Welcome to the fifth writing club update!

As I’m sure is the case with many of you, the news on my feed has been getting greyer along with the clouds outside, and so I find myself looking to solar punk as a glimpse through those clouds, at a better possible present.

I hope you are keeping safe and warm, and that your projects have been a source of strength and comfort for you.

Onward to our Participants!

As always, anyone and everyone is extremely welcome to comment or share their own work. And if you’d like to be included in the next writing club update, simply say what you’re working on this month.

Have a good November, folks. :)

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I worked on the piece of microfiction I said I would, so while that isn’t a lot of content it’s still more actual polished output than I’ve managed for a while, so I’m happy about that. I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451, and something about Bradbury’s dreamy character driven style and crunchy concepts motivated me set my own snippet around a “fire” as well. This is a slice of the larger world from the rest of my project.

    Here’s an Etherpad link to the short snippet I wrote. Any critique very welcome. Feel free to edit that document too, if you feel so moved. :)

    Further inspo: Whale Snows Down by Kim Bo-Young, for choosing an unusual protagonist.

    • hazeebabee@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I love the snippet, it’s definetly and interesting introduction to the setting :) Is it a stylistic choice to not use quotations around speech? I’ve seen it done in a few books and it always give the writing a kind of mystical or folksy vibe.

      I’m glad you were able to get something finished, it might not be alot of content but it is content lol

      I hope November is productive for you as well. Do you have any specific goals, or just trying to keep writing for the month?

      Oh and the short story you linked to is really interesting, thanks for sharing :)

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Thanks for your feedback! I’m not sure why I went without quotations other than I’ve always wanted to try it. It feels a bit disorienting, which I like. If I end up having lots of back-and-forth dialogue, I might just add them back in though.

        Thanks for the goal reminder! For my November goal (which is almost half over - eek!) I’m going to continue on my short story (set in the same world). I think I’ll continue with the seat-of-my-pants writing for now, since outlining seems to be a bit of a procrastination trap for me.

        So yeah, I’m going to try to write more, and messier, haha

        • hazeebabee@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          4 days ago

          Outlining can be a real time suck. Sometimes it also takes away my energy to actually write, like i already figured out what happens so writing it doesnt feel as good.

          I think figure it out as you go can produce some amazing stories and concepts-- so if it works for you then you should go for it :) Stephen King for example never outlines & it’s worked for his career lol

          Good luck with the rest of this month! I look forward to reading more of your work :D