40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 17

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 17 Questions 

  1. What is your most comfortable narrative voice as a writer?
  2. Is it natural or practiced?
  3. Do you write in different narrative voices for different projects?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

hello
It’s a carton of water. Odd, but at least it’s friendly.

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 16

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 16 Questions 

  1. Does your current project require suspense?
  2. Is the danger in the story external, internal, or both?
  3. How do maintain fear or tension in your current project?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

creek
Not pretty, but certainly atmospheric: the creek behind my home with muddy rushing water and a mist in the distance.

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 15

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 15 Questions 

  1. Does your protagonist have a clear character arc in the story?
  2. What is his/her status quo in the opening?
  3. What is his/her new normal at the end of the story?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

Paper mill road park
A character’s journey can lead anywhere. What’s on the other side of the bridge? I didn’t know until I went there.

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 14

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 14 Questions

1. When did you write your first story?

2. Did you read or tell it to anyone?

3. Is there a story you’ve always wanted to write but never have (so far)?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

Book shelf
My bookcase. One of them, anyway!

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 13

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 13 Questions

  1. What works are similar to your current project?
  2. How is yours alike and different?
  3. What one book/story would you hold up as the most like your current project?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

snow globe
My Pride & Prejudice snowglobe

 

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 12

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 12 Questions

  1. Do you ever write something that is uncomfortable for you?
  2. Why do you write about this topic or experience?
  3. How do you feel after you write it?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

eleanor
Doesn’t really need a caption, does it?

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 11

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 11 Questions

  1. What is your daily writing habit?
  2. What works for you about this habit?
  3. What is not working and why?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

writing habit
My morning set up: coffee, journal & pen, laptop. Wait–where’s my biscotti?

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 10

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 10 Questions 

  1. What is your strongest skill as a writer?
  2. What are your weaker areas?
  3. What are you doing to show off or strengthen these skills?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

Be awesome
Know your strengths and don’t be afraid to wield them!

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 9

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 9 Questions

  1. What is the first line of your current project?
  2. What subtext or hints about the story ahead does this line carry?
  3. What do you want the reader to consider or wonder after reading this opening?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

I don't even know
The only way to know what’s inside a book is to read it!

40 Days of 3 Questions – Day 8

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 8 Questions

  1. In your current project, is any part based on facts–a real person, crime, event?
  2. Do you stick to the facts or bend them?
  3. Does using a real person/crime/event constrain your writing or help to shape it?

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

And here is today’s pretty picture:

vcca-horses
Horses sitting in the sun. Really happened.