Comments on: Seven Things You Should Always Ask A Writer

By: Vincent Clay

Vincent Clay — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:43:08 +0000

Its nice! as well as the “6-Can I Buy You A Drink?”
But I’m also on no.1 that will give me at least a summary or at least whats the book is all about. I like it when the author gives briefing for his book.

By: Richard Dansky

Richard Dansky — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:21:46 +0000

@Canada Model
I used to write and edit roleplaying books for White Wolf, and in one (I won’t say which) there’s an index entry for “Developer’s Favorite Pub”

By: Bethany

Bethany — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:09:38 +0000

Yeah, I can’t stand number 1.

By: Weekly Round Up – 06/05/10 :Maurice Broaddus

Weekly Round Up – 06/05/10 :Maurice Broaddus — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:06:22 +0000

[...] the heels of his “Seven things you should never ask a writer” comes Richard Dansky’s “Seven things you should always ask a writer”. Though “would you mind if I pay you on time and well?” is a question he missed. [...]

By: Charm | Turning Winds

Charm | Turning Winds — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:13:58 +0000

Very interesting with common sense as well “6-Can I Buy You A Drink?”

By: Canada Model

Canada Model — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:41:08 +0000

“”to be fair, i only ever did this in roleplaying books, not fiction”" -> what do you,mean ? …

By: WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS? - Southern Fried Chicas

WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS? - Southern Fried Chicas — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:30:46 +0000

[...] in a followup post titled Seven Things You Should Always Ask A Writer, he posed the following questions. Answer as many as you want: 1-Tell Me About Your Book 2-Who Are [...]

By: Richard Dansky

Richard Dansky — Sun, 30 May 2010 23:57:01 +0000

I figure if they haven’t read the book and are asking #1, they’re at least interested in doing so, so it certainly can’t hurt. And if they have read the book, then hopefully my answer can give a little added value to the reading experience.

But #6 does seem to be the clear winner…

By: David

David — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:51:10 +0000

I was surprised at number one, I almost never want to answer that question. If they haven’t read the book, the best I could say is something along the lines of, “Well, if you enjoy fiction using structural conceits and narrowly focused concepts that are intertwined…” and then I come off sounding like a jack-ass. Number six is always the best, followed by number two.

By: Richard Dansky

Richard Dansky — Sat, 29 May 2010 04:53:55 +0000

@Pia – you may want to go back and recheck Thank you for getting me to take a look at – and finally update – my bio