor. Would you, why or why not?
• 17 — (Opposite of #8) Do you have a character who feels compelled to act out a gender other than their own, e.g., a macho man, a girly girl, etc. Why or why not? Analyze someone else's character if you'd prefer.
• 18 — Have you ever written a character who never comes out gender- or preference-wise? Would you? Why?
• 19 — Do you use they / them / their / theirs (or it / its) instead of the generic gender him / his, etc.? How do you feel about how it reads? Does pronoun choice telegraph a message, or it transparent?
• 20 — Do / would you use gender preference pronouns in the narrative and dialogue, or only in dialogue. [Gendered dialogue only?]
• 21 — Do you know a trans person? (Without outing yourself, they can be you.) Would you write a story featuring one? Why or why not?

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#EngenderedWritingQ — Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 1 (0A-07)

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• The linked doc contains all the released prompts, as well as a response template to make playing quicker and easier.

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"Gender Fiction asks the reader to rethink their understanding of gender roles and what gender actually means, regardless of or in conjunction with sexual preference. Feminism is a subset of this. Many of these prompts are the product of my first hand experience, derived from conversations with differently-gendered and differently-attracted people I've met, stories I've written, or from things I've read such as news articles or fiction. I hope this game makes you more aware of reflexive depictions of societal and religious norms that exist to force people conform—so as to not challenge the status quo." —R.S.

Instructions: Answer only if you are comfortable answering! Take care not to out yourself. Don't stress. If you want to answer something the question inspires you to answer instead, do it! Answer in any order or at any time, early, late, all at once, etc.The numbers are not dates and I will enumerate past 31 (I have 48 questions at the time of this posting). Feel free to PM me with questions, corrections, or prompts at any time—including warning me to CW if a question goes over the line. The bracketed title is an alternate short title for tiny tooters, or simply use #EngenderedWriting followed by the number.

Note: I've received contributions from our fabulous writing community. Those questions are attributed to their authors. However, I take responsibility for tweaking or rewriting their words. Whilst I'll take all the blame, give them all the credit.

Two preview challenge questions for the season have been added! Woot!

• 0A — The MC in your WiP gets to choose any gender or sexual preference for a day. What do they do? Why? What if it came without negative consequences, or on a day like Halloween? [MC Gender Roulette?]
• 00 — Do any of your characters use holidays, like Halloween, as permission or cover to be "out"without actually being "out," or to crossdress? Why or why not? ["Out" Trick or Treating?]
• 01 — How do you define gender? Does this differ from the dictionary definition? Do your characters reflect society's role model, or your synthesis? [Define Gender.]
• 02 — Do you ever play with gender in your writing? Tell us about it. [Played with Gender?] @JessMahler
• 03 — At some age, someone told you (or your MC), "You can't," because you are a girl / boy / etc. Does that reflect in your stories? How? [No, You're a Boy / Girl!]
• 04 — Your MC is handed an abandoned / lost magical girl infant. It switches them to female for milk or male for protection, etc. How do they react? [Handling Gender Switch.]
• 05 — Have you ever written a feminist or gender fiction story? Why or why not? Share a link if you wish. [Written gender fiction?]
• 06 — Have you ever been accused of writing a gender unfriendly story? (E.g., anti-feminist, anti-man, etc.) How did you react? How would you react reading one? [Tarred as Gender Unfriendly?]
• 07 — Have you written / read "outed" stories? (E.g., The MC has masqueraded as a teenage boy for ages in a repressive society, but her sanitary pad overflows the plumbing in the restroom—what now?) Is this a genre or hackneyed? Share a link or a recommendation. [Written "Outed" Stories?]

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