The time crunch is real. I feel you there. Thank you for sharing!

I'll go:

1. How long have you been writing?
I wrote a lot in high school and maybe a little less in college, but picked it up again more seriously in 2022, and I've tried to write every day since then.

2. What genre would you say you write?
You name it. I've written a lot of horror or thriller in the past year, but I try to do a little bit of everything. Humor, lit fic, a little SFF.

3. Have you taken classes or received instruction for creative writing? What did you enjoy, and what did you dislike?
I took a great creative writing class in college and it was super valuable for learning how to read and critique other writing. How to receive criticism, too. Definitely valuable

4. What are some of your favorite writing reference books?
For straight up reference, Strunk and White is always handy, although probably less so with the internet. For "how to" books, Stephen King's 'On Writing' is the best as far as I'm concerned. Especially because it's a book you can just read as an interesting book.

5. What do you think is the biggest problem you need help with in your writing?
I still struggle with discipline. I want to get to the point where I do four hours a day rain or shine, but I'm not there. Two is a good day right now. I need to read more. I need to not give up on projects when they have promise.

6. What are your writing goals for the next 12 months? I have a work in progress on this site that I want to finish. It will be good. There's a prequel for that one that I've started, too, that will be better, but I don't think I'm going to jump right into it. I really want to finish a 3rd draft for my book (fantasyfeeder.com/weight-gain-stories/view/title/what+a+long+sleep+you%E2%80%99ve+had/author/Letters+And+Numbers) and do something with it. I have the notes, it's just effort.

You might benefit from this month’s theme event and letting folks learn a little more about your writing!

Welcome to August, hope everyone's summer is hot and sultry, or for folks in the Southern Hemisphere, hope you're having fun with those toilets spinning backwards. I know I would.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Eavesdropping event last month -- if you didn't read Tayto's story and watch her videos, you *really* should. They were amazing.

Different tack this month, and we'll do the Q&A I threatened a little while back. Like all of our events, this is open to everyone, you don't need to feel like you're some kind of writing superstar to participate. Everyone is welcome.

I thought it might be fun for us to open up a little more about our history with writing, what we like to write about, and what we want to be when we grow up. So share as much or as little as you feel comfortable, and please feel free to comment and make it a discussion.

Questions shamelessly stolen from a blog are:


1. How long have you been writing?
2. What genre would you say you write?
3. Have you taken classes or received instruction for creative writing? What did you enjoy, and what did you dislike?
4. What are some of your favorite writing reference books?
5. What do you think is the biggest problem you need help with in your writing?
6. What are your writing goals for the next 12 months?

Exactly

This thread is fine so far and interesting points all around, but if it turns into fighting or personal attacks against other users based on political or economic viewpoints (or any other kind of personal attacks), I’m going to moderate it.

I made it under the deadline!

fantasyfeeder.com/weight-gain-stories/view/title/the+party+line/author/Letters+And+Numbers

So just a quickie about someone listening in on a phone conversation, but I did get to play around with the new story title features, which are great. And if anyone hasn't seen, there's a dropdown menu at the top of every page now which makes navigating longer stories so much nicer. Great QOL changes!

I'd still love to get a couple more stories in about eavesdropping this month if anyone is interested in trying their hand. It's a judgement free zone!