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It would depend on the content and how it's done. Right now, a lot of the same questions are appearing on different hashtags.

That was the impetus that made me create #engenderedWriting. I wanted to help writers think about gender in storytelling—okay, honestly, prod them. Whilst I ended the prompt, the hashtag questions are at #engenderedWritingQ. I got to a 100 or so.

I follow #eroticMusings though I don't write intentionally erotic fiction. It helps me think about spicy stories and subplots, as well as the innuendo that's passing through my stories.

So, @paranoiapen, I'd be attracted to a new prompt that addresses different facets of writing or craft beyond the basics, or makes me think deeply on motivation or the human condition. But that's me…

#EngenderedQ Writing Author Daily Challenge FINAL Questions Week 15 (93-102, suggested February 18-28)

This indeed is the last set of prompts. It's been a great ride and I feel I learned something from all of you. I don't rule out that a random set of prompts might show up every so often, but I think I've touched on all the topics I could think of. If you have just stumbled upon this game, go ahead and answer the prompts in any order that gets your creativity revved up. This is the last page of the threaded post that includes ALL of them. This hashtag is here to help you reimagine your literary worlds while giving you a totally different perspective of gender in our own.

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• (Feb 18) 93 — Since this is the last set of prompts, what of value did you take away from following the #engenderedWriting challenge game? Do you feel you learned something? Did it change what you write about? @NaraMoore
• 94 — If your character presents as male, regardless of the sex assigned them at birth, your character wakes finding themselves physically weak. If presenting as female, they wake physically strong. What effect does this have on the character, or possibly the plot. How does their reaction differ from question 90.
• 95 — Humans are suddenly predictably fertile once a year for a week. (The change happens in the story or just before the story.) How does this change gender roles? Society?
• 96 — If humans always had had a fertile season would our modernity be different or would it be the same old time religion and patriarchy?
• 97 — Long ago our ancestors fought off the patriarchal invaders and obliterated their barbaric idea for their women kin. How would a modern society work if inheritance and family flowed only through women, and was both traditional and legally recognized?
• 98 — Is marriage inevitable? Is it an exclusive symptom of patriarchy? Do any of your stories touch on the subject?
• 99 — If humans were exclusively matrilineal, would marriage evolve in your stories?
• 100 — Your MC has an object they adore that is NOT associated with their gender or gender role. Whether it gets suddenly revealed, or if they routinely flaunt it, it suddenly causes them huge trouble. How do they cope? CW if appropriate.
• 101 — One of your characters has an opportunity for power (your definition) if they take on the opposite gender role. How do they react? What do they do?
• 102 — Men stop being aggressive (your definition). Does society fall apart? Does the population decrease? Could you write a story from that male POV?
• (Feb 28) 103 — Men cease to have interest in sex (your definition) overnight or over no more than a span of a year. Does society fall apart? Does the population decrease? Could you write a story from the male POV, or would from the female POV be more interesting?

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#EngenderedQ Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 14 (86-92, suggested February 1-9)

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• 86 — (Pt. 4) If your story sticks to traditional gender roles, even if your characters rebel, what does the story lose?
• 87 — A regime takes power that makes it illegal to display macho behavior, and with the ability to enforce the law, deports those caught to an inhospitable reservation, country, colony, planet, etc. Your POV is macho. What happens? (This is an allegory, folks.)
• 88 — (Pt. 1) What does it mean to a story to depict a man who's happy being male but is both sensitive and doesn't care that he enjoys filling a traditionally female gender role? (He wants to raise the kids, for example.) Can you make the audience accept this? Does it kill the story?
• 89 — (Pt. 2) What does it mean to a story to depict a woman who's happy being female, but is macho no nonsense at work and at play, filling by force-of-character male gender roles, but hates being called a tomboy or a dyke? Can you make the audience accept this? Does it kill the story? (Compare your answers with Pt. 1).
• 90 — If biologically male (regardless of preference or presentation), your characters wakes finding themselves physically weak. If female, they wake physically strong. How would you write a story to express how they’d cope with the change?
• 91 — Overnight all biological females (regardless of orientation or preference) become on-par as strong as males. How would this change one of your stories?
• 92 — How would it change society if women were and had always been physically stronger than men?Next week's prompts will display as a reply to this thread.

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#EngenderedQ Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 13 (79-85, suggested January 23-31)

[A bit late posting. Life. Characters insisting I write their stories. Spontaneous short fiction. You know.]

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• 79 — Is it fair, or is it reasonable, to have the narrator discuss gender matters or poke fun at the characters for gender inanity? Do your narrators express opinions about the characters? Would you considering doing this?
• 80 — Narrator POV: The story depicts a repressive society (it could even be ours) where the characters have no personal issues with their gender, no matter how excessive or how queer. Have your narrator point out their stupidity.
• 81 — A character expresses different genders at the same time or alternately. (Ex: Girly at work but the neighbors swear he's a man.) How do you portray this? Would you dare portray this negatively?
• 82 — (Pt. 1) Is gender equality or disparity a thing in your stories? How (not why) do you show it?
• 83 — (Pt. 2) If you show gender equality or disparity in your stories, what's the message? What does the depiction bring to a story?
• 84 — (Pt. 3) If your story maintains traditional gender roles, even if your characters rebels, what does the story gain?
• 85 — Is gender equality a viable story topic in today's changed world? If not, why not?

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#EngenderedQ Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 12 (72-78, suggested January 13-19)

[To continue the challenge game, I'm adding more writing prompts into the mix, some with specific suggestions as exemplified by #72. The concept is to think about or practice writing about gender or gender-prohibited behaviors directly or as a subtext. Once you get a feel for the change, feel free to submit similar prompts as suggestions.]

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• 72 — Pick or invent a character in POV: They are accused as being attracted to the same (or if applicable, different) gender. How do they react? Who's accusing them? What's do they think is the motivation?
• 73 — ALL clothing dissolves when worn. Does mayhem ensue, or something positive? Will gender affect coping?
• 74 — Pick or invent a character in POV: Their clothing dissolves when worn. What do they do? Don't pick an Arctic / winter or a spacesuit setting as a get out of jail free card.
• 75 — Are love and sex the same thing in your story, or are they separate? Do different genders or sexual preferences pose problems separating the concepts or maintaining their association?
• 76 — Can you write a good erotic scene (your definition of such) using non-anatomical euphemisms? Is the ability to do so made easier by narrator or POV gender choice? If so, why?
• 77 — Pick or invent a character POV: Properly CW'd, write or present a snippet with indirectly racy euphemisms or double entendres.
• 78 — Pick or invent a character POV: They desire sex but seeking opportunities is against their gender role. How do they handle the problem? Does it change their acceptance of their gender role?

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#EngenderedWritingQ Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 10 (64-71, or January 3-9)

[LAST CHANCE to suggest a prompt. Next week is the end of my queue. Please send suggestions to @sfwrtr@eldritchcafe.]

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• 64 — Is there such a thing as toxic femininity? Would this be taking a feminine gender role too seriously? How would you portray this, or how have you portrayed this?
• 65 — Do you know of a story that has an MC or SC who's a hermaphrodite? What was the author's message? Would you consider writing one? Please share if you wrote one.
• 66 — How would you pull this off: The hero or heroine in a romance story is asexual. They're alloromantic (they desire romance not sex.) @NaraMoore
• 67 — Have you ever included sex workers in your stories? Why or why not? @JessMahler
• 68 — Standard and diverse gender roles insist monogamy is required for true love. Do your stories demonstrate this, or do they demonstrate the concept is an illusion?
• 69 — Is jealousy a gender role in your stories? Does it affect one gender or certain sexual preferences?
• 70 — Many consider jealousy an expression of love demanded by their gender role. How do your stories treat jealousy? Positively? Do you demonize it? Something in between? Snippets are welcome.
• 71 — Can a character be "greedy" or "love many people," even have sex with them, and not be shamed or considered a bad person? Does it challenge you to write such behavior without shame? How so?

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#EngenderedWritingQ — Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 9 (57-63, or December 27 through Jan 2nd)

Reposted - 57-63 wasn't threaded previously. Will post Jan 3 in a few minutes...

[Since I'm down to 9 prompts in the queue, I think I'll bring this prompt to a close soon. If you have any ideas I might include to extend the count to two weeks, please send them to @sfwrtr@eldritchcafe.]

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• 57 — Fiction often depicts people that seem to ignore gender roles; the reader may not know what they are. Are they asexual and non-romantic? Have you written any? Is there an advantage to story telling, other than YA that ignores all sexuality?
• 58 — A certain gender seems more susceptible to gaslighting and manipulation than another thanks to training or lack there of because of their gender. Have you used this (or observed this used) in fiction? How about that gender manipulating the manipulator because of their gender training?
• 59 — Could you write or have you written a positive story with toxic masculinity as an element? Why or why not?
• 60 — Are any gender issues overtly addressed in your genre? Why or why not?
• 61 — Can gender or feminist fiction be funny or comedic without self-satirizing?
• 62 — Is there genre(s) that won't work for gender fiction? Explain why.
• 63 — If your story contains sexual scenes (any combination of genders or preferences) are they mostly positive or negative experiences? Why? @ignova

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