#wordweavers May 27: What would your ideal writing group be like?
Kind, dedicated creatives who are not only interested in showing off their own work, who are willing to help and support, and who do not see each other as competition.
Yeah, I'm an idealist. But I've met quite a few people here who fit this picture, tbh.
#WordWeavers 5/27. What would your ideal writing group be like?
This one is tricky, if only because I've had both good and bad experiences with "writing groups," either because they eventually fall apart due to admin issues or because their memberships just evaporated overtime.
In the past few years, I've tried to cultivate a group of like-minded people on my feeds, and interact with them primarily through those avenues.
#WordWeavers 5.19 — How did you settle on your MC’s appearance?
Connor was a side character at first, just a member of the motorcycle gang that helps Nessa when she's abducted by Hunters.
So I knew little about him other that he is a red-head (because of his name, more than anything). He faded into the background - until the moment he actually chose sides, which surprised me.
I can't visualize people easily, so... I leave that to the reader.
#WordWeavers 5.25 — How often do your characters think of death?
In my current WIP (which is my Kindle Vella serial WARSONG,) my main character thinks of death constantly, especially as she and her best friend are drafted into a war.
There's some other trauma-associated stuff in the book, but the first answer is more suitable, I think.
#WordWeavers 5.25 — How often do your characters think of death?
Connor doesn't.
He's young (early 30s), he's strong, and thanks to being a Wolf, he has better health than the average human.
Yes, there are the Hunters, but he thinks they'll never touch him. His pack is great, he loves roaming around on their motorcycles and until Reg showed what an ass he was, things were easy.
Intelligent people who are serious about their writing. An interest in Japanese literature, tolerate of R18. People who have posted or are published. Not the art literary crowd, but folks that want to write entertaining fiction.
It's not a plot or narrative point but given the antag is undead and out to kill them, I would imagine they think about death quite frequently.
In the early parts of "My Girlfriend Almost Got Me Killed," Shiro mentions several times that one reason she's not sure she wants to establish a long-term relationship with Kaori is Kao might get them both killed.
Tomo in Konbini Idol mentions several times that he is less than thrilled that Ume brings home a woman who is cursed and might get them killed.
#WordWeavers 24-05-25 How often do your characters think of death?
Not often really. It's a part of nature so Parthia and Pintac pay due respects to that part of the cycle, but don't/didn't have any extensive thoughts or concerns about it on the regular.
That isn't to say unexpected deaths aren't stressful. 😔
#WordWeavers#Writing 26 May: what childhood similarities do your MC and antagonist share?
They were Japanese.
They were all lesbians or queer and knew it.
Most had shitty childhoods
Kaori and Miyako-kun went to the same high school. They were both smart troubled teens. Dated.
By the time the antags are antags most similarity is gone. They are Japanese. On one side we have human protags the full range of human emotions and weakness and on the other supernatural beings shorn of all but one driving emotion hate and a twisted love that keeps them from passing over.
#wordweavers May 26. What childhood similarities do your MC and antagonist share?
Again, the disclaimer thar the roles of antagonists are fluid. But if we take Rainald: Both he and Katja are the children of wealthy merchants, and both are forced to marry according to their guardians' wishes.
#WordWeavers 2405.25 — How often do your characters think of death?
The reader and author are privy only to the MC's thoughts. "Often" is a vague word. Generally the MC doesn't think of death as you and I would experience time. However, in story time, she thinks of it rather often. She experiences PTSD episodes from when she saw someone die horrifically during a gang war, then realized her actions (or rather her inactions) resulted in dozens of others dying. Being responsible but powerless to stop it rattles her to the core. Her death? Not so much. Having been a bodyguard for a mob boss, and to an extent being a prizefighter where an errant strike could be lethal before that, she's never expected herself to live to old age. Twice someone has tried to murder her; only quick thinking and skill saved her. Twice she actually died, only extraordinary attempts at resuscitation bringing her back from the brink. She's not yet 20 years old. Each time she learned something or achieved something, the very last time saving not only the life of her lover but the life of his assassin because actually murdering the assassin was worse to her than dying herself. Not becoming a murderer is a possible tipping point in her life story because she is was conceived as a evil character, and if something doesn't get in the way she will be responsible for the destroying the world...
#WordWeavers 25 How often do your characters think of death?
Erebus: As a Spiritualist Medium, I think of death too much. As I am confronted with the aftermath all too often. The spirits who are lost, lonely, and confused swarm around me like moths attracted to a flame...
Damian: As one who is built more durably than other people due to being a Life-Force Master; I don't often think about death due to my ability to heal my injuries and those of others. I only think about it during grim cases.
More than they should but no as much as they should. All of Our Hero's team are legally dead, and all of them in fact died and were revived with the medical regenerator. They don't think much about their own death because they know 2 things:
They can be revived
They KNOW there's no afterlife
But they do think about other people's death. With joy if it's their targets, and with sadness if it's about everyone else's…
#WordWeavers 2405.24 — While drafting, do you avoid or binge watch similar material?
I binge watch all the time. K-dramas and anime. I avoid watching or reading similar material to what I'm writing while I'm composing, so I'm not influenced. I want it to be me writing; I want the voice to be mine.
I avoid reading Dickens. I think his is my default writing style and I need to avoid it at all costs.
#WordWeavers#Writing 24 While drafting, do you avoid or binge watch similar material?
I don't deny myself the pleasure of watching/bingeing media of any kind when I'm writing. Not that there's many similar things to my writings. I always can stea…get inspired by those creations. Right now I'm re-watching the first seasons of Chicago Fire, an excellent source of ideas for making the characters experience unnecessary pain and suffering…=)
#WordWeavers 18: What kind of dragon would your MC be?
Zomazar- I looked at the dragons which exist in Material World legends; They are not what I would be: Strange in form and shape, carrying upon my body a large Garden of Decay. A serpentine creature possessing many maws and heads, who most humans might believe resembles a biblically accurate angel. Though most of the time you'd never see me, as those of the Subtle Art are rarely seen by those ungifted in that Strand Art.
#WordWeavers May 1: Introduce your setting as if it’s a character in your story.
The Greater Cascadian Megalopolis was born from the need to house the population of the Pacific North West but leave the bulk of the continent free of humanity,"re-wilding." The fetal megapolopolis started as superblocks and then arcologies,multiplying until they formed an urban organism that now stretches from the middle of British Columbia all the way to the California border.
#wordweavers 01/05/2024 Introduce your setting as if it's a character in your story.
The McAlistair mansion POV: “I’m currently the host of Esther and her strange little maid. Before I belonged to Esther’s husband, but he wasn’t with them when they came back from the colonies. Something has happened there, I don’t know what, but it makes Esther ill. The little strange maid tries her best to help.”
#wordweavers 24/05/2024 While drafting, do you avoid or binge watch similar material?
I have a very good memory (for this kind of things only, don’t count on me to remember to buy the milk) & I like to do references everywhere I can. For example, I remember this panel from being an Hergé’s favourite because of the movement. I decided to reuse the idea, each doctor is one step away from removing his hat.
#wordweavers 26/05/2024 What childhood similarities do your MC and antagonist share?
Never thought about that but they have pretty much same origins… and yet their paths have diverged.
They are both born in the upper-class but not in the aristocracy. Their fathers were both hardworking but if Esther’s was successful, D’Arcy’s one never managed to recognised as inventor. Absorbed in his lab, he failed to see how bad his daughter was turning.
#wordweavers 26/05/2024 What would your ideal writing comics group be like?
In the early 2000, I was in a aspiring comics artists group. Some were already published, several were about to succeed (and are now quite successful authors) and some like me were not ready and I missed the bandwagon.
The group has split but I never found such a emulation.