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FOR READERS: Stepping Out

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: Do you ever step out of your reading comfort zone? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

For Writers: Getting Outside of Your Comfort Zone

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Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Marie Brown: Sometimes “write what you know” translates into fictional societies that strongly resemble America or Europe. How do you break free of the comfort zone and create something that isn’t yet another clone of Western Earth civilization? And do you ever get feedback from readers saying “that’s not how it’s done?” (I have.) Join the chat