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in the mood for some #WritingDiscussion
dae read China Mieville books and somehow get the vibe that the characters aren't really *characters*?
if so, any thoughts on why? for reference I've read Perdido Street Station and the Scar
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in the mood for some #WritingDiscussion
dae read China Mieville books and somehow get the vibe that the characters aren't really *characters*?
if so, any thoughts on why? for reference I've read Perdido Street Station and the Scar
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CW: writing games
#ScribesAndMakers 24. Do you have a favorite pen, pencil, or other writing implement? What's special about it?
Embarassingly, I am the kind of person that a really nice pen inspires to write. Specifically a flexy vintage fountain pen that I got at the latest fountain pen show in san francisco. I'd post a pic but I think our image uploading is misbehaving at the moment.
#WritersCoffeeClub 25: Does 'destiny' have a role in modern fiction?
A major theme in #EmpathAndAugur - but not played straight. The eponymous Augur has a bone to pick with it. Not quite sure why it might be passe in the modern era? I suppose that "it's destined" just doesn't hit the same as a motivation anymore, which yeah, true. You'd think "chosen one" woulda died with it, but no such luck, eh? Any ideas why not?
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CW: writing games
#ScribesAndMakers 24. Do you have a favorite pen, pencil, or other writing implement? What's special about it?
Embarassingly, I am the kind of person that a really nice pen inspires to write. Specifically a flexy vintage fountain pen that I got at the latest fountain pen show in san francisco. I'd post a pic but I think our image uploading is misbehaving at the moment.
#WritersCoffeeClub 25: Does 'destiny' have a role in modern fiction?
A major theme in #EmpathAndAugur - but not played straight. The eponymous Augur has a bone to pick with it. Not quite sure why it might be passe in the modern era? I suppose that "it's destined" just doesn't hit the same as a motivation anymore, which yeah, true. You'd think "chosen one" woulda died with it, but no such luck, eh? Any ideas why not?
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Do you do any "problem solving" when you write? What kinds of problems have you had to solve? What kind of problems are you trying to solve now?
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Today's #WritersCoffeeClub got me thinking, I have two scenes in two books that aren't set at a particular time - even though the books are strongly sequential, in these scenes I deliberately never clarify when and why these scenes happen. In fact, you could cut em from the work and everything would still make "sense" - but they're there for emotional catharsis.
Anyone else have similar scenes, that are somehow disconnected from time? Why do you have em? Why do they (or don't they) work?
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Today's #WritersCoffeeClub got me thinking, I have two scenes in two books that aren't set at a particular time - even though the books are strongly sequential, in these scenes I deliberately never clarify when and why these scenes happen. In fact, you could cut em from the work and everything would still make "sense" - but they're there for emotional catharsis.
Anyone else have similar scenes, that are somehow disconnected from time? Why do you have em? Why do they (or don't they) work?
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Do you have a favorite "trick" when it comes to your writing or poetry? Discuss in the replies!
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#tootfic #WritingPrompts #amWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingDiscussion, as well as the daily discussion games.
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#Writing discussion: Magic and "systems"
Lots of people, when they sit down to introduce magic into their story, think about it from a "system" point of view, implying things like rules, predictability, etc. But magic/the supernatural in our world is often very vibes based and unpredictable. Which does your story's "magic" lean towards? Do you think one works better than the other? In what situations and why?
#WritingDiscussion #WritersCoffeeClub #Sidechat #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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#Writing discussion: Magic and "systems"
Lots of people, when they sit down to introduce magic into their story, think about it from a "system" point of view, implying things like rules, predictability, etc. But magic/the supernatural in our world is often very vibes based and unpredictable. Which does your story's "magic" lean towards? Do you think one works better than the other? In what situations and why?
#WritingDiscussion #WritersCoffeeClub #Sidechat #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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CW: musings on setting as character, character as setting
I think this is why I always felt something was missing in Perdido Street Station and the Scar: all of the characters, even the "main characters" strike me as characters-as-setting. Since the settings are super fascinating, the characters are as well, but they still miss some quality that makes them feel like characters for characters' sake. Maybe perhaps this "in tension with the setting" requirement is why? There are tensions in the story, but somehow it feels like different bubbles of Mieville's world colliding with each other as opposed to the characters colliding with their surroundings, if that makes sense.
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CW: musings on setting as character, character as setting
I think this is why I always felt something was missing in Perdido Street Station and the Scar: all of the characters, even the "main characters" strike me as characters-as-setting. Since the settings are super fascinating, the characters are as well, but they still miss some quality that makes them feel like characters for characters' sake. Maybe perhaps this "in tension with the setting" requirement is why? There are tensions in the story, but somehow it feels like different bubbles of Mieville's world colliding with each other as opposed to the characters colliding with their surroundings, if that makes sense.
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#writersCoffeeClub APR-21 Do you agree with Rose Tremain, who says you shouldn't plan a book's ending; it must be earned?
Similar to how I think, that theme is not enough to write a self-contained story, and you need plot for it, knowing the ending in some shape or form is needed to know the direction, which in return lets you gauge whether writing the story makes sense. However, that doesn't necessarily mean, the ending can't change.
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#writersCoffeeClub APR-21 Do you agree with Rose Tremain, who says you shouldn't plan a book's ending; it must be earned?
Similar to how I think, that theme is not enough to write a self-contained story, and you need plot for it, knowing the ending in some shape or form is needed to know the direction, which in return lets you gauge whether writing the story makes sense. However, that doesn't necessarily mean, the ending can't change.
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#WritersCoffeeClub APR-09 Do you use a dedicated proofreader, or is one provided by your publisher?
For my German stories that I used to publish at Queerpoint.net, @Arokh did a fantastic job at not only proofreading, but also copy as well as line editing all my stuff 😍
For my English stories, I haven't found a proofreader or editor yet.
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#WritersCoffeeClub APR-09 Do you use a dedicated proofreader, or is one provided by your publisher?
For my German stories that I used to publish at Queerpoint.net, @Arokh did a fantastic job at not only proofreading, but also copy as well as line editing all my stuff 😍
For my English stories, I haven't found a proofreader or editor yet.
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#WritersCoffeeClub APR-04 Do you feature real-world political and social issues in your work?
Social issues play a huge part in most of my story. Since a good part of my stories has #queer topics, my characters deal with #homophobia (including internalized one)/ #transphobia, #heteronormativity/ #cisnormativity/ #allonormativity, you name it.
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#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #LGBT #queerpobia
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#WritersCoffeeClub APR-04 Do you feature real-world political and social issues in your work?
Social issues play a huge part in most of my story. Since a good part of my stories has #queer topics, my characters deal with #homophobia (including internalized one)/ #transphobia, #heteronormativity/ #cisnormativity/ #allonormativity, you name it.
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#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #LGBT #queerpobia
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#PhantastikPrompts APR-12 Wie viele Geschichten/Projekte sind gleichzeitig in Arbeit bzw. im Kopf? Haben sie miteinander zu tun?
Zusammenhänge Projekte habe ich selten. Ich habe insgesamt einmal einen Crossover-Gastauftritt eingebaut.
Ein anderes zusammenhängendes Projekt ist ein Sequel, den ich aber nur in groben Zügen vorbereitet hatte.1/2
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#PhantastikPrompts APR-12 Wie viele Geschichten/Projekte sind gleichzeitig in Arbeit bzw. im Kopf? Haben sie miteinander zu tun?
Zusammenhänge Projekte habe ich selten. Ich habe insgesamt einmal einen Crossover-Gastauftritt eingebaut.
Ein anderes zusammenhängendes Projekt ist ein Sequel, den ich aber nur in groben Zügen vorbereitet hatte.1/2
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#PhantastikPrompts APR-10 Teile einen Abschnitt deiner Geschichte zum Thema "Dunkelheit".
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #SubconsciousMind #amWritingQueerFiction #amWritingThriller #amWritingSuspense
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#PhantastikPrompts APR-10 Teile einen Abschnitt deiner Geschichte zum Thema "Dunkelheit".
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #SubconsciousMind #amWritingQueerFiction #amWritingThriller #amWritingSuspense
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#PhantastikPrompts APR-03 Welche Location aus deiner Geschichte gefällt dir am besten & warum?
#SubconsciousMind spielt in Alaska, was an sich schon mal ziemlich cool ist. Lieblingsort wäre wahrscheinlich das Writer's Block. Die Atmosphäre dort ist einfach sehr herzlich und man kann dort Stunden verbringen.
Und das Lokal gibt es auch in RL:
http://writersblockak.com/#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #amWritingQueerFiction #amWritingThriller #amWritingSuspense
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#PhantastikPrompts APR-03 Welche Location aus deiner Geschichte gefällt dir am besten & warum?
#SubconsciousMind spielt in Alaska, was an sich schon mal ziemlich cool ist. Lieblingsort wäre wahrscheinlich das Writer's Block. Die Atmosphäre dort ist einfach sehr herzlich und man kann dort Stunden verbringen.
Und das Lokal gibt es auch in RL:
http://writersblockak.com/#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #amWritingQueerFiction #amWritingThriller #amWritingSuspense
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#WordWeavers APR-08 Are you happy? Why/why not?
#ArkanCotton: "With myself? Absolutely. How couldn't I? With everyone else? Hell no. How could I? This bunch of morons doesn't even acknowledge my genius, besides pretty everything else they do wrong."
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#WordWeavers APR-08 Are you happy? Why/why not?
#ArkanCotton: "With myself? Absolutely. How couldn't I? With everyone else? Hell no. How could I? This bunch of morons doesn't even acknowledge my genius, besides pretty everything else they do wrong."
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#WordWeavers APR-07 What conflicts (internal and/or external, subtle or grand) are important in your story?
I seldom have antagonists in my stories. Usually, the conflict is within the protagonist or comes from society as a whole.
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#WordWeavers APR-07 What conflicts (internal and/or external, subtle or grand) are important in your story?
I seldom have antagonists in my stories. Usually, the conflict is within the protagonist or comes from society as a whole.
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#WordWeavers APR-06 Does your MC feel understood? Why/why not?
#ArkanCotton never feels understood because he always feels better and more clever than anyone else and doesn't hold back telling everyone exactly that to their faces.
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#WordWeavers APR-06 Does your MC feel understood? Why/why not?
#ArkanCotton never feels understood because he always feels better and more clever than anyone else and doesn't hold back telling everyone exactly that to their faces.
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CW: #WordWeavers APR-06 | #SubconsciousMind spoilers
#WordWeavers APR-06 Does your MC feel understood? Why/why not?
Gareth is lied to by his parents and girlfriend. His boyfriend is more committed to his reputation than to their relationship. So, no, he mostly doesn't feel understood. Except for Stella, maybe.
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #SubconsciousMind #amWritingQueerFiction #amWritingThriller #amWritingSuspense
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CW: #WordWeavers APR-06 | #SubconsciousMind spoilers
#WordWeavers APR-06 Does your MC feel understood? Why/why not?
Gareth is lied to by his parents and girlfriend. His boyfriend is more committed to his reputation than to their relationship. So, no, he mostly doesn't feel understood. Except for Stella, maybe.
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #SubconsciousMind #amWritingQueerFiction #amWritingThriller #amWritingSuspense
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CW: #WordWeavers APR-06 | #ForYou spoilers
#WordWeavers APR-06 Does your MC feel understood? Why/why not?
#ForYou's protagonist comes to terms with his #asexuality in a #allonormative, sometimes even #hypersexualized world, so he clearly feels alienated and needs to unlearn some things and expectations the society consciously or subconsciously taught to be normal.
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #amWritingQueerFiction
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CW: #WordWeavers APR-06 | #ForYou spoilers
#WordWeavers APR-06 Does your MC feel understood? Why/why not?
#ForYou's protagonist comes to terms with his #asexuality in a #allonormative, sometimes even #hypersexualized world, so he clearly feels alienated and needs to unlearn some things and expectations the society consciously or subconsciously taught to be normal.
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #amWritingQueerFiction
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#WordWeavers APR-02 What books/resources have you used to improve your writing? Which ones do you recommend?
There's a #YouTube channel called "Hello Future Me" that explains different storytelling and genre aspects:
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#WordWeavers APR-02 What books/resources have you used to improve your writing? Which ones do you recommend?
There's a #YouTube channel called "Hello Future Me" that explains different storytelling and genre aspects:
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-27. How does it feel knowing that strangers will read your work?
I pity them. Nobody should be forced to endure that.
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-27. How does it feel knowing that strangers will read your work?
I pity them. Nobody should be forced to endure that.
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CW: #WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 | Goethe's Faust spoilers
#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 In your opinion, name a book, movie or TV show where the ending spoils the story
Actually, #Goethe's #Faust. I mean, whether we like it or not, god lost. But instead of being a good sport, he cheats in the end. What a good role model …
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CW: #WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 | Goethe's Faust spoilers
#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 In your opinion, name a book, movie or TV show where the ending spoils the story
Actually, #Goethe's #Faust. I mean, whether we like it or not, god lost. But instead of being a good sport, he cheats in the end. What a good role model …
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 In your opinion, name a book, movie or TV show where the ending spoils the story
I felt, #TheBigBangTheory's finale was quite anticlimactic, too. But after all, it was "just" a sitcom.
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 In your opinion, name a book, movie or TV show where the ending spoils the story
I felt, #TheBigBangTheory's finale was quite anticlimactic, too. But after all, it was "just" a sitcom.
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 In your opinion, name a book, movie or TV show where the ending spoils the story
The series #HalfBad/ #TheBastardSonAndTheDevilHimself built up to the very moment of Nathan Bryne meeting his father, where I expected him to find or realize something to make the world he lives in, a better place. But yeah, nothing of that sort happened. It was quite anticlimactic. Meh 🤷🏻
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 In your opinion, name a book, movie or TV show where the ending spoils the story
The series #HalfBad/ #TheBastardSonAndTheDevilHimself built up to the very moment of Nathan Bryne meeting his father, where I expected him to find or realize something to make the world he lives in, a better place. But yeah, nothing of that sort happened. It was quite anticlimactic. Meh 🤷🏻
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 In your opinion, name a book, movie or TV show where the ending spoils the story
Throughout the seasons of #Warehouse13, an attraction between main character Myka Bering and recurring character H. G. Wells was well established, only to be surprisingly retconned in the series finale.
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-26 In your opinion, name a book, movie or TV show where the ending spoils the story
Throughout the seasons of #Warehouse13, an attraction between main character Myka Bering and recurring character H. G. Wells was well established, only to be surprisingly retconned in the series finale.
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-22 Are there any books which should be banned, or is book banning always wrong?
That is indeed a difficult question—a two-edged sword, if you will. Of course, book bans are coming into fashion again, targeting queer people and similar marginalized groups. This, of course, is political oppression under the guise of child safety (who would be against children?). That's a truly concerning development.
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-22 Are there any books which should be banned, or is book banning always wrong?
That is indeed a difficult question—a two-edged sword, if you will. Of course, book bans are coming into fashion again, targeting queer people and similar marginalized groups. This, of course, is political oppression under the guise of child safety (who would be against children?). That's a truly concerning development.
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#PhantastikPrompts MAR-03 Bekommen bei dir Kapitel/Segmente eigene Überschriften? Wenn ja, wie erstellst du sie? Wenn nicht, warum nicht?
Mein Hauptproblem besteht darin, dass ich für einige Kapitel sicherlich äußerst einfallsreiche Überschriften finden kann – aber was ist mit dem Rest? Über gerade diese Kapitel nachzudenken, kann für mich sehr zeitintensiv werden – Zeit, die ich dann vielleicht doch lieber in deren Inhalt investiere.
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#PhantastikPrompts MAR-03 Bekommen bei dir Kapitel/Segmente eigene Überschriften? Wenn ja, wie erstellst du sie? Wenn nicht, warum nicht?
Mein Hauptproblem besteht darin, dass ich für einige Kapitel sicherlich äußerst einfallsreiche Überschriften finden kann – aber was ist mit dem Rest? Über gerade diese Kapitel nachzudenken, kann für mich sehr zeitintensiv werden – Zeit, die ich dann vielleicht doch lieber in deren Inhalt investiere.
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-21 Do you ever regret killing a character, or the manner of their death?
Well, my readers did everything to make me regret and eventually take the death of the protagonist's love interest back. However, they are not God and one cannot just cherry-pick. It's the natural course of life. The character's death was more logical to me than his survival—so he had to die. Plain and simple.
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #AsIf
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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-21 Do you ever regret killing a character, or the manner of their death?
Well, my readers did everything to make me regret and eventually take the death of the protagonist's love interest back. However, they are not God and one cannot just cherry-pick. It's the natural course of life. The character's death was more logical to me than his survival—so he had to die. Plain and simple.
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #AsIf
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#PennedPossibilities 259 — Sum up your MC in three adjectives
#SoulBearerLegacy/Balia: Brave, curious, open-minded
#FindingMe/Luca: Nerdy, curious, funny
#ArkanCotton: impolite, misogynistic, egocentric#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #SoulBearer
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#PhantastikPrompts MAR-20 Glauben deine Charaktere an ein Leben nach dem Tod?
Balias Volk glaubt, dass man die Seelen von Verstorbenen nach deren Tod in sich aufnehmen kann und sie einem fortan bis zum eigenen Tod Rat geben – allerdings müssen diese Seelen, so der weit verbreitete Glaube, Verwandte sein und es geht auch demzufolge nur mit einer einzigen Seele. So wird man zum*zur "Seelenträger*in".
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #SoulBearer #SoulBearerLegacy
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#WordWeavers MAR-14 What role does ethnicity play in your world?
Balia's world doesn't mix a lot, but during the course of her journey we meet different ethnic groups with their own language, architecture and beliefs (all loosely modelled after real ones).
#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #SoulBearer #SoulBearerLegacy #amWritingFantasy
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#PhantastikPrompts MAR-10 Hast du schon mal eine kleine Geschichte als Geschenk oder Mitbringsel verfasst?
Einige Freunde, die selbst schreiben, bekommen zu Geburtstagen und so Microfictions mit Charakteren aus ihren Geschichten.