FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: How do you know when you’ve reached the end of a story you’re writing? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jeff Baker: What’s the most unusual thing that has ever inspired you to write a story? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: How do you know when your story has reached its optimal doneness – rich and chewy and not overbaked? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Kat Silver: Do you use story template? If so, which one and why? If not, why not? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Whenever I get past the middle of the story, I end up mired in the muddle – that place I the story where I am sure I will never finish, and where everything I write is total crap. Do you deal with this too, and if so, how? This is a legacy chat. Join the chat
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Dave Fragments: How do you pick the theme or your story? For instance, I only and rarely do vampire stories because Anne Rice intimidates me. So if I have a character who is a vampire, then the plot must come before the character. Other stories begin with a thought like the main character being an abused orphan who doesn’t know his history and goes from there in self discovery. That’s character driving plot. Obviously. What motivates your story – character or plot and which of those are subordinate? Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: Do you ever find yourself in a situation in which you are utterly and completely in love with a GLBT+ Romance novel and have absolutely -no one- to share it with? We have the magic of the internet these days but with that magic also comes a strange meeting of worlds when it comes to the friends we’ve made by sharing a love of the same genre of books, and the ones that we’ve known since High School or even since Birth. How do you balance between them, or not … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Aidee Ladnier: “if you come across something that throws you out of a story, are you willing to keep reading or do you just put it down?” I’d expand this a bit to ask – what are the things that take you out of the story? And which ones are forgivable for you, and which ones aren’t? 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
