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Stephen Cox Author<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersCoffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Club" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Club</span></a> 7/8: Have you always written, a tipping point</p><p>There's a striking difference between vaguely floating around thinking being an author would be lovely and sitting down and dedicating time and effort to get somewhere.</p><p>So a long list of byways but in 2012 I had a sabbatical and I wrote a first draft... Now I have two trad books out, I'm trying self-publishing a third and I've got a novella ready to go. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/The" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>The</span></a> Crooked Medium <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 7: SC POV: If you could have one food right this moment, what would you choose?</p><p>"I miss dadi's cooking so much. At first, being able to get whatever I wanted and as much as I wanted from the food machines was amazing. But none of them use enough spice."</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Aug 7. Have you always written, or was there a tipping point to get you to start?</p><p>Basically always, yes. A lot more drawing when I was little, and a twenty-year gap when what I wrote was academic work, first as a student and then as a prof, but writing has always been a huge part of my life. Hell, I've been *writing* on the internet consistently since I was 14.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Dr. Rachel Reddick<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> Aug 7: SC POV: If you could have one food right this moment, what would you choose?</p><p>"Does a mocha count as food?"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Christina Anne Hawthorne<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 07<br>writing tipping point</p><p>My 1st written story was at 15, prompted by the inability to silence them any longer. I then wrote regularly through my teens.</p><p>At 41 it was more complex: professor encouragement +5 yrs before, decision to switch more to plotting, Bradbury’s advice to fast draft. I wrote for 5-yrs—&amp; then my life fell apart in a colossal way.</p><p>At 53, despite poor health, I was at last comfortable with myself. I was ready.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Aug 6: When is deus ex machina warranted?</p><p>When it's part of your genre. When it's part of the audience's expectation. There's an indigenous film called ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER the lead character's ancestor or family member (I can't remember the details), and it's not "deus ex machina" bc in that cultural context, it's part of storytelling.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanarjuat:_The_Fast_Runner" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanarju</span><span class="invisible">at:_The_Fast_Runner</span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> Aug 6: What emotions do you expect your readers to feel after finishing your story?</p><p>I hope relief. I hope... hope.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Lady Wordsmith<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TinJar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TinJar</span></a></span> I use an ISBN for my paperbacks, but not my ebooks. Aside from copyright concerns, if you want your books to be orderable by bookstores and libraries, you need an ISBN. IngramSpark is the US book distributor and they require it. You can upload print files to them for POD service. If you are going to be writing multiple books, it is much cheaper to buy ISBNs in bulk.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BookCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCoaching</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BookCoach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCoach</span></a></p>
Excessively Diverting<p>I was not aware that a new S+S is coming down the pipeline! It's from Focus Features (who also did P+P 2005) so hopefully this will be good. Additionally, Fiona Shaw plays Mrs. Jennings here, AND she's playing Lady Catherine de Brough over at Netflix's P+P. She's on an Austen kick! </p><p><a href="https://www.elledecor.com/life-culture/a65279758/daisy-edgar-jones-sense-and-sensibility/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">elledecor.com/life-culture/a65</span><span class="invisible">279758/daisy-edgar-jones-sense-and-sensibility/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ReadingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Regency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Georgian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JaneAusten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JaneAusten</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/romancelandia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>romancelandia</span></a></span></p>
TinJar<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> - is it worth the cost and hassle of getting an ISBN and registering the copyright of a self-published book? Especially, when it is online and happening in this era of the AI folks simply ignoring those protections anyway.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordweavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordweavers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p>
Ruckerworks<p>I have been a D&amp;D Dungeon Master since the early 80s. Not coincidentally, I've also written four fantasy novels (since 2013). I have an efficient method for taking a creative idea and producing a 80k-100k novel in about six months. If I create a YouTube video about my writing process, would you find that useful?</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnd</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/fantasywriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasywriters</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a></p>
Dr. Rachel Reddick<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> Aug 6: What emotions do you expect your readers to feel after finishing?</p><p>Spoilers?</p><p>Ideally, amusement and some warm fuzzies. (In between this and the previous question, there's enough Bad Stuff Happening that the ending is earned.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Author Steaphan Kay<p>What do you think the top 5 ingredients are in a sexy romance that make readers love the story?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Romancelandia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romancelandia</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Author</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/wordweavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordweavers</span></a></p>
Excessively Diverting<p>We don't get enough Anne content!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ReadingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AnneBronte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnneBronte</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/romancelandia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>romancelandia</span></a></span></p>
Ady Coles<p>Progress check: <br>✔️ Poems done<br>❌ Ideas bank empty</p><p>Time to rebuild the creative funnel.<br>Where do you go when your creative input/output is out of sync?</p><p><a href="https://odemap.substack.com/p/midpoint-and-momentum?r=1k24z" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">odemap.substack.com/p/midpoint</span><span class="invisible">-and-momentum?r=1k24z</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingAboutWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingAboutWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a></p>
J. Russell<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> I’m looking for some good ambient music to write Sci-Fi to. Usually I put on some Vangelis or Phillip Glass (Koyaanisqatsi is a favorite) for most of my writing.</p><p>What go to songs or albums do you have?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Christina Anne Hawthorne<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Today</span></a> 06</p><p>Good day!</p><p>Today is another day of me racing against the clock to get everything done. There’s always a busier day waiting in the wings.</p><p>Go, go, go.</p><p>Until Friday, when I’ll go on another hike because the weather will be cool &amp; cloudy.</p><p>Then, finally, I can breathe.</p><p>Be everwell.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingLife</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aging</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/HealthyLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyLiving</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/HealthyLifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyLifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/GetOutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetOutside</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hiking</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Trails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trails</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/HikingAdventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HikingAdventures</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/NatureLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureLover</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/LandscapePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandscapePhotography</span></a></p>
Christina Anne Hawthorne<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 06<br>emotion desired at book’s end</p><p>Outside of satisfied with what they’ve read? It varies from book to book, though I don’t ever write endings devoid of at least hope (if there’s a sequel).</p><p>The ending of Book1, for instance, is far different than the one for Book6. So much depended on where each book fell in the series’ structure.</p><p>Standalone stories always have a Happy-for-Now ending, but that looks different in each tale.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a></p>
Christina Anne Hawthorne<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 06<br>deus ex machina</p><p>Keep in mind, if you foreshadow it or set it up in any way, it isn’t deus ex machina.</p><p>I can see myself using it in a comedy, maybe, but don’t write that.</p><p>Otherwise, I go out of my way to not use it &amp; will rewrite to avoid it. In reviewing my stories, I can’t summon one instance where it’s used.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a></p>
Stephen Cox Author<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 8/6 When is deus ex machina warranted?</p><p>I draft and redraft so any alleged deus ex machina is flagged in advance for those who have eyes to see it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writintcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writintcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> books <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MurderMystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MurderMystery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheCrookedMedium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrookedMedium</span></a></p>
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