#WordWeavers 2026.04.17 —How far beyond the local home of your MC does your story extend?

Bolt flies back and forth all over the capital in Home City, to the Residency (aka The Palace) and the University district, the business district uptown, the Strand where the best restaurants, theatres, and people are, and Lowtown where she lives. Not the nicest neighborhoods. She also flies a dozen leagues west to the old suburbs abandoned 200 years ago thanks to population decline. Over the ruins and reforestation is a relatively private airspace to practice flying tandem. She'll soon visit the forests of the Wild twenty leagues southwest for a dangerous delivery. The interstellar gateways are nine leagues west of the city, and it's a point in the story that she's never seen one until one shows up Mid-City, and a gateway is a miracle you can't forget seeing. For her, it's like you or I never having needed to visit an airport. She may yet do so.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.04.17 —Can plots which hinge on a misunderstanding be done well?

It is a bit flippant to merely say yes. The best answer I have is to say not to cheat the reader, recognizing almost nobody is a perfect communicator and making that point. So long as the reader sees the characters are working at the best of their ability, or they're failing as they'd typically fail, the story can illuminate the human condition.

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#WordWeavers Apr. 17: How far beyond the local home of your MC does your story extend?

According to Google Maps, Lysandra's journey from Korinth to Mt. Olympos was 388 km. It would have been longer had she been able to use a car, but it would only have taken about 6 hours one way instead of 4+ days.

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#WritersCoffeeClub Apr. 17: Can plots which hinge on a misunderstanding be done well?

Any plot can be done well. The real question is how often ARE they done well? Entire plots hinging on misunderstanding are pretty dang cliche, IMO.

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I’ve learnt a remarkable amount of information from the research I’ve carried out into magic whilst trying to ensure the veracity of my work. I like to look for little known facts I can weave into my writing.

For instance, potions referring to things such as “Eye of newt" and "toe of frog" as per Macbeth, were synonyms for plants, not actual animal parts.

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