#WordWeavers 3/30 How do you keep track of important info related to your characters, world, ect?

I use the giant filing cabinet inside the left parietal lobe of my brain. It is categorized by order of atomic number, reverse-relevancy, and how 'shiny' the information appears relative to my stream of consciousness.

In limited cases, I will take physical notes on paper and then promptly lose them.

True story: When I was in fifth grade, my mother asked my teacher about my rats' nest of a desk stuffed with crumpled papers, folders, pencils, and crayons all held together with a light glaze of Elmer's glue. My teacher looked my mom dead in the eye and said "he's very organized inside his head."

That's all well and good for my writing. But when I need to find that one. f***ing. receipt. that I swear I just saw the other day, in my clothing/document/art supply/juggling equipment closet, I'm as hopeless a blind dog doing a crossword puzzle.

#WordWeavers for 31st March, 2026 Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote.

My characters are offered a little tour of the local sea caves by a mysterious woman who turns out to be a selkie. Upon arrival, she calls some of her relatives in and fun shenanigans ensue! I'm still waiting to hear back from my editor on this one...

#Writephant 2026.0330 — A5. What are your bread and butter games (specific titles)- the ones you return to time and again? Have you played any new games lately?

My bread and butter hashtag writer challenge games? You all probably know #PennedPossibilities, #ScribesAndMakers, #WordWeavers, and #WritersCoffeeClub. All amazingly helpful as a writer, and participants share truly useful ideas. Recently, I've added #EroticMusings, which since the current WIP includes spicy content (not specifically erotica), I figure I qualify for joining and replying to it. It has helped me resolve some issues. If nothing else, it's a new community.

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#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#WordWeavers 31. Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote.

in the first chapter of volume two, Luce and Eleanor are on the run, and they need to raise enough money for ship's fare to the Continent. the ship leaves in two days, so they also need enough for two nights' stay at the local inn. meanwhile, a local lout named Crosby has been daring passersby to wager against him in dance-offs in the street, which he has so far handily won. as night approaches, and the duo's options narrow, Eleanor decides to throw down the gauntlet herself, and challenge the dancing man to a showdown.

'The dancers’ steps began conservatively, with the action mostly fore and aft. But as the fiddler began to accelerate, the steps did also, and both Crosby and Eleanor began to add more sideways flourishes to their movements, and bring their arms into play. Eleanor used her skirts to her advantage, and billowed them as she spun a few rounds in place; Crosby relied on rapid stutter stepping on his heels and toes. As the sun fell, the shadows flickering upward from the lantern gained the quality of roving spirits, and the scene transformed into something out of time, along the likes of devils come to Georgia and queens who danced themselves to death.'

(the whole scene is available here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62147545/chapters/214875666 though the chapter notes contain multiple spoilers for volume one, if that matters to you)

#wordweavers 30/3: How do you keep track of important info related to your characters, world, etc.?

I feel the inner monologue of my characters so intensely, I live through it vividly. I also take notes, but they're often too messy.

WordWeavers for 31st March, 2026

31. Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote. 

The MC is surprised to discover that her closest friend, despite having a very good relationship with a man, is also interested in women, when she speaks admiringly of another woman. After the initial surprised reaction, there’s a bit of good-natured banter among all three.

Of course, being my writing, this *immediately* leads into a dramatic scene where something bad happens to the MC. (Not Bad bad, just “evoked memories of past traumatic events, leading to the MC being curled in a ball on the ground while her friend comforts her”)

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#WordWeavers 30/3: How do you keep track of important info related to your characters, world, etc.?

Most of my pieces are too short and contained for that to be a consideration, but I have a great many thoughts about the detective series that I'm just at the start of writing (but has been living and growing in my head for about 5 years). I originally started keeping relevant notes in a Google doc, but now I have a much more sophisticated system using Obsidian.

#wordWeavers offload keeping track to whatever collectiveUnConsiousness i happen to be in a dialogue with at the time (and #keepNotes: )

#weeklyBeats #mirloMondays #artiphon #orba #music:
#tinyHome everything's turning up philhouse
https://mirlo.space/mew3/release/jourapnal/tracks/26780

#peerTube making of #video:
https://spectra.video/w/cmKkYM9HpiWzcfAU8ejtSQ

#scribesAndMakers once recorded a bird chirp but it's the wrong filetype so try this instead: