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#WritersCoffeeClub 3/24. Is there a particular reader you keep in mind when you write?
Yes: I am VERY SPECIFICALLY writing the books for myself that nobody else is writing. I'm a bit of an outlier with lots of itches that nobody else is scratching, but not so much of an outlier that I don't have a cognitive tribe who also mostly enjoy the same things.
@cstross Like half-tracks :) I had one as a plastic model.
@cstross Your first sentence applies perfectly for me too. And seems like it was true for Toni Morrison too:
"If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it."
@cstross I’m happy - if slightly disturbed - to be part of your cognitive tribe.
@cstross socialy ben-adapted Aspies.
@cstross this is exactly why I write. I spent many years failing to find the stories I assumed had already been written, then realised I had to do it myself.
Then got so delightfully distracted by research and mythology that my project exploded way beyond its original scope, and I’m struggling to catch up. It’s wonderful