weekendwritingmarathon:

Writing Behind the Scenes is designed for writers to talk about the details of how they write. Writers have many ways they go about their work, and a compelling case can be made for most any method of world-building, drafting, revising, editing, etc.

How does this work?

Send us an ask with your writing-related question and our group of experienced authors will answer with what works for them. 

Anything I shouldn’t ask?

1. Questions about very specific situations will not be answered. There are too many variables involved and without knowing you personally it’s very difficult to give good advice. 

2. Research for your fic. The point of this is to talk about general writing mechanics so that you can put them into practice across all your work. 

3. Questions that require our authors to delve deeper into their personal lives than they’d like. That line is different for everyone, so this is up to the discretion of each of our authors.

If you aren’t sure, go ahead and send the ask, but if it meets one of these criteria I’ll send it back to you privately with a note. – @tellthenight

How often will you post this Q&A?

Depends on how many questions we’re asked. Right now we’re planning to post once a week on Fridays, but we’ll consider posting more frequently if we get a lot of asks.

What if I have a lot of questions?

We would appreciate it if you send in one question per ask. Send as many asks as you want!

If you have any other questions about how this works, just let us know. Submit your questions and we’ll start posting on September 1.