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40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 32

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 32 Questions:

  1. Apart from your protagonist, could you kill off every other character in your current project?
  2. If you had to do a Game of Thrones type slaughter, which killed-off character would most hurt you?
  3. Which killed-off character do you think would most hurt your readers?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

dead toothpick guy
RIP, toothpick holder guy.

 

 

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 31

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 31 Questions:

  1. Do you think about theme when you write a story?
  2. Do you start with a theme in mind or does it emerge as you write?
  3. Is there a theme you write about over and over?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

turtle-in-north-east.jpg
What theme does this chained up (fake) turtle say to you? Anger? Revenge? Humiliation? The fight to freedom? Please don’t steal me?

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 30

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 30 Questions:

  1. What book most influenced you as a reader?
  2. Does that book influence you are a writer?
  3. How and why?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

daffodils
Spring is coming soon!

 

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 29

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 29 Questions:

  1. How much physical descriptions of characters do you generally include?
  2. As a reader, do you like characters to be described head to toe, the basics, or mostly left for you to imagine?
  3. In your current project, what actor(s) do you imagine in the role(s) of your primary characters?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

jane-ausen-finger-puppet.gif
Jane Austen finger puppet.

 

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 28

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 28 Questions:

  1. What is your favorite type of scene to write?
  2. What is your least favorite?
  3. What do you like, and not like, about writing these scenes?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

shredded
Some scenes end up in this file.

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 27

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 27 Questions:

  1. In your current project, how does your protagonist handle situations she/he can’t control?
  2. Is this a character flaw or strength?
  3. Does the character’s reaction to these situations cause drama or emotional upheaval (or both)?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

mindful gifts
How well does your protagonist know him/herself?

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 26

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 26 Questions:

  1. Did you have a writing mentor or guide?
  2. What did you learn from that person?
  3. Do you or have you mentored anyone?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

Though she be but little poster
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40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 25

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 25 Questions:

  1. If you could go back in time and give advice to your newbie writer self, what would that advice be?
  2. How did you learn it?
  3. If you could give advice to a new author today, what would it be?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

Finished is better than perfect
Good advice, no?

40 days of 3 Questions – Day 24

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 24  Questions:

  1. Do you ever feel low or frustrated about the state of your writing career?
  2. What most recently triggered this feeling?
  3. Do you have a strategy to deal with discouragement?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

Hedwig in snow
Can you believe all this snow?

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 23

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Welcome to 40 Days of 3 Questions!

For the next few weeks, meet here every morning with a notebook or document to answer three questions about writing, about your status quo as a writer, or about the writing life. You can answer briefly and go about your day, or you can use this as a warm up exercise before your regular writing schedule. Whatever works for you, works for me.

Day 23 Questions:

  1. Are your characters ever based on you?
  2. What qualities do you and your character/s share?
  3. Was this purposeful or unplanned?

You may post answers in comments or keep your thoughts private–your choice!

And here is today’s pretty picture:

Ramona-child
Me at age 3. Not looking very thrilled, do I?