#WritersCoffeeClub 23 June 2025
What’s the worst piece of writing advice you’ve ever encountered?

The kind of advice that aims not to change or add details to a story in order to improve it, but to change the entire plot of a story. This would mean that the story is no longer mine, but that of the person giving the advice. In this case, the person should rather write the story with the desired plot on their own.

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Activists from the UK and Italy placed a 20 square meters banner in Piazza San Marco (Venice, Italy) to say something that should be a given, but it's not.

I don't think I've ever hated anyone like I hate billionaires.

More info:

https://media.greenpeace.org/collection/27MZIFJRB6H5K

#PhantastikPrompts 23.6 Was war die schlimmste Szene, die du je geschrieben hast?

Eine Drogenübergabe mit Verhaftung am Place Pigalle. Eine Woche lang habe ich alles bis ins kleinste auschoreographiert. Dann meinem Mann gezeigt. Der bekam einen Schreikrampf: "Unmöglich! Das ist einer der belebtesten Orte von Paris. Wie willst Du das unauffällig über die Bühne bringen, ohne dass Dir wer dazwischenfunkt? " Ich musste alles neu schreiben und habe die Handlung an einen namenlosen Ort in der Banlieue verlegt. Mein Mann war zufrieden. Das zählt.

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Today we’re quietly (and finally!) opening up Railfinder to the public! This is our beta version and - hopefully - the first step towards that one booking site for trains across Europe that we all dream of.

Lots of work has gone into this and equally lots still to do before reach that vision, but if you’d like to try what we’be built you can now just go to https://www.railfinder.eu and have a go!

Any and all feedback more than welcome 🙏

#WritersCoffeeClub 23 June 2025
What’s the worst piece of writing advice you’ve ever encountered?

That the male hero's name has to be only one syllable long. Who thinks up this stuff?

#WritersCoffeeClub 23 June 2025
What’s the worst piece of writing advice you’ve ever encountered?

I'm going to be contrary here and say "write to market". While some might argue and say this is how you sell books, I think it contributes to the current widgetizing of books where they are seen as products like a tube of toothpaste or toilet paper where they can be churned out on an assembly line. I firmly believe there are readers out there for every book. It just is harder to find them sometimes