#WritersCoffeeClub 10/20 Do you agree with Terry Pratchett quote?

Sir Pratchett was a genius in his own right. He was also clearly a jokester. I don't know if he meant it or not, but I don't agree.

Writer's block is real. Our minds hold our stories, but our brains have to deal with a lot of crap, and sometimes it has to prioritize.

I do think some use it as an excuse because they're afraid to start, but that counts as writer's block.
And it can be overcome.

Maybe that's what he meant?

@clarablackink
That is such a cool analogy! And it totally makes sense. I need to remember that.

And saaaame. I tried outlining so many times. The result was that I got so bored I never actually wrote. But now I write!

Now I figure the "right" way is whatever gets the story told 😉

#WordWeavers 10/20. Share something you like and dislike about your first drafts.

I like the general story.

I dislike how one-dimensional my characters always are in the first draft. But it's through the drafting that I discover their full personalities and backstories etc. Dunno why my brain does this, but it's only after I get to the end that I realize the full motivation for a character and then go, "Oooh, so that means..." And they need almost a full rewrite lol

@clarablackink
I totally get this! I also do a zero and first draft, and right now I'm on my second draft (which I'm almost completely writing from scratch) and now it's finally to a place where I might not die of embarrassment if someone else saw it lol

It's a slow process. I often think my life would be easier if I could just outline and figure out my characters *before* writing a full draft. I just can't make that work for me 😅

Multidraft solidarity! hahaha

#WritersCoffeeClub 10/19. Do you go to fan conventions or similar?

Yes!
Not, like, booky conventions (maybe one day) but when I lived near Orlando my family went to MegaCon whenever we could.

I loved it! So much fun. Just a bunch of geeks being geeks together. Having fun and wearing funny clothes. It's the best!

I hope to go to something similar again, but I discovered last year that that sort of thing is not great for toddlers. So I'm gonna wait until my daughter's a little older lol