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#WordWeavers 10/10: What is one thing your antagonist genuinely admires about your MC?
I don't write stories with antagonists. Lots of writers don't have antagonists. I'm currently on an Ann Tyler binge. No antagonists to be founds in any of her books, so I'm in good company!
#WordWeavers 9. Your MC finds a letter addressed to them that was never meant to be delivered. Who wrote it, and what does it say?
Not something I’ve thought about, it does have possibilities though.
How's about Nathan coming across a missive from the enigmatic Noone, someone who’s believed to follow the dark arts and may, or may not, be the antagonist of the story.
What dark secrets will it reveal?
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#WordWeavers 2026.10.08 — Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?
Two characters in the story have a history of making terrible decisions for very good reasons. One has done this repeatedly with plenty of terrible consequences, a few of which were on planetary and interstellar scales. Why? Beat the alternative!
The other character doesn't know it, but she is the first character's most favored student—both the student part and the most favored part being news, and would be terrible news, to her. Without giving away the story, let's just say to prevent murdering someone (even as self-defense), this character nearly dies to save a third character (okay, the LI, but still.) Those who know her are convinced she has a death wish.
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#WordWeavers 8/10: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?
Undoubtedly that would be Nathan.
His idea of planning is to make something up on the spot, then follow it through until he needs to come up with a new plan when everything’s gone pear-shaped.
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#WordWeavers 10/8: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?
Oh, yes. Zerika comes to mind. She would do just about anything to save those around her, even strangers. Then again, so would Elric. He's an ancient being, one who's alive for the sole purpose (as he believes) of saving lives. I could see either of them making a terrible decision for the greater good.
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#WordWeavers Oct. 8: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?
Me, because I didn't know about a taboo. Elthea and her dad quietly rescued me.
#WordWeavers 8/10: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?
In current WIP, which concludes the series, it has to be Wandell, who’s accepted that his (and his parents’) long pursuit of the Skilthorn estate is baseless and futile… but doesn’t quite know what to put in his place. He needs someone to help him find a new balance.
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October 8th
Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?
In the current WIP?
Rosa since she hates segregation, and as her namesake she will stand up against it.
In all of my works?
Dr. Robert Green. He got to university without blessing of his tribe to study the whites because "one must understand the enemy to conquer them." Of course his tribe never abandoned him, but some members still hold a grudge on his decision.
#WordWeavers 2026.10.07 — Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.
I rarely write definitive lines of dialogue, though I do recall a building climactic moment where a single riposte shreds the antagonist's whole line of reasoning. Nothing to do with defining everything the reader needs to know about a character. I don't have the time to do a definitive search, but the following few lines speak volumes about how comfortable these two people are with each other, and a bit about their personalities. It's Bolt razzing Blue.
"Didn't sleep well?" I called down to him.
"I was popular last night?" he answered somewhat resentful of lost sleep.
"Ridden much?"
"No." He laughed. "Lots of dancing, late."
"Pity it was only dancing."
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Do you ever not post photos because, even as a writer, figuring out how to describe them for alt text seems like too much work? Do you ever oversimplify it to save time? "Nice flowers in a field." "A duck."
#WordWeavers 7/10: Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.
'Are you OK?' I ask him. And then, 'Is the dinner OK?' because the other question might be a bit much.
This sums Lucy up pretty well. She's talking to her 17 year old son.
#WordWeavers 10/7: Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.
Let's hear what Zerika has to say...
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#WordWeavers 10/6: What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?
I have something simple to answer this prompt with. It's the magick in my universe, just in general. It would seem to terrifying, so bizarre and surreal to us.
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#WordWeavers Oct 7: Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.
This is from quite early in my upcoming book 'Management Apologises for the Inconvenience':