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#PhantastikPrompts 9/28: Do supporting characters of yours have their own plots that play out “in the background“?

Oh, of course. They do. It's one of my favorite parts of writing, and that can be said for all of my stories, not just my current WIP.

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#PhantastikPrompts 9/28: Do supporting characters of yours have their own plots that play out “in the background“?

Oh, of course. They do. It's one of my favorite parts of writing, and that can be said for all of my stories, not just my current WIP.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon

#PhantastikPrompts 9/28: Do supporting characters of yours have their own plots that play out “in the background“?

Oh, of course. They do. It's one of my favorite parts of writing, and that can be said for all of my stories, not just my current WIP.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon

#PhantastikPrompts 9/28: Do supporting characters of yours have their own plots that play out “in the background“?

Oh, of course. They do. It's one of my favorite parts of writing, and that can be said for all of my stories, not just my current WIP.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon

#PhantastikPrompts 9/28: Do supporting characters of yours have their own plots that play out “in the background“?

Oh, of course. They do. It's one of my favorite parts of writing, and that can be said for all of my stories, not just my current WIP.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon

#onthisday

Herman Melville, American author and poet died on this day in 1891.
He was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.

Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.

At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.

Most everyone has heard of Captain Ahab, Ishmael, and Queequeg, not to mention the white whale. In parts it reads like a treatise on whaling and has one of the literature’s most famous opening sentences, "Call me Ishmael."

Amongst his other works my favourite is, "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street," a short story first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine and reprinted in his, The Piazza Tales, in 1856.
In the story, a Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk, who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copies or do any other task required of him, responding to any request with the words "I would prefer not to," which becomes all he ever says.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#onthisday

Herman Melville, American author and poet died on this day in 1891.
He was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.

Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.

At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.

Most everyone has heard of Captain Ahab, Ishmael, and Queequeg, not to mention the white whale. In parts it reads like a treatise on whaling and has one of the literature’s most famous opening sentences, "Call me Ishmael."

Amongst his other works my favourite is, "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street," a short story first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine and reprinted in his, The Piazza Tales, in 1856.
In the story, a Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk, who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copies or do any other task required of him, responding to any request with the words "I would prefer not to," which becomes all he ever says.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#onthisday

Herman Melville, American author and poet died on this day in 1891.
He was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.

Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.

At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.

Most everyone has heard of Captain Ahab, Ishmael, and Queequeg, not to mention the white whale. In parts it reads like a treatise on whaling and has one of the literature’s most famous opening sentences, "Call me Ishmael."

Amongst his other works my favourite is, "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street," a short story first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine and reprinted in his, The Piazza Tales, in 1856.
In the story, a Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk, who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copies or do any other task required of him, responding to any request with the words "I would prefer not to," which becomes all he ever says.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#onthisday

Herman Melville, American author and poet died on this day in 1891.
He was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.

Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.

At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.

Most everyone has heard of Captain Ahab, Ishmael, and Queequeg, not to mention the white whale. In parts it reads like a treatise on whaling and has one of the literature’s most famous opening sentences, "Call me Ishmael."

Amongst his other works my favourite is, "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street," a short story first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine and reprinted in his, The Piazza Tales, in 1856.
In the story, a Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk, who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copies or do any other task required of him, responding to any request with the words "I would prefer not to," which becomes all he ever says.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#onthisday

Herman Melville, American author and poet died on this day in 1891.
He was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.

Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.

At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.

Most everyone has heard of Captain Ahab, Ishmael, and Queequeg, not to mention the white whale. In parts it reads like a treatise on whaling and has one of the literature’s most famous opening sentences, "Call me Ishmael."

Amongst his other works my favourite is, "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street," a short story first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine and reprinted in his, The Piazza Tales, in 1856.
In the story, a Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk, who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copies or do any other task required of him, responding to any request with the words "I would prefer not to," which becomes all he ever says.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WordWeavers 2026.09.28 — Tell us about your MC’s religious or spiritual beliefs.

Not only does she have none, she is incapable of developing any. The concepts don't exist in her language. And. Had I not mentioned it in response to this question, you'd probably not have noticed except for some circumlocutions in the narration. Can't use the words derivative of belief or faith or luck, for example. Sort of spoilery, so please endeavor to forget I mentioned it.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.09.28 — Tell us about your MC’s religious or spiritual beliefs.

Not only does she have none, she is incapable of developing any. The concepts don't exist in her language. And. Had I not mentioned it in response to this question, you'd probably not have noticed except for some circumlocutions in the narration. Can't use the words derivative of belief or faith or luck, for example. Sort of spoilery, so please endeavor to forget I mentioned it.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.09.28 — Tell us about your MC’s religious or spiritual beliefs.

Not only does she have none, she is incapable of developing any. The concepts don't exist in her language. And. Had I not mentioned it in response to this question, you'd probably not have noticed except for some circumlocutions in the narration. Can't use the words derivative of belief or faith or luck, for example. Sort of spoilery, so please endeavor to forget I mentioned it.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.09.28 — Tell us about your MC’s religious or spiritual beliefs.

Not only does she have none, she is incapable of developing any. The concepts don't exist in her language. And. Had I not mentioned it in response to this question, you'd probably not have noticed except for some circumlocutions in the narration. Can't use the words derivative of belief or faith or luck, for example. Sort of spoilery, so please endeavor to forget I mentioned it.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.09.28 — Tell us about your MC’s religious or spiritual beliefs.

Not only does she have none, she is incapable of developing any. The concepts don't exist in her language. And. Had I not mentioned it in response to this question, you'd probably not have noticed except for some circumlocutions in the narration. Can't use the words derivative of belief or faith or luck, for example. Sort of spoilery, so please endeavor to forget I mentioned it.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.09.27 — What interesting quirks do your characters have?

I rarely give characters character-tags, shorthand textual phrases that make them immediately recognizable. The result is often cartoonish or gets in the way of running jokes. Such things ought be more meaningful to the story.

One quirk that evolved in the story, if you could call it that, is that one character has really bad body odor, notable in a hot sweaty milieu where everyone smells to some extent. It's not throwaway color; it comes into play and ends up with a gay romance twist.

I am going to add a quirk after having written a novel’s worth of words. Bolt, a day angel, has wings with a span 2½ times her height, yet in review, when in situations where she's not flying, it's almost like her wings disappear, and she's simply a human like you and I. Well, she is, but you understand? Right? I need to remind readers she is angelic, contrasting her physicality with those who lack wings. I'm going to make them flutter when she's excited or trying to emphasize something—like hand gestures when conversing, except unlike hands they're huge. They block the view behind her, cast irregular shadows, strike walls, bang ceilings, shed molts and dander, and rustle and hum (the feathers, anyway). It'll function to increase the sense of verisimilitude.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.09.27 — What interesting quirks do your characters have?

I rarely give characters character-tags, shorthand textual phrases that make them immediately recognizable. The result is often cartoonish or gets in the way of running jokes. Such things ought be more meaningful to the story.

One quirk that evolved in the story, if you could call it that, is that one character has really bad body odor, notable in a hot sweaty milieu where everyone smells to some extent. It's not throwaway color; it comes into play and ends up with a gay romance twist.

I am going to add a quirk after having written a novel’s worth of words. Bolt, a day angel, has wings with a span 2½ times her height, yet in review, when in situations where she's not flying, it's almost like her wings disappear, and she's simply a human like you and I. Well, she is, but you understand? Right? I need to remind readers she is angelic, contrasting her physicality with those who lack wings. I'm going to make them flutter when she's excited or trying to emphasize something—like hand gestures when conversing, except unlike hands they're huge. They block the view behind her, cast irregular shadows, strike walls, bang ceilings, shed molts and dander, and rustle and hum (the feathers, anyway). It'll function to increase the sense of verisimilitude.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.09.27 — What interesting quirks do your characters have?

I rarely give characters character-tags, shorthand textual phrases that make them immediately recognizable. The result is often cartoonish or gets in the way of running jokes. Such things ought be more meaningful to the story.

One quirk that evolved in the story, if you could call it that, is that one character has really bad body odor, notable in a hot sweaty milieu where everyone smells to some extent. It's not throwaway color; it comes into play and ends up with a gay romance twist.

I am going to add a quirk after having written a novel’s worth of words. Bolt, a day angel, has wings with a span 2½ times her height, yet in review, when in situations where she's not flying, it's almost like her wings disappear, and she's simply a human like you and I. Well, she is, but you understand? Right? I need to remind readers she is angelic, contrasting her physicality with those who lack wings. I'm going to make them flutter when she's excited or trying to emphasize something—like hand gestures when conversing, except unlike hands they're huge. They block the view behind her, cast irregular shadows, strike walls, bang ceilings, shed molts and dander, and rustle and hum (the feathers, anyway). It'll function to increase the sense of verisimilitude.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.09.27 — What interesting quirks do your characters have?

I rarely give characters character-tags, shorthand textual phrases that make them immediately recognizable. The result is often cartoonish or gets in the way of running jokes. Such things ought be more meaningful to the story.

One quirk that evolved in the story, if you could call it that, is that one character has really bad body odor, notable in a hot sweaty milieu where everyone smells to some extent. It's not throwaway color; it comes into play and ends up with a gay romance twist.

I am going to add a quirk after having written a novel’s worth of words. Bolt, a day angel, has wings with a span 2½ times her height, yet in review, when in situations where she's not flying, it's almost like her wings disappear, and she's simply a human like you and I. Well, she is, but you understand? Right? I need to remind readers she is angelic, contrasting her physicality with those who lack wings. I'm going to make them flutter when she's excited or trying to emphasize something—like hand gestures when conversing, except unlike hands they're huge. They block the view behind her, cast irregular shadows, strike walls, bang ceilings, shed molts and dander, and rustle and hum (the feathers, anyway). It'll function to increase the sense of verisimilitude.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.09.27 — What interesting quirks do your characters have?

I rarely give characters character-tags, shorthand textual phrases that make them immediately recognizable. The result is often cartoonish or gets in the way of running jokes. Such things ought be more meaningful to the story.

One quirk that evolved in the story, if you could call it that, is that one character has really bad body odor, notable in a hot sweaty milieu where everyone smells to some extent. It's not throwaway color; it comes into play and ends up with a gay romance twist.

I am going to add a quirk after having written a novel’s worth of words. Bolt, a day angel, has wings with a span 2½ times her height, yet in review, when in situations where she's not flying, it's almost like her wings disappear, and she's simply a human like you and I. Well, she is, but you understand? Right? I need to remind readers she is angelic, contrasting her physicality with those who lack wings. I'm going to make them flutter when she's excited or trying to emphasize something—like hand gestures when conversing, except unlike hands they're huge. They block the view behind her, cast irregular shadows, strike walls, bang ceilings, shed molts and dander, and rustle and hum (the feathers, anyway). It'll function to increase the sense of verisimilitude.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#PennedPossibilities 1141: Does your antagonist personally know your MC? Have they ever met?

Yes and yes. Innit more fun that way!?

One's an annoying punk gangster coworker who enjoys tormenting her, whom she can smell a block away.

Another's the mob boss who has her blackmailed. She tried to insinuate herself into his life and slept with him. That was the past. He rarely personally gives her orders, but when he does, he knows and plays on her weaknesses.

The scariest meets all those who might assist her in achieving her goals. In this case she knew Bolt through following the mob boss's career, but when she learned that Bolt trained her newest praetorian recruit to pass her rigorous flying test, she arranged to meet Bolt in person. Turns out Bolt is easily baited into a competition…

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#PennedPossibilities 1141: Does your antagonist personally know your MC? Have they ever met?

Yes and yes. Innit more fun that way!?

One's an annoying punk gangster coworker who enjoys tormenting her, whom she can smell a block away.

Another's the mob boss who has her blackmailed. She tried to insinuate herself into his life and slept with him. That was the past. He rarely personally gives her orders, but when he does, he knows and plays on her weaknesses.

The scariest meets all those who might assist her in achieving her goals. In this case she knew Bolt through following the mob boss's career, but when she learned that Bolt trained her newest praetorian recruit to pass her rigorous flying test, she arranged to meet Bolt in person. Turns out Bolt is easily baited into a competition…

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#PennedPossibilities 1141: Does your antagonist personally know your MC? Have they ever met?

Yes and yes. Innit more fun that way!?

One's an annoying punk gangster coworker who enjoys tormenting her, whom she can smell a block away.

Another's the mob boss who has her blackmailed. She tried to insinuate herself into his life and slept with him. That was the past. He rarely personally gives her orders, but when he does, he knows and plays on her weaknesses.

The scariest meets all those who might assist her in achieving her goals. In this case she knew Bolt through following the mob boss's career, but when she learned that Bolt trained her newest praetorian recruit to pass her rigorous flying test, she arranged to meet Bolt in person. Turns out Bolt is easily baited into a competition…

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#PennedPossibilities 1141: Does your antagonist personally know your MC? Have they ever met?

Yes and yes. Innit more fun that way!?

One's an annoying punk gangster coworker who enjoys tormenting her, whom she can smell a block away.

Another's the mob boss who has her blackmailed. She tried to insinuate herself into his life and slept with him. That was the past. He rarely personally gives her orders, but when he does, he knows and plays on her weaknesses.

The scariest meets all those who might assist her in achieving her goals. In this case she knew Bolt through following the mob boss's career, but when she learned that Bolt trained her newest praetorian recruit to pass her rigorous flying test, she arranged to meet Bolt in person. Turns out Bolt is easily baited into a competition…

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#PennedPossibilities 1141: Does your antagonist personally know your MC? Have they ever met?

Yes and yes. Innit more fun that way!?

One's an annoying punk gangster coworker who enjoys tormenting her, whom she can smell a block away.

Another's the mob boss who has her blackmailed. She tried to insinuate herself into his life and slept with him. That was the past. He rarely personally gives her orders, but when he does, he knows and plays on her weaknesses.

The scariest meets all those who might assist her in achieving her goals. In this case she knew Bolt through following the mob boss's career, but when she learned that Bolt trained her newest praetorian recruit to pass her rigorous flying test, she arranged to meet Bolt in person. Turns out Bolt is easily baited into a competition…

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

Apprenticeship to Love
From the Sept 22 chapter:

“What a beautiful feeling, to love without needing anything “in return.” To feel so big, so very huge, that I need nothing, satisfied with holding this space and feeling love flow.
It's so simple.”

#marriage #dating #men #menshealth #sex #love #learning #writing #writersofmastodon #reading

https://www.apprenticeshiptolove.com/she-is-endless/

Apprenticeship to Love
From the Sept 22 chapter:

“What a beautiful feeling, to love without needing anything “in return.” To feel so big, so very huge, that I need nothing, satisfied with holding this space and feeling love flow.
It's so simple.”

#marriage #dating #men #menshealth #sex #love #learning #writing #writersofmastodon #reading

https://www.apprenticeshiptolove.com/she-is-endless/

Apprenticeship to Love
From the Sept 22 chapter:

“What a beautiful feeling, to love without needing anything “in return.” To feel so big, so very huge, that I need nothing, satisfied with holding this space and feeling love flow.
It's so simple.”

#marriage #dating #men #menshealth #sex #love #learning #writing #writersofmastodon #reading

https://www.apprenticeshiptolove.com/she-is-endless/

Apprenticeship to Love
From the Sept 22 chapter:

“What a beautiful feeling, to love without needing anything “in return.” To feel so big, so very huge, that I need nothing, satisfied with holding this space and feeling love flow.
It's so simple.”

#marriage #dating #men #menshealth #sex #love #learning #writing #writersofmastodon #reading

https://www.apprenticeshiptolove.com/she-is-endless/

Apprenticeship to Love
From the Sept 22 chapter:

“What a beautiful feeling, to love without needing anything “in return.” To feel so big, so very huge, that I need nothing, satisfied with holding this space and feeling love flow.
It's so simple.”

#marriage #dating #men #menshealth #sex #love #learning #writing #writersofmastodon #reading

https://www.apprenticeshiptolove.com/she-is-endless/

#WritersCoffeeClub 27 Sept: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

Mysteriously, this can vary depending on how distracted I become.

I might end up here checking out my latest notifications or maybe I just reread the last thing I last wrote.
This can have a knock-on effect of sending me to Wikipedia to research some upcoming plot point.

Although on a good day I could, if I’m lucky, get straight down to writing.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WritersCoffeeClub 27 Sept: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

Mysteriously, this can vary depending on how distracted I become.

I might end up here checking out my latest notifications or maybe I just reread the last thing I last wrote.
This can have a knock-on effect of sending me to Wikipedia to research some upcoming plot point.

Although on a good day I could, if I’m lucky, get straight down to writing.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WritersCoffeeClub 27 Sept: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

Mysteriously, this can vary depending on how distracted I become.

I might end up here checking out my latest notifications or maybe I just reread the last thing I last wrote.
This can have a knock-on effect of sending me to Wikipedia to research some upcoming plot point.

Although on a good day I could, if I’m lucky, get straight down to writing.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WritersCoffeeClub 27 Sept: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

Mysteriously, this can vary depending on how distracted I become.

I might end up here checking out my latest notifications or maybe I just reread the last thing I last wrote.
This can have a knock-on effect of sending me to Wikipedia to research some upcoming plot point.

Although on a good day I could, if I’m lucky, get straight down to writing.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WritersCoffeeClub 27 Sept: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

Mysteriously, this can vary depending on how distracted I become.

I might end up here checking out my latest notifications or maybe I just reread the last thing I last wrote.
This can have a knock-on effect of sending me to Wikipedia to research some upcoming plot point.

Although on a good day I could, if I’m lucky, get straight down to writing.

#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WritersCoffeeClub 9/27: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

*maniacal laughter* Sometimes it's mere minutes, and other times, when the AuDHD kicks in, it could be hours. There's no telling how long it could be. It's like playing Russian Roulette, the Writer's Version.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon

#WritersCoffeeClub 9/27: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

*maniacal laughter* Sometimes it's mere minutes, and other times, when the AuDHD kicks in, it could be hours. There's no telling how long it could be. It's like playing Russian Roulette, the Writer's Version.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon

#WritersCoffeeClub 9/27: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

*maniacal laughter* Sometimes it's mere minutes, and other times, when the AuDHD kicks in, it could be hours. There's no telling how long it could be. It's like playing Russian Roulette, the Writer's Version.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon

#WritersCoffeeClub 9/27: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

*maniacal laughter* Sometimes it's mere minutes, and other times, when the AuDHD kicks in, it could be hours. There's no telling how long it could be. It's like playing Russian Roulette, the Writer's Version.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 9/27: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

*maniacal laughter* Sometimes it's mere minutes, and other times, when the AuDHD kicks in, it could be hours. There's no telling how long it could be. It's like playing Russian Roulette, the Writer's Version.

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#ScribesAndMakers Sept 27:
Was there a time you got stuck this month? If so, how did you get through it?

Generally I get through being stuck by writing something else.
Rarely have less than four stories on the go at once, so if it become obvious that the brain is just not going to play ball, I switch games.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 27 Sept:
How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?

Depends very much on the day.
Especially on days I'm writing to deadline for a sub, I pretty much get to the work within a couple of minutes (tea needed first).
Other days, it's as described yesterday.

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#PennedPossibilities 1140: MC POV: When was a time you felt like a hero?

Last night, when I performed a tiny, silly poem at my first ever open mic night.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 27/9: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?
Variable. Sometimes the words are ready to spill out and I can hardly get seated and open the laptop fast enough. Other times, I have to read back over previous work to find my way in—and sometimes that turns into more of an editing exercise. That’s progress too, but indirect.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 27/9: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?
Variable. Sometimes the words are ready to spill out and I can hardly get seated and open the laptop fast enough. Other times, I have to read back over previous work to find my way in—and sometimes that turns into more of an editing exercise. That’s progress too, but indirect.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 27/9: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?
Variable. Sometimes the words are ready to spill out and I can hardly get seated and open the laptop fast enough. Other times, I have to read back over previous work to find my way in—and sometimes that turns into more of an editing exercise. That’s progress too, but indirect.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

#WritersCoffeeClub 27/9: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?
Variable. Sometimes the words are ready to spill out and I can hardly get seated and open the laptop fast enough. Other times, I have to read back over previous work to find my way in—and sometimes that turns into more of an editing exercise. That’s progress too, but indirect.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon

#WritersCoffeeClub 27/9: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?
Variable. Sometimes the words are ready to spill out and I can hardly get seated and open the laptop fast enough. Other times, I have to read back over previous work to find my way in—and sometimes that turns into more of an editing exercise. That’s progress too, but indirect.
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#WordWeavers 27/9: What interesting quirks do your characters have?
I don’t think in terms of ‘quirks’; that smacks (to me) of assembling characters from a kit of parts, like a glorified Photofit picture. To work for me, characters should be whole people that I get to know in the same way as in real life. Doesn’t mean they’re not quirky, but I don’t want the tail (quirk) wagging the dog (character).
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#WordWeavers 27/9: What interesting quirks do your characters have?
I don’t think in terms of ‘quirks’; that smacks (to me) of assembling characters from a kit of parts, like a glorified Photofit picture. To work for me, characters should be whole people that I get to know in the same way as in real life. Doesn’t mean they’re not quirky, but I don’t want the tail (quirk) wagging the dog (character).
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