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#WritersCoffeeClub 20
What rôle does death play in your work?

In the natural course of things, death is usually there or thereabouts

Now I look more closely, it seems death is always there or thereabouts

#novelx1: 1. traffic 'accident'
/ 2. suicide

#novelx2: 1. father [MC1]
/ 2. army service in Belfast
/ 3. both parents [MC2]

#novelx3: 1. wife

#novelx4: 1. suicide [ref x1 above]
/ 2. terrorist bomb

#novelx5: 1. Covid19

#death #amWritingFiction
#WritersCoffeeClub

#WritersCoffeeClub 20
What rôle does death play in your work?

In the natural course of things, death is usually there or thereabouts

Now I look more closely, it seems death is always there or thereabouts

#novelx1: 1. traffic 'accident'
/ 2. suicide

#novelx2: 1. father [MC1]
/ 2. army service in Belfast
/ 3. both parents [MC2]

#novelx3: 1. wife

#novelx4: 1. suicide [ref x1 above]
/ 2. terrorist bomb

#novelx5: 1. Covid19

#death #amWritingFiction
#WritersCoffeeClub

#WritersCoffeeClub 20
What rôle does death play in your work?

In the natural course of things, death is usually there or thereabouts

Now I look more closely, it seems death is always there or thereabouts

#novelx1: 1. traffic 'accident'
/ 2. suicide

#novelx2: 1. father [MC1]
/ 2. army service in Belfast
/ 3. both parents [MC2]

#novelx3: 1. wife

#novelx4: 1. suicide [ref x1 above]
/ 2. terrorist bomb

#novelx5: 1. Covid19

#death #amWritingFiction
#WritersCoffeeClub

#WritersCoffeeClub 20
What rôle does death play in your work?

In the natural course of things, death is usually there or thereabouts

Now I look more closely, it seems death is always there or thereabouts

#novelx1: 1. traffic 'accident'
/ 2. suicide

#novelx2: 1. father [MC1]
/ 2. army service in Belfast
/ 3. both parents [MC2]

#novelx3: 1. wife

#novelx4: 1. suicide [ref x1 above]
/ 2. terrorist bomb

#novelx5: 1. Covid19

#death #amWritingFiction
#WritersCoffeeClub

#WritersCoffeeClub 20
What rôle does death play in your work?

In the natural course of things, death is usually there or thereabouts

Now I look more closely, it seems death is always there or thereabouts

#novelx1: 1. traffic 'accident'
/ 2. suicide

#novelx2: 1. father [MC1]
/ 2. army service in Belfast
/ 3. both parents [MC2]

#novelx3: 1. wife

#novelx4: 1. suicide [ref x1 above]
/ 2. terrorist bomb

#novelx5: 1. Covid19

#death #amWritingFiction
#WritersCoffeeClub

WordWeavers 23
Your MC is lost in a busy city…

Nice question

Novelx1: Broderick Arnot, lean against a wall looking lost until someone offered to help

Novelx2: Theresa, take refuge in a cafe and ask the barista
Tom would never consider himself lost

Novelx3: Andrew Bridge, hail a cab

Novelx4: Elyssia, ask the first person to walk by: “Where the hell am I?”

Novelx5: Jim, phone Gill (his wife) & ask where he’s supposed to be

#WordWeavers 23
#novelx1
#novelx2
#novelx3
#novelx4
#novelx5

WordWeavers 23
Your MC is lost in a busy city…

Nice question

Novelx1: Broderick Arnot, lean against a wall looking lost until someone offered to help

Novelx2: Theresa, take refuge in a cafe and ask the barista
Tom would never consider himself lost

Novelx3: Andrew Bridge, hail a cab

Novelx4: Elyssia, ask the first person to walk by: “Where the hell am I?”

Novelx5: Jim, phone Gill (his wife) & ask where he’s supposed to be

#WordWeavers 23
#novelx1
#novelx2
#novelx3
#novelx4
#novelx5

WordWeavers 23
Your MC is lost in a busy city…

Nice question

Novelx1: Broderick Arnot, lean against a wall looking lost until someone offered to help

Novelx2: Theresa, take refuge in a cafe and ask the barista
Tom would never consider himself lost

Novelx3: Andrew Bridge, hail a cab

Novelx4: Elyssia, ask the first person to walk by: “Where the hell am I?”

Novelx5: Jim, phone Gill (his wife) & ask where he’s supposed to be

#WordWeavers 23
#novelx1
#novelx2
#novelx3
#novelx4
#novelx5

#WordWeavers Mar 28
What gives your characters a sense of self-worth or meaning in their life?

#novelx1
Broderick: working with a team; finding signs of (past) life in the soil

#novelx2
Theresa: sailing; helping people

#novelx3
Andrew: fighting climate change (even if it is a hopeless cause)

#novelx4
Elyssia: believing in a better world; the love of the man she loves

#novelx5
Jim: surviving day to day; keeping the Tidal Teashop open

#WordWeavers #amWritingFiction #amEditing

#WordWeavers Mar 28
What gives your characters a sense of self-worth or meaning in their life?

#novelx1
Broderick: working with a team; finding signs of (past) life in the soil

#novelx2
Theresa: sailing; helping people

#novelx3
Andrew: fighting climate change (even if it is a hopeless cause)

#novelx4
Elyssia: believing in a better world; the love of the man she loves

#novelx5
Jim: surviving day to day; keeping the Tidal Teashop open

#WordWeavers #amWritingFiction #amEditing

#WordWeavers Mar 28
What gives your characters a sense of self-worth or meaning in their life?

#novelx1
Broderick: working with a team; finding signs of (past) life in the soil

#novelx2
Theresa: sailing; helping people

#novelx3
Andrew: fighting climate change (even if it is a hopeless cause)

#novelx4
Elyssia: believing in a better world; the love of the man she loves

#novelx5
Jim: surviving day to day; keeping the Tidal Teashop open

#WordWeavers #amWritingFiction #amEditing

@BranwenOShea

#WritingWonders: 18th July

I wasn't sure how to answer this until I saw your answer

It is the characters, but not always how you expect

My #novelx1 (aka #EG1) was intended to be about the archaeology on a student summer dig in the Cotswolds but Elyssia Gadnall, who lived nearby, kept butting in

My current wip(s) - #novelx4 & #novelx5 (#EG2 & #EG3) - is(are) about her

#novelx2: Tom & Theresa
#novelx3: Dr Andrew Bridges

#amWriting #characters #muse #WritingCommunity

#WritingWonders 9. Do natural calamities play a role in your story?

<struggling to think>

#novelx1, at the beginning, there's a deluge of rain that floods the archaeology dig

#novelx2, there's a storm in which a sailing boat carrying one of the main characters (MC1) is wrecked on a beach in Sussex near to where MC2 lives. (Thereby hangs a tale!)

#novelx3, there's a lot of snow at one point making life difficult

#novelx4, nothing yet as far as I can remember...

#amWritingFiction #weather