#WordWeavers Apr. 11 — What would be the most unappreciated social event a character of yours could be invited to?
#Airisu: A cat show. You know, one of those things where those beasts parade around and get praised.
or one of those raptor shows at the zoo. If I were invited I would just hang […]
#WordWeavers Apr 11: What would be the most unappreciated social event a character of yours could be invited to?
Unappreciated by whom?
The annual harvest festival may no longer be a popular thing for us, but it's a _big deal_ for all the farmers (most people) in my current WIP.
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#WordWeavers 11 Apr: What would be the most unappreciated social event a character of yours could be invited to?
Obviously, the Crystalgate Picklefest.
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#WordWeavers 11/4: What would be the most unappreciated social event a character of yours could be invited to?
I’m imagining an occasion where Railu is invited to a gathering of the medical profession merely as her husband’s ‘plus one’. As she’s a…
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#WordWeavers 11/4: What would be the most unappreciated social event a character of yours could be invited to?
Probably a solely religious rite, not associated with any births or deaths or marriages, that didn't even have decent food after.
#WordWeavers Apr 10: Did your MC ever have a melody/tune stuck in their head?
Probably, but they didn't tell me what it was.
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#WordWeavers 10. Did your MC ever have a melody/tune stuck in their head?
Snip #Airisu
> I swooped down, landing on a branch to take in the scene: a girl dancing. With each swing of her arms, stomp of her heel, and swish of her hips and kimono, a shimmering mist arose. She sang, accompanying […]
#WordWeavers 10/4: Did your MC ever have a melody/tune stuck in their head?
I wrote a poem for my future wife that went over, um, well... hilariously. It was quite cheesy. I brought it back as bad pop lyrics that caught on. The MC hates it and can't get it out of his head.
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#WordWeavers 10/4: Did your MC ever have a melody/tune stuck in their head?
No. At least not in any episode that I’ve had the privilege to record. Which is not to suggest that Jerya’s indifferent to music, though in a world without…
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#WordWeavers 10/4: Did your MC ever have a melody/tune stuck in their head?
Plenty, but none that we know, since it's the 4200s. Often the beats lined up with his feet ground-testing on the Sea of Glass.
#WordWeavers Apr 9: One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it & why are they seeing it?
It's... it's indescribable. But, eh... you wouldn't believe me if I told you. Just forget I said anything.
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#WordWeavers 9. One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it & why are they seeing it?
My MC goes out for a jog and sees lots of other people exercising. He realizes how disgusting everyone looks. Not in appearance, but the acts.
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#WordWeavers Apr 9: One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it & why are they seeing it?
Somebody who's been dead for over a year -- and it's because she's in the nightmare woods, which were cursed by the Goddess of Evening...
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#WordWeavers 9/4: One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it & why are they seeing it?
A talking severed head, because this is a dream.
#WordWeavers 4/9—One of your characters is seeing something unbelievable. What is it & why are they seeing it?
Snip #TimeTravelingGhost
> I saw a massive fireball streaking toward us. Time slowed as I realized this was the meteor that had hit Yucatán—one of the great extinction events.
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#WordWeavers 8. Do your characters tell jokes? If so, let them tell us a joke, please
Bijou from #TimeTravelingGhost tells dad jokes.
#Airisu from A Crow and a Witch jokes a lot. Not that her humor is very sophisticated.
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“I can answer questions. I have three degrees: A BA in […]
“So, what is so big that you couldn't have shown me last time? ” Ava asked. “That's what she said,” Egon answered out of reflex while still looking at his screen.
#WordWeavers 8th of April Do any of your characters tell jokes? If so let them tell us a joke, please.
Most of the jokes I write need context, but here's a classic in my #WIP that doesn't need much explaining.
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#WordWeavers Do any of your characters tell jokes? If so let them tell us a joke, please.
No! That's my job!
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#WordWeavers Apr 8. Do your characters tell jokes? If so let them tell us a joke, please.
Not really, for this WIP. There's a lot of humor and sarcasm, though. (Much is contextual, but there are running gags about, for example, Old Sal's goats.)
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#WordWeavers Apr 8: Do any of your characters tell jokes? If so let them tell us a joke, please.
I'm sure they must, but I'm not aware of actually having done it "on screen," as it were.
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# Teaspoons “Mary, would you enter the library to assist me with a conundrum?” asked Mr Cowell. “Yes, Father?” “It revolts reason that a household of three adults should contain only two teaspoons, but the evidence of my eyes is incontrovertible.” “We are in straightened circumstances, Father.” (Needless to mention, as Mr Cowell's “library” was now one corner of the kitchen, between the stove and a small book-case). “Indeed, and without servants, I would have expected one of a teaspoon's usual escape routes to be blocked. Oh well, perhaps there are several in Julia's room. From a conundrum to a dilemma: I have agonized over how your future and Julia's may be assured, and I am convinced that a good marriage is the only honourable course. We have invites to a ball at Horsefield tomorrow evening, and although I balk at the impropriety, I fear we must attend.” “But Julia is not yet out, Father!” “I know it, but if she remains in, she will dine on yesterday's porridge, whereas at Horsefield there are sure to be sandwiches.
#WordWeavers 8 Apr
Do any of your characters tell jokes? If so let them tell us a joke, please.
I think I tend towards dry humour or humour from the absurdity of what the characters do rather than setup/punchline jokes.
#WordWeavers 8/4: Do any of your characters tell jokes? If so let them tell us a joke, please.
I can’t think of anyone who ‘tells jokes’. Humour is there, but arises naturally in context, which makes it harder to showcase examples.
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#WordWeavers 06Apr2026: Can you create a character/place/storyhook/device on the spot, if you need to? If so, share an example.
Sure... lemme give it a shot.
"When you crossed the sandsea, did you see a white tower on the distance? What did it look like?" Solomon asked
"There wasn't much else […]
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my game is called "toiletSpace"
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the outer ring is only attached to the inner ring by vibration free loops
Does the above […]
#WordWeavers Apr 7: Describe an object as if it were a mysterious item.
It is metal, mostly the color of bright blood, with a hinge at one end. It makes a clacking sound when depressed. It has weight, like a dense stone.
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#WordWeavers Apr 6: Can you create a character/place/storyhook/device on the spot, if you need to? If so, share an example.
Small stuff or continuing stuff. Lots of smaller characters just come as needed. Places the same way.
Larger stuff, like plots, takes maybe 15 minutes to an hour of […]
#WordWeavers Apr 6: Can you create a character/place/storyhook/device on the spot, if you need to? If so, share an example.
See the quote reply, because this prompt is too dang long.
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Of all of the board members, perhaps the one with the most unfortunate name was the Argentinian, Adolph Himmler. He really hated the jokes while growing up. Not because they were horribly demeaning. Oh, no. It was because he never understood them. After all, why wouldn’t he be a big fan of white nationalism? Well, except for that minor issue where his grandmother was Nigerian. And, his uncle was hispanic. And, he really liked Chinese food.
#WordWeavers Day 6 Can you create a character/place/storyhook/device on the spot, if you need to? If so, share an example.
I like to think all writers do.
An example:
#WordWeavers Apr 6: Can you create a character/place/storyhook/device on the spot, if you need to? If so, share an example.
Absolutely. In no small part, this is because my daughter likes me to tell her a story over breakfast.
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