WriteNow Trivia
When did Kauffman start WriteNow?
Started in January of '24, rebranded in June '24
A romance subgenre focused on emotional comfort, safety, and healing rather than high conflict.
Cozy Romance
Instead of being evil, this traditionally “dark” character type turns out to be kind or misunderstood.
Subverted Villain or Misunderstood Protagonist
This refers to the rules that govern what is possible or impossible in a fictional world.
World rules or Internal Logic
This writing style mimics natural thought, often ignoring grammar or structure.
Stream of consciousness
How long was the first WriteNowAThon?
24 hours
This fantasy subgenre blends magic with modern or real-world settings.
Urban Fantasy
In this trope twist, a character expected to rise to greatness instead chooses a quieter, personal path.
Refusing the call
This aspect of worldbuilding includes customs, traditions, and social norms.
Culture
This format tells a story entirely through documents like letters, reports, or transcripts.
Epistolary writing
During Nov '24's AdventureWriteNow, what story format was the project in?
Branching Narrative, Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
This subgenre is known for brutality, political scheming, and protagonists who often make things worse.
Grimdark fantasy
In this subversion, the prophecy is technically correct but deeply misleading.
Twisted Prophecy
This term describes how geography affects societies, such as trade routes or climate.
Environmental Influence or Geographical Determinism
This style intentionally breaks traditional grammar or spelling to reflect voice or dialect
Phonetic or Dialogue Writing
What is Kauffman's outro?
Words are wind, stories are forever
This speculative subgenre blends advanced technology with a gritty, dystopian urban aesthetic.
This trope subversion reveals that the “mentor” figure is flawed, wrong, or actively harmful.
False or Fallen Mentor
This worldbuilding mistake happens when a setting exists only to serve the plot, not the people living in it.
Shallow or Plot-only World
This approach tells a story out of chronological order.
Non-linear storytelling
What animals are reoccurring animal in the WriteNow Community?
Mr Crow, Dragons, or Cats
A speculative subgenre that asks “what if history went differently?
Alternative History
This subversion challenges the idea that character death must always be tragic or meaningful.
Non-glorified or Anti-climatic death
This approach reveals the world gradually through character experience instead of exposition dumps.
Organic Worldbuilding
This experimental style allows the reader to choose how the story progresses.
Interactive or Branching Narrative