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#EngenderedWritingQ — Engendered Writing Author Daily Challenge Questions Week 1 (0A-07)

Starting November 1, 2024
Released Weekly
Hashtag for Responses and to Follow: #EngenderedWriting
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Google Docs Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10RK_eD_1Q-P7VKv8xYVDeF7kkHuNX8878pBeELo3VAU/

The linked doc contains all the released prompts, as well as a response template to make playing quicker and easier.

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"Gender Fiction asks the reader to rethink their understanding of gender roles and what gender actually means, regardless of or in conjunction with sexual preference. Feminism is a subset of this. Many of these prompts are the product of my first hand experience, derived from conversations with differently-gendered and differently-attracted people I've met, stories I've written, or from things I've read such as news articles or fiction. I hope this game makes you more aware of reflexive depictions of societal and religious norms that exist to force people conform—so as to not challenge the status quo." —R.S.

Instructions: Answer only if you are comfortable answering! Take care not to out yourself. Don't stress. If you want to answer something the question inspires you to answer instead, do it! Answer in any order or at any time, early, late, all at once, etc.The numbers are not dates and I will enumerate past 31 (I have 48 questions at the time of this posting). Feel free to PM me with questions, corrections, or prompts at any time—including warning me to CW if a question goes over the line. The bracketed title is an alternate short title for tiny tooters, or simply use #EngenderedWriting followed by the number.

Note: I've received contributions from our fabulous writing community. Those questions are attributed to their authors. However, I take responsibility for tweaking or rewriting their words. Whilst I'll take all the blame, give them all the credit.

Two preview challenge questions for the season have been added! Woot!

0A — The MC in your WiP gets to choose any gender or sexual preference for a day. What do they do? Why? What if it came without negative consequences, or on a day like Halloween? [MC Gender Roulette?]
00 — Do any of your characters use holidays, like Halloween, as permission or cover to be "out"without actually being "out," or to crossdress? Why or why not? ["Out" Trick or Treating?]
01 — How do you define gender? Does this differ from the dictionary definition? Do your characters reflect society's role model, or your synthesis? [Define Gender.]
02 — Do you ever play with gender in your writing? Tell us about it. [Played with Gender?] npub1svgq0k98xzxqgajv2pgq8fzm6wlcz4ymsrc4z2rkqsm93n5h0u7s952emy (npub1svg…2emy)
03 — At some age, someone told you (or your MC), "You can't," because you are a girl / boy / etc. Does that reflect in your stories? How? [No, You're a Boy / Girl!]
04 — Your MC is handed an abandoned / lost magical girl infant. It switches them to female for milk or male for protection, etc. How do they react? [Handling Gender Switch.]
05 — Have you ever written a feminist or gender fiction story? Why or why not? Share a link if you wish. [Written gender fiction?]
06 — Have you ever been accused of writing a gender unfriendly story? (E.g., anti-feminist, anti-man, etc.) How did you react? How would you react reading one? [Tarred as Gender Unfriendly?]
07 — Have you written / read "outed" stories? (E.g., The MC has masqueraded as a teenage boy for ages in a repressive society, but her sanitary pad overflows the plumbing in the restroom—what now?) Is this a genre or hackneyed? Share a link or a recommendation. [Written "Outed" Stories?]

Next week's prompts will display as a reply to this thread.

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