We’re off to a great start this fall with excellent discussions on writing styles, feedback, and all the characters who sailed in on the Kahana. Also, thanks so much to
alliecat8 for her great idea of encouraging authors to post their top 5 stories. Last week
zelda_zee got you all hot and bothered with part I of her sex essay. Look for part II to be posted later this week.
There’s lots more coming up at The Quill! Please look out for
janie_tangerine’s “The Art of Writing Desmond Hume”,
falafel_ficton’s advice for carrying on when canon disappoints, and
dustyirish2003’s commentary about making the choice to kill a character.
Many thanks to all of you who lead or commented on a discussion. You’ve all made this an active, educative, and provocative community!
Don’t forget, members are welcome to make posts anytime about writing questions, beta requests etc. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for our weekly discussion topic. Also, I am working my way through the list of authors who volunteered to be interviewed when this site first started. I haven't forgotten about you! I'm trying to rotate between newer and veteran authors, and authors with different interests.
Could all the contributors who volunteered to lead a discussion this fall peek behind the cut and look at the upcoming schedule. We’re running a little behind and I’ve had to adjust the weeks a little. Please let me know if the times still work for you.
October
Oct. 13-19 - Writing Sex essay Part II (Zelda)
Oct. 20-26 - The Art of Writing Desmond (Janie)
Oct. 27-Nov. 2 -How about how to carry on when canon disappoints (Falafel)
November
Nov. 3-9 - Killing a Character (Dusty)
Nov. 10-16 - Interview with Bachlava
Nov. 17-23 - Writing as a shipper (Lenina)
Nov. 24-30 - What to do when your characters rebel? (Dusty)
December
Dec. 1-7 - Interview with Zelda
Dec. 8-14 - The Art of Writing Hurley (Falafel)
* I didn’t schedule anything else in December just because I figured people would be busy with exams and holiday stuff.
In the New Year
Sedauny - Research
Tafkam - How writing fic changes your experience as a viewer.
Alliecat - Series writing and how to writing dialect.
Zelda - The Art of Writing Sayid.