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#WritersCoffeeClub 21st Sep ~ What can a reader know to be true about you from your work?

That I enjoy writing fictional stories in a science fiction setting.

#WritersCoffeeClub Sept 21. What can a reader know to be true about you from your work?

I am practical and take a step-by-step approach to instruction. I like to reveal the newness and relevance of ancient Buddhist teachings.

#WritersCoffeeClub Sept 20: Share an analogy that really stuck with you.

The Buddha's analogy of meditative absorption is that it's like water and flour being comined to make pizza dough. (Actually he said water and soap powder making a ball, but I thought I'd offer a more contemporary version […]

#WritersCoffeeClub 20: Share an analogy that really stuck with you.

"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."

I still think this is one of the great lines in literature. Because while being a negative comparison, it tells you everything you need to know.

#WritersCoffeeClub 20th Sep ~ Share an analogy that really stuck with you.

Clearly, my recall abilities are lacking, which says more about me than any of the brilliant analogies I can't remember.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 20/9: Share an analogy that really stuck with you.
“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven
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#WritersCoffeeClub 19 September: Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?

It's Chaotic Pantsing all the way down.

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 19: Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?

Comfort is the killer. Discipline is where life lies. Thus, my moribund state.

#WritersCoffeeClub 19Sep—Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?

I start freeform and end up needing to use an outline.

I hate outlining.

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#WritersCoffeeClub Sept. 19: Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?

I used to be very good at writing whatever part I felt inspired about and then connecting them all at the end. Somewhere along the way, I started feeling like I needed to be chronological

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#WritersCoffeeClub Sept. 19: Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?

#Writing without structure is a form of gambling I just don't have time for if I want to get books written.

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#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 19: Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?

Yes.

Both.

In writing non-fiction I like to have a general outline of the themes I'm going to cover, so there's an outline sketch of what I'm going to explore. But when I'm fleshing out that outline I […]

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 19: Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?

This is a complex question. I don't like writing to a defined format, but also, I need to write something that people can understand. Structure is for readers.

So it has to be readable. But for a writer […]

#WritersCoffeeClub 19th Sep ~ Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?

Yes.

*cue outro music*

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#WritersCoffeeClub – 19th Sept. Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?

Non-fiction is structured: you're communicating facts and skills. I've recently been learning to write short fiction, and while there's a structure to a collection, the stories themselves usually guide […]

#WritersCoffeeClub 19/9: Are you more comfortable writing to a structure or freeform?
Freeform all the way.
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