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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.26 — How does your faith feature in your works?

Does it feature? Arguably it does.

Faith in humanity spiced with an understanding that we're all human.

I'm fascinated by religion, and ended up studying a lot about non-Abrahamic religions at university. I've written deeply faithful characters: one was a shaman. When I wrote 3rd person narrative, I worked to depict the faithful without hypocrisy (enough fiction deals with the opposite and is cross-purposes to my narratives). But— Big difference here. But, I strive to do this objectively. For instance, the reader of the shaman story should equally see that the MC truly believes in the reality she lives in, or is a woman who controls her hallucinations and psychosis to her benefit and that of her world. My favorite TV series was Joan of Arcadia, with its ambiguity and vagary of what was real and what wasn't being the best part. I highly recommend binging it.

My current series of stories lack the concepts of faith, belief, fortune, luck, spirituality, the supernatural, and supernatural beings. They don't even have the words to describe such concepts. (Makes it hard to write, though!) So… How do I write about "my faith" in my works? I could say faithfully. Re-read this paragraph, then the one above.

You are welcome to guess my faith.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.26 — How does your faith feature in your works?

Does it feature? Arguably it does.

Faith in humanity spiced with an understanding that we're all human.

I'm fascinated by religion, and ended up studying a lot about non-Abrahamic religions at university. I've written deeply faithful characters: one was a shaman. When I wrote 3rd person narrative, I worked to depict the faithful without hypocrisy (enough fiction deals with the opposite and is cross-purposes to my narratives). But— Big difference here. But, I strive to do this objectively. For instance, the reader of the shaman story should equally see that the MC truly believes in the reality she lives in, or is a woman who controls her hallucinations and psychosis to her benefit and that of her world. My favorite TV series was Joan of Arcadia, with its ambiguity and vagary of what was real and what wasn't being the best part. I highly recommend binging it.

My current series of stories lack the concepts of faith, belief, fortune, luck, spirituality, the supernatural, and supernatural beings. They don't even have the words to describe such concepts. (Makes it hard to write, though!) So… How do I write about "my faith" in my works? I could say faithfully. Re-read this paragraph, then the one above.

You are welcome to guess my faith.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.26 — How does your faith feature in your works?

Does it feature? Arguably it does.

Faith in humanity spiced with an understanding that we're all human.

I'm fascinated by religion, and ended up studying a lot about non-Abrahamic religions at university. I've written deeply faithful characters: one was a shaman. When I wrote 3rd person narrative, I worked to depict the faithful without hypocrisy (enough fiction deals with the opposite and is cross-purposes to my narratives). But— Big difference here. But, I strive to do this objectively. For instance, the reader of the shaman story should equally see that the MC truly believes in the reality she lives in, or is a woman who controls her hallucinations and psychosis to her benefit and that of her world. My favorite TV series was Joan of Arcadia, with its ambiguity and vagary of what was real and what wasn't being the best part. I highly recommend binging it.

My current series of stories lack the concepts of faith, belief, fortune, luck, spirituality, the supernatural, and supernatural beings. They don't even have the words to describe such concepts. (Makes it hard to write, though!) So… How do I write about "my faith" in my works? I could say faithfully. Re-read this paragraph, then the one above.

You are welcome to guess my faith.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.26 — How does your faith feature in your works?

Does it feature? Arguably it does.

Faith in humanity spiced with an understanding that we're all human.

I'm fascinated by religion, and ended up studying a lot about non-Abrahamic religions at university. I've written deeply faithful characters: one was a shaman. When I wrote 3rd person narrative, I worked to depict the faithful without hypocrisy (enough fiction deals with the opposite and is cross-purposes to my narratives). But— Big difference here. But, I strive to do this objectively. For instance, the reader of the shaman story should equally see that the MC truly believes in the reality she lives in, or is a woman who controls her hallucinations and psychosis to her benefit and that of her world. My favorite TV series was Joan of Arcadia, with its ambiguity and vagary of what was real and what wasn't being the best part. I highly recommend binging it.

My current series of stories lack the concepts of faith, belief, fortune, luck, spirituality, the supernatural, and supernatural beings. They don't even have the words to describe such concepts. (Makes it hard to write, though!) So… How do I write about "my faith" in my works? I could say faithfully. Re-read this paragraph, then the one above.

You are welcome to guess my faith.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.26 — How does your faith feature in your works?

Does it feature? Arguably it does.

Faith in humanity spiced with an understanding that we're all human.

I'm fascinated by religion, and ended up studying a lot about non-Abrahamic religions at university. I've written deeply faithful characters: one was a shaman. When I wrote 3rd person narrative, I worked to depict the faithful without hypocrisy (enough fiction deals with the opposite and is cross-purposes to my narratives). But— Big difference here. But, I strive to do this objectively. For instance, the reader of the shaman story should equally see that the MC truly believes in the reality she lives in, or is a woman who controls her hallucinations and psychosis to her benefit and that of her world. My favorite TV series was Joan of Arcadia, with its ambiguity and vagary of what was real and what wasn't being the best part. I highly recommend binging it.

My current series of stories lack the concepts of faith, belief, fortune, luck, spirituality, the supernatural, and supernatural beings. They don't even have the words to describe such concepts. (Makes it hard to write, though!) So… How do I write about "my faith" in my works? I could say faithfully. Re-read this paragraph, then the one above.

You are welcome to guess my faith.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory