avatarLucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)

Summary

The Noodle Book Club is inviting readers to engage with book reflections and prompts, whether or not they have read the book, to inspire creative writing and expand upon life's aspects.

Abstract

Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 has introduced the Asynchronous Noodle Book Club as part of her new year's resolutions to delve deeper into the books she reads. This initiative encourages writers to reflect on key quotes and moments from books and to respond to related reflection prompts. The club is designed to complement the mission of "The Brain is a Noodle" publication, which aims to combat writer's block and broaden creative thinking. Participants are invited to write poetry, shortform, or essays in response to the prompts, with the flexibility to contribute at any time in the future. The prompts are crafted to be accessible to all, with or without having read the book in question, and all submissions should be tagged with "Books."

Opinions

  • The author believes that reflecting on books has significantly influenced her communication style and creative endeavors.
  • She values the inclusion of reflection prompts as a means to explore the lessons and thoughts inspired by reading.
  • The book club is seen as a space for writers to engage with literature and prompts in a way that is personally meaningful and not constrained by time.
  • The author emphasizes that while reading the book provides full context, it is not a prerequisite for participation, making the club inclusive and broadly appealing.
  • Lucy Dan expresses a long-term vision for the book club, suggesting its relevance and continuity well into the future.

Inviting Readers Like You To Join the Noodle Book Club

You can join whether or not you read the book? What?

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As part of my new year’s resolutions, I’ve been reflecting on the books I read in more depth instead of letting the narratives wash over me. So far, the streak has been going strong.

Reflecting on the key quotes or moments from fiction and non-fiction pieces has impacted how I communicate in my day-to-day (new, weird metaphors, here I come!!!), and expanded the types of things I’m trying.

Moreover, I’ve started the habit of including reflection prompts that are related to the lessons and thoughts that came up during the book.

Given the mission of The Brain is a Noodle to tackle writer’s block and expand creative horizons, I wanted to officially give space for these reflection prompts to take writers in any direction they’d like!

In addition to daily poetry prompts, weekly shortform prompts, monthly interview prompts, I’m launching the Asynchronous Noodle Book Club.

I’ll be releasing my reflections on books that I read and love, along with the questions that pop up as I go, much like this one:

You are free to take these questions and write poetry, shortform or essays in direct response to any or all of these questions. Be sure to note which questions you’re answering and link back to the original post so other interested readers and writers can hop on the full list!

Though some of these questions might be related to book content, I’m hoping to make them generalizable to different aspects of life so that you’re able to use these prompts regardless of whether you’ve read the book. Of course, it’s always more fun if you have the full context, but not necessary!

All responses should be tagged with “Books”.

This book club will be asynchronous so feel free to write up that response even if it’s 62 years from now (provided that Medium and Earth still exist! And me! I suppose I also have to exist to edit!)

Please see publication guidelines for a full set of other topic and formatting rules.

Hi I’m Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) and the following links might be relevant and helpful:

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