#WordWeavers Day 7. Look around and describe an object as if it were a mysterious item (no name, no idea of it's purpose).

Six discs of numbers
etched into bronze
arranged in
a flower pattern
with a goddess
sitting in the
center
the wheels
of fate
spin them
to determine
a character's
future

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#WordWeavers 7. Look around and describe an object as if it were a mysterious item (no name, no idea of it's purpose).

Subject is a small figurine, approximately 80 mm tall on a 50mm by 45mm base. Visual inspection implies the figurine to me made of a form of soapstone, however the subject is considerably lighter than expected when picked up. Chemical analysis reveals figurine to be formed of an organic resin. Subject figures a squat, humanoid, winged figure with a cephalopod for a head.

#WordWeavers 4/7—Look around and describe an object as if it were a mysterious item (no name, no idea of it's purpose).

The weight of it was heavy, but a soft kind of heavy, and it vibrated audibly. It could not stay still. shifting and stretching and thudding against my arm, insistent on my attention. Occasionally sharp bits would emerge from the void, a talon or tooth, before retreating into the roughly pear-shaped, hairy ball.

7. Look around and describe an object as if it were a mysterious item (no name, no idea of it's purpose).

There's a strange object at the side of the room. It's shaped like an egg... or maybe a circle... or a doughnut. It's like a sausage made into a circle... there's some soft fabric covering it, and inside is a soft, flexible substance that allows it to change its shape. It's covered with small pillows and blankets and there's a monster lounging in it. Is it a lair? Is there treasure hidden inside?

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Part 7 of April and #WordWeavers meme regarding Blorbo From My WIP [Image from @BranwenOShea ]

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7th Apr 2026. Describe an object as if it were a mysterious item (no name, no idea of its purpose).

It is the length of his hand from wrist to tip of his index finger, the width of his hand span, the thickness of his thumb from tip to first knuckle. Six surfaces, enclosed on three with a flexible, protective, glossy skin of images, the other three being the edges of many wafers, individual but integral, packed closely within its neat cuboid shape.

#WordWeavers Can you create a character / place / story hook / device on the spot?

The Xanadu books are a long string of me doing this, although I work in Obsidian to keep track as I go along.

An example is the TV show Godengine in The Xanadu Invasion (bk 2), which is central to the plot. The actual premise came at once, based a little bit on a show called Zero Hour and a little bit on Stargate. The behind the scenes stories are mostly slightly altered Stargate ones from conventions.