#WordWeavers Sept 13: Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.

Plenty of conversations in my books are not what they seem, but I will let the readers themselves decide where they want to be, what interpretation they […]

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#WordWeavers Sept 13: Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.

A couple of days later she showed up in a brand-new set of shorts, runners and t-shirt. She said “My dad is just amazing. He took me to Eaton’s to get some ‘play-clothes’. The snooty clerk […]

#WordWeavers 13/9: Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.
Wandell to Torvyn: “I hope there’s no harm in paying a few gentlemanly compliments to a pretty girl."
Not so innocent because:
1: he’s been…
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#WordWeavers 12 Sep: If you removed one supporting character from your story, whose absence would change the plot the most?

The Librarian, for sure. The entire plot would fail without them. There would be no story.

#WordWeavers 11. What does your MC believe about themselves at the beginning of the story that turns out to be completely wrong?

Cantor is convinced he's washed up and useless as an investigator

Four murders later...?

#WordWeavers 12 Sep
If you removed one supporting character from your story, whose absence would change the plot the most?

For disOrder, I'm going to say Elaine. She's a pillar of decency among a nest of unreliable, sinister, ulterior-motivated, creepy, cruel, narcissistic, stupid and just […]

#WordWeavers Sep 12: If you removed one supporting character, whose absence would change the story the most?

The mad scientist. And, who doesn't like a mad scientist in their story?

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#WritersCoffeeClub 12/9: Who do you share snippets of your WIP with?
I share through this prompt-thread and #WordWeavers when appropriate. And occasionally on Substack.
Also, and in normal circumstances every day, through #WIPSnips on Bluesky.
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#WordWeavers 12/9: If you removed one supporting character, whose absence would change the story the most? (I don’t write ‘plots’).
Hmmm… I’m thinking of Gafeira, who’s a supporting character in Book 8… but am I cheating? Because, as you’ll see soon,…
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#WordWeavers Sep 11: What does your MC believe about themself at the beginning of the story that turns out to be completely wrong?

That they are the boss around The Mansion.

They will learn... Oh, they will learn.

#Wordweavers 11 Sep
What does your MC believe about themselves at the beginning of the story that turns out to be completely wrong?

Ash, The Silk Mind: that his job as Badger Survey team leader is pointless.

Calnor, disOrder: that he's got past whatever bad decisions he made when he was young […]

#WordWeavers 11/9: What does your MC believe about themselves at the beginning of the story that turns out to be completely wrong?

He thinks the evil corporation knows what they are doing.

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#WordWeavers 11/9: What does your MC believe about themself at the beginning of the story that turns out to be completely wrong?
Going right back to the beginning of Book 1, Jerya has no idea that her future could lie anywhere beyond the small,…
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#WordWeavers: 9/10 Share a description from your WIP that establishes atmosphere without explicitly naming the emotion.
The decision to sabotage the showing with an overdose of laxatives should have been enough. No one would take D’Arte seriously. The 13 soiled works sold for $1.2 million.
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#WordWeavers 10/9: Share a description from your WIP that establishes atmosphere without explicitly naming the emotion.

This is a passage from my upcoming book, “The Management Apologises for the Inconvenience”.

Welcome to #TheMentalMansion

#WordWeavers 10/9: Share a description from your WIP that establishes atmosphere without explicitly naming the emotion.
I’d hope my work avoids ‘naming the emotion’ most of the time, wouldn’t you? There are mentions of lesser…
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#WordWeavers Day 9. What secret would cause the most damage if it were revealed in your story right now?

Considering that the story of my WIP operates on the premises that the damage is caused by misunderstandings and being wrong, not secrets as such ...Or do you mean a secret about my WIP, not […]

#WordWeavers 9 Sep
What secret would cause the most damage if it were revealed in your story right now?

What Mr Lock has come back to prevent.