#writerscoffeeclub is writing work
It's my work now. I enjoy it and keeps me busy, but I have always enjoyed my job till it hasn't. When time comes when it isn't I move on.
My lifes work? That is a weird question. My life's work is to reduce the suffering in the world. (Until all sentient being are free.)
#writerscoffeeclub 3 June. Have you ever done a writing challenge? How did it go? Part 2
Question is are challenges limited to word count events because that is all people, except @art_of_goulwenr have talked about.
I don't resonate with WC challenges. It's not how I write. However, I have sponsored and participated in birthday, Halloween, and Christmas story challenges, where the object is to post stories on a theme. I also participate in the PIXIV Charity Santa challenge every year. Some were judged and others were not. The stakes are low and there is no pressure.
#writerscoffeeclub 3 June. Have you ever done a writing challenge? How did it go?
I set up two or three in the Otherside Picnic Fandom. The first two were popular, but the third interest had dwindled.
#WritersCoffeeClub #NMWCC 2025.06.02 — Do you write linearly? Why or why not? Part 2.
I write parts of the story in different order. Kind of how they emerge in my mind. I might also change parts later. Because it works for me.
#WritersCoffeeClub #NMWCC 2025.06.02 — Do you write linearly? Why or why not? Part 2.
Rereading this prompt, I realized there are two ways of interpreting this. The first is how most people have taken it: "Your writing process. Do you write each scene in sequence?"
The second interpretation is asking whether your plot is linear. To this question, the answer is no. I have several plot lines going at once. They are mixed, so the time period shifts between scenes. Some plot lines are related out of chronological order, others are in chronological order.
The effect is not jumbled and falls very logically. Readers do not lose track of where they are in the story or the various arcs and sub-plots.
#WritersCoffeeClub #NMWCC 2025.06.02 — Do you write linearly? Why or why not?
I write linearly 95% of the time for longer pieces. Occasionally, I will pull a piece out and set it aside for a later time, which would account for most of the remaining 5%. Why, because nonlinear pieces don't ever fit together.
For short pieces, I often have an ending or ending line I am working toward and if I have a strict work count like in drabble, I want to account for those words ahead a time.
#WritersCoffeeClub 1st June. Are there ethical principles fiction must adhere to? What are they?
Part 2
Having read @elysegrasso and re-reading the post, I find she is correct. It is about fiction, not the authors.
Which means there are no ethical principles. Ethics are created by official committees. The is no overarching committee that is responsible for governing fiction. There may be moral principles people hold about fiction, but no ethical restrictions exist worldwide. The closest would be international treaties on intellectual property and pedophilia.
#WritersCoffeeClub 1st June. Are there ethical principles fiction must adhere to? What are they?
I learned them and use the term:
Morals are internal, personal values
Ethics are rules set by a governing agency.
So there would be no blanket ethical code for writers.
I publish on AO3 and PIXIV, and as such, I am bound by their TOS. They are different, and sometimes my writer shows the difference.
I also have a moral code which includes:
* no plagiarism
* no lewding real people
* giving credit for anything I borrow.
* If I must punch, punch up.
* Trigger tag appropriately
* Avoid *ism(s) and correct transgressions when they are pointed out to me.
* Treat fellow writers and my team with respect.
* Pay a fair amount for purchased services such as art.
I am sure there are others. I strive to be a high-class moral person.
#writerscoffeeclub 31 May. What fact of your life would give a reader a new appreciation for your work?
Maybe that I believe some of the crazy things I write.
#writerscoffeeclub 30 May. Who do you write for?
I primarily write for myself, but I keep my supposed audience in mind.
#WritersCoffeeClub 29. Tell us about an epiphany that changed your writing.
I have lots of epiphanies. But don't remember them.
Oh:
Shishi is Lauren Bacall.
Ume is: Paul Henreid
Tomo: Is Bogart as Sam Spade
Kan-chan is Claude Raines.
Helps me picture Tomo a bit better.
#writerscoffeeclub 26 May. In your work, how much of an active character is your setting?
The supernatural creatures are part and parcel of the setting.
I would be hard pressed to sort out what is character, what is creature, and what is setting.
#WritersCoffeeClub 25. Tell us about a non-writer who has had the most influence on your writing.
My mother: an honors English teacher. I never could learn the rules, but inherited a love of language and huge vocabulary.
#WritersCoffeeClub 5/24. What in your writing 'dates' you?
I imagine everything. My style, my genre. My references. The slang my characters use.
I don't write for posterity.
#WritersCoffeeClub 23 May. Do you prefer to write urban or rural settings? Why?
I have written both. My writing has been called "claustrophobic" both because I limit the number of minor characters and tight control of space, all within the mind of the narrator. Rather than urban vs. rural, a better comparison would be expansive vs. close. And I prefer close spaces, both urban and rural. A meadow, not a plain. A club, not a bustling street.
#WritersCoffeeClub 22. How do you make a location you’ve never visited feel ‘real’ for the reader?
If it's a real place, I use Google Maps and look at the place, and describe it. If it's a supernatural place, I make it up.
#writerscoffeeclub 21 May. Are there facets of your work best understood in the context of when you wrote it?
My WIP touches on the world of Japanese underground idols. Music, fashion, and how it is expressed are era bound. Even within our timeframe, readers have commented they find the look into the idol world fascinating.
WritersCoffeeclub 20 May. Pick two other writers’ works that would pair well with yours.
Iruma Hitoma: We have the same kinds of romances.
Miyazawa Lori: We have similar plots.
#WritersCoffeeClub May 19 Is there a creative habit-building method you swear by?
No, it takes discipline and I don't know how you acquire that.
#writerscoffeeclub 18 May. What do you do to actively avoid writer’s block?
Write every day?
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