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What are your thoughts on how much writers should share? 

by Dietrich

Sally Rooney, known for her reticence in discussing her private life, contrasts with the pressures many authors face to share personal details for publicity. In a recent Literary Hub piece, Debbie Urbanski asked, "If I tell you secrets about my personal life, will you look at my new book?" This question highlights the dilemma: in an era where personal branding often overshadows artistic output, how much should writers reveal to ...

Attention! Attention! My Life is....

 

Most writers are desperate for publicity. We need our books to sell, so we feel compelled to participate in the sharing of personal information. What are your thoughts on how much writers should share? 
Writers are told that readers want to feel as if they have gotten to know writers personally. And I’m actually okay with that. I’m met a lot of fans and have always found it a real pleasure. I don’t mind if they know something about my personal life. But how much? I will talk about where I live a...

Coming Out of the Darkness - Matthew Greene

Sally Rooney has refused, in interviews, to talk about her private life. Author Debbie Urbanski recently wrote a piece for Literary Hub titled:   If I tell you secrets about my personal life, will you look at my new book?   The point Debbie made was, most of us are desperate for publicity, we need our books to sell, so we feel compelled to participate in the sharing of personal information. What are your thoughts on how much writers should share?

When I was younger, I wanted to be an actor. I lived f...

Follow Your Nose by Poppy Gee

CRAFT If you were teaching a writing workshop, what’s agreat writing prompt for writers to get started on a piece of writing? Or isthere a method you find helpful when you’re sitting at your desk and can’tthink what to write about?

One of my favourite writing prompts is using the scent ofsmell to trigger a memory for the character, sending them back in time to asignificant or interesting moment. I use it when I’m teaching my crime fictionwriting workshops - it’s a good way to access a cha...

Sole Lundy Fastnet, by Catriona

If you were teaching a writing workshop,what’s a great writing prompt for writers to get started on a piece of writing?

Or is there a method you find helpful when you’re sitting at your desk andcan’t think what to write about?

There's going to be some sporting reference in this post, so why not start now: it's very much a question of two halves.
If I was teaching a writing workshop and wanted a way to offer prompts to the other writers in the room, I'd wheel out what3words (link) - the little ...

What We Talk About When We Talk About Writing Prompts

If you were teaching a writing workshop,what’s a great writing prompt for writers to get started on a piece of writing?
Or is there a method you find helpful when you’re sitting at your desk andcan’t think what to write about?

I don’t saythis as a humblebrag, but I’ve never suffered from Writer’s Block.

My issue hasalways been starting with the right image or phrase. Get that right, andI’m in the zone. Hours go by. Sentences seem to write themselves. (Flow,as the nerds say.)

So let’s st...

Ready. Set. Write!

 

If you were teaching a writing workshop, what's a great writing prompt for writers to get started on a piece of writing? Or is there method you find helpful when you're sitting at your desk and can't think what to write about? 

Afriend of mine once gave me a gift called The Writer's Toolbox, which includes different ideas, prompts, and games that promise to stimulateyour creativity and crush writer’s block. That was many years ago. I am happyto say, knock on wood, that I've not had to use it,...

Finding a gem in the midst of garbage - by Harini Nagendra

What's the writing business going to look like 5 years from now? Do you think it's going to be more or less the same, or will AI and other technology trends transform it dramatically - if so, how? 

If someone offered to tell my future for free, I would normally run from them, as far and fast as I can. I don't want to know what my future will bring - if it's not good news, I would be paralyzed by fear, and if it is good news, I'd probably become complacent and give up any form of active striving.

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How Much Would You Pay to Watch a Robot Hit a Golf Ball? from James W. Ziskin

What's the writing business going to look like 5 years from now? Do you think it's going to be more or less the same, or will AI and other technology trends transform it dramatically - if so, how? 

There is much dread about the future of AI and the writing of fiction. Specifically, lots of folks are wondering if AI will put human writers out of business.

Well, in 1997 Deep Blue defeated chess master Garry Kasparov. In the twenty-seven years since, has anyone organized a world chess championship fo...

Best friend, worst enemy — a crystal ball perspective

What's the writing business going to look like 5 years from now? Do you think it's going to be more or less the same, or will AI and other technology trends transform it dramatically - if so, how? 

by Dietrich

What will it look like in five years? I don’t have any answers, but it does bring up some questions. Like will there be a seismic shift driven by AI? Will the business of writing be a little different, or will it be unrecognizable?

Some writers are already finding AI useful for brainstorming,...