Alina LeonovaFeb 28

March 2026 #WordWeavers — all the questions are in the thread below 😊

Start anytime, answer any questions you want, skip as many as you feel like. Use the #, talk to other writers and have fun!

The only rules: be respectful to others and use CWs (content warnings) when necessary.

Everyone is welcome to participate 🧡

Created by @BranwenOShea and me.

#WordWeaversQs — this # is only to find questions. Don't use it in your answers. Use space (# WordWeaversQs) when sharing to keep it tidy 🙏

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#WordWeavers This month community questions are brought to you by our wonderful players @AnnaSaultron, @wonderbink & @ignova — thank you all so much! 🧡
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#WordWeavers #WordWeaversQs

You'll find all these questions in the text form here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mDd0mWHFxdMNBdQ2-kL4PDcq_J0U660_GG8ioZIMfkE/edit?usp=sharing

It's an archive of all the WordWeavers questions updated monthly, so feel free to save the link.

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#WordWeavers WordWeavers is a writing game on Mastodon created by Branwen OShea and Alina Leonova. The hosts post daily questions for each month. Start anytime, answer any questions you want, skip as many as you feel like. Use the hashtag, talk to other writers and have fun! The only rules: b...

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1. What is your greatest fear about your characters?
2. Do you write scenes out of order? If so, how do you decide their arrangement?
3. Introduce your MC without telling us their age, gender, job and who they are to others (e.g. friend, parent etc.).
4. When was the last time your MC lied? Why?
5. What’s the most supportive/uplifting thing you heard related to writing?
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6. If you have several stories, which one should a new reader start with? If 1/not yet published, what other works might your readers enjoy?
7. How do you define a “strong” character? How do you create one?
8. How do you approach stereotypes while creating characters?
9. If you need to share an important piece of history/lore, what’s your approach that avoids infodumping?
10. Antagonist POV: Imagine you achieved your goal. What’s next?
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11. Give an example of brilliant writing. What’s special about it?
12. How could someone who knows your MC well console them after the last time you made them suffer?
13. Tell us about a quirk your SC has.
14. Is selling your work for money important to you when you write?
15. If your SC came across a large crystal that was glowing from within, what, if anything, would they do with it?
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16. Do you have any kind of ritual to get in the mood to sit down and write? If so, what is it?
17. Did you ever receive formal education in creative writing?
18. Tell us about a time when your MC failed.
19. Share something that makes your SC different from your MC.
20. How much romance is in your story?
21. Where does your MC fall, on a scale of timid to recklessly brave?
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22. Is there a subject that’s represented poorly in media that you’d like to cover in your work?
23. What are you careful about when writing?
24. Tell us about something positive you experienced because of writing.
25. What do you feel thinking about the last scene you wrote?
26. SC POV: What’s your favorite smell?
27. Which character would be the most fun to be around?
28. When was the last time your MC got excited? Why?
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29. How big is your cast of characters?
30. How do you keep track of important info related to your characters, world, etc.?
31. Share or tell us about a fun scene you recently wrote.