#WordWeavers Excluding common most used words, which word do you use too much in your writing? Why?
I'm currently using the word dragon too much. They are so active in my story, and, except for named ones, it's really difficult to say anything besides dragon or with a pronoun, except when being super descriptive.
My closest substitute I've found which I kind of like is "massive reptilian bat"
#WritersCoffeeClub Dec. 20th
Do you name or number chapters? If you name them, how do you decide on a name?
I number my chapters and then name them after the pov character in the chapter. Readers don't have to work so hard on finding cues in text for it that way.
#WritersCoffeeClub Dec. 20th
Do you name or number chapters? If you name them, how do you decide on a name?
Well, first, I do mostly days. Names are second, I also wrote a book without sort of chapters at all.
The names arise from what's going on in the chapter; a single word or phrase that is used, or a place the story is playing at.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 11: How close is your final manuscript to your first draft?
I think deceptively similar, in that the sheer quantity of stuff that I change isn't often a ton, but I will do things that can relatively radically alter the flow of the story where I do make big changes.
#WordWeavers December 12: Have you ever wanted to give up writing?
I have. I gave up fiction writing early in my career with the idea that I could channel my artistic instincts into academic writing.
Then, when publish-or-perish and the soul-crushing adjunct world threatened to burn me out fully, I had to give up on academic writing.
It took a couple of years of full burnout before I was able to rediscover the joy of writing. Then I restarted fiction writing. Now I'm in it for the long haul!
This is my debut novel I Am Nephilim!
It took a lot of work and procrastination, but I finished it and released it through KDP.
What would you do if you found out that you were the evil you spent your whole life training to fight?
If the only place safe for you was in Hell with those bent on the destruction of all things, would you have the courage to fight for the world that abused and neglected you?
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