2026-11-07T03:59:28Z https://njump.me Orion (he/him) https://njump.me/npub1gtn6hez728gns8luv3wl9zerglhepekwx62ehd4ksfwenm6vghqqm47nks https://cdn.masto.host/writing/accounts/avatars/000/047/894/original/ba82192230294751.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/writing/accounts/avatars/000/047/894/original/ba82192230294751.jpeg https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf7wqd8s8fmz2ayp4aclyyutkxg0c29t6vva29xs9v56ahaselraqzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqsqlcy8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr93xzmv4nrrrq2d2q5zzxepwtceg4qngr4ja4ecsq6wwjts04kkgnf9d3h'>nevent1q…9d3h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The issue is I read a lot of light SFF that&#39;s written like a movie: three-act structure, early details that come back later, opening on action, third-person POV storytelling, etc. It works. It goes down real easy. No objections, per se.<br/><br/>But it&#39;s not the only way to relate a novel, and it bugs me that that&#39;s exactly what I&#39;ve fallen into writing, essentially bc I&#39;ve been trained by Hollywood films.<br/><br/>I want and need to be *able* to tell a story in a different mode than that one. 2025-12-22T06:22:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2k5sxvcsfu78fpsdtlte4fn49jpestsh4gsfnqn30d746gh9dtfgzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuq2xnm7v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf92cqrekq430cwvczvwaxal8rm23h7mqd44lccnuq86qk9pz39ycyupcpn'>nevent1q…pcpn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 14: How do you tackle a first round of revisions?<br/><br/>I don&#39;t tackle them. I talk to them gently, make them a cup of tea, ask them how they&#39;re feeling, like really feeling. I listen a lot. I sympathize. I mean, we have a lot in common. Eventually, if I&#39;ve earned their trust, we go somewhere private, and we make something beautiful together. <br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-12-14T17:19:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyxq3ar4fe2ad9wt5t6wdg6zh538xdzzdx7tk7qs4q6663rtzwxcszyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuq3qjxyj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdv6q6d0sdqqjjss27gdjykfpprqm0efzeclavd7kjpdexdvhwsxg0jspn9'>nevent1q…spn9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 7 What future writing goals are you working towards with your present work?<br/><br/>A second draft, but it&#39;s currently not going anywhere because I&#39;m so busy with Other Stuff and also because I&#39;m increasingly queasy about what to even do with the first draft. It&#39;s pretty crap, and I wonder if the whole project is even worth pursuing at this point. I know that it is and that I will do a second draft, but right now: ugh.<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon 2025-12-07T19:19:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8nfulm4lals8054xw4erzcdaej70xfwtk47wju7syaxsj5xvqhtczyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqcjjp3u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspy4rsnucddt59y0qfp45wksul24t350nlw9lhfgrz2azj3l9ygdsenn6vf'>nevent1q…n6vf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WordWeavers Dec 6: What kind of food does your antagonist prefer?<br/><br/>Food is functional. She eats to eat and then gets back to work.<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-12-06T17:31:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrjh6hdc6txl06lcs48d00a49dy430lf8z4pvxwpl0gjdcdwefymczyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqhh835j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ldkhstx6rtx7vpjt2jy48kr835ysfzm3j3uldm2slqhsut5x56g26deqz'>nevent1q…deqz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WritersCoffeeClub December 4: What would you like to see explored in prompts for this hashtag game?<br/><br/>No specific topic, but I would really love for more of them to be conversation starters. We used to have some great long threads of people talking about technique and methodology. I miss those.<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-12-04T05:32:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp98es7uzdl2zw26tegdt0h9vzp5erx4k5nw8ramfnhadztmvhftgzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqthssup #WordWeavers Dec 1: In an alternate universe, you are the opposite of who you are. What&#39;s your story like there?<br/><br/>Raised by batshit Christian ring-wingers. Goes on to work in politics laser-focused on dismantling the university system.<br/><br/>(I assume not opposite of me demographically or else that person is a queer woman of colour. Somehow.)<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-12-03T01:57:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2479zatrq84adyaphr25hzl66nl4c7t5lq0p9vfupq2ufexv28lgzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuq6ca2vf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdxfzpw42mu0xafraltnzfxc576cqnjjes36v4lhhurvy2s9vazcg0swqev'>nevent1q…wqev</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WordWeavers Nov 22: If any artist, dead or alive, could create your cover, who would you choose?<br/><br/>Ralph McQuarrie.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_McQuarrie">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_McQuarrie</a><br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-11-24T06:06:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrj58shttwqj0rpsc5qk0ayx0kjm6697gezj2n0y93fkz2z5qmgcgzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqa2xyf8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0rnqqnq5rufv8a5w4agfsgsrptlcgqz8hsxsjd9jxzqwjz9nfd0sl3pgz7'>nevent1q…pgz7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WordWeavers Nov 12. Choose a book from the real world that would be a perfect match for your antagonist.<br/><br/>Machiavelli&#39;s THE PRINCE, only she does not understand that it&#39;s a critique.<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-11-13T01:40:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0rnqqnq5rufv8a5w4agfsgsrptlcgqz8hsxsjd9jxzqwjz9nfd0szyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuq56pe9q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqukh9tpnpg4e0c640k8quz3glf4he9rc2km6yus6vlq9qxr0jf5ssxpsus'>nevent1q…psus</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WordWeavers Nov 11: Describe the mood of your story using colours or sounds.<br/><br/>Dull slightly orange metal. A seemingly endless row of locked doors behind which young people are crying.<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-11-11T06:53:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9s3xzeyyd83eap6lvl63l0m3xq9e75gfn7vv70fgwngxa7s6awwgzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqtqm4gh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdea3u2frsf6s8e9n4ezjtwks7yfjd4wwffrkd9j3gqdz234zedslx9yjm'>nevent1q…9yjm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WordWeavers Nov 4: Are you working on one or several projects? What&#39;s your preference?<br/><br/>Strictly one at a time. Take good notes about future projects, keep your head down and *finish* what you started.<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-11-04T15:57:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvdea3u2frsf6s8e9n4ezjtwks7yfjd4wwffrkd9j3gqdz234zedszyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqqjkmeu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dlmwv8xnfw24s45gepplhjfdm062yhh0h022lxyyzs4x0y0n64cnt0qwz'>nevent1q…0qwz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WordWeavers Nov 3: What was your MC&#39;s childhood like?<br/><br/>She grew up in an anarcho-syndicalist commune housed inside an arcology embedded in a ecological megalopolis. It was supportive and kind, and she was surrounded by people who cared for her deeply.<br/><br/>And then some asshole abducted her into a paramilitary assassin cult in space.<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-11-04T04:13:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv7ze3fzx826feutca7vtwz7xrwmdf867q38s60zsrm0uqqwsv8pgzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuq0np2wv #WordWeavers Nov 1: Describe a perfect reader for your story (i.e. who is the story for?)<br/><br/>Me. Tee hee!<br/><br/>No really, my target audience is very leftist SFF readers: feminist, anti-racist, socialist, etc.<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-11-01T23:45:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswecktuzjl83jh9r9mlw7z0pn94axr5qrhnuht26ade32vgyphumqzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqrmr474 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszh6djukg2yactpl2w6gkhnkfvhd0ka6ap6sh5dges0qkt6cjeuugc8k7qc'>nevent1q…k7qc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WritersCoffeeClub Aug 8: What&#39;s a work you won&#39;t write but you&#39;d like to see another writer take on?<br/><br/>I have an idea for a humour piece where aliens land on Earth, and in Canada, they go visit Indigenous band councils and ignore the Canadian government. Someone like Thomas King could have a lot of fun with that idea. Of course, he&#39;s got plenty of his own, and doesn&#39;t need my help!<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-08-08T15:58:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszxxar8dyzclm4esafg69f59sdfm5jgz5kwduw6s0jxha9n25cmlszyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqlj7e20 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrr7cs2yl2uqnkrknkx9mj2ywlxjjyfctxy64tqr6vl8z3d00xphs5qayad'>nevent1q…ayad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WritersCoffeeClub Aug 3: How heroic are your protagonists?<br/><br/>Depends. They&#39;re people with values living in circumstances. <br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-08-03T15:28:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrdpqrt0krehpuu3zj0590uergarqa3gldvwa0qhe5g5tsg23u6sczyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqy62ykd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7ygaqzrnmm72kq2p4qukz5twldlzffnl820qyfhjkyzqfm9em6q489rsg'>nevent1q…9rsg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#ScribesAndMakers July 2 — If you could have only one creative activity in the future, which one would you pick?<br/><br/>Writing. I mean, it depends what you mean by &#34;creative&#34; bc making food is creative. But if you means a typical definition of &#34;the arts,&#34; then I pick writing. No question. 2025-07-03T02:05:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy7ygaqzrnmm72kq2p4qukz5twldlzffnl820qyfhjkyzqfm9em6qzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqj7a7w6 #ScribesAndMakers June 1. What do you want to work on this month?<br/><br/>Rewriting my big climax scene, and then roughing out my denouement. <br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-07-01T17:05:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf5uyprydheecs4fhx4ttndnddf8423uy44c4xvff0w0k2890h7zczyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqw07mlx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspj0d04fnd9m5jqppa7rrdz4nlvfmyv3d0dn0ze8mgvzhm0xfshcqljg6v3'>nevent1q…g6v3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WordWeavers June 18. If you could have written any other author&#39;s book, what would it be?<br/><br/>Catheryne Valente&#39;s SPACE OPERA is *my heart*, my goofy, dumbass, romantic, sincere heart, in the form of a satirical sci-fi narrative.<br/><br/>Edit: I should have said &#34;horny&#34; as well. <br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #AmWritingSF #AmWritingFantasy #AmWritingSFF #Scriberspace 2025-06-18T21:18:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst2v6j8577my0dx6vrzvd8g2d8z87zjnlw4kxh0teye0cclmdex0szyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuq36hd0s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstc6lxs2f8ywgpnluujedy5z2n5atw6h9w7nf6hus68vjv9t9yzkq8ukfaj'>nevent1q…kfaj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WordWeavers June 16. Has your physical health ever affected your ability to write or the topics you write about?<br/><br/>Yes and yes. Right now, I&#39;ve got some problems with my hip and my lower back, so sitting at the computer for long periods of time is hard, and setting aside the *mental* health that I always write about--and whomst among us doesn&#39;t?--I do talk about disability a little bit bc it&#39;s been about 15 years of chronic ailments and pain, so I&#39;m *kinda* in the disabled club. 2025-06-16T04:57:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs989um6e7y39qka3jf8j7mclm7e06ex48v5qf8p5a2cxckn23lpsqzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqatt8kl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0m9y20d8lk3u69ta3hxpnnxgztxetu7z0cyykrltmkllk8jhcfgav86qw'>nevent1q…86qw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#WordWeavers June 4: Describe the mood of the opening paragraph of your story using three adjectives.<br/><br/>Creepy.<br/>Violent.<br/>Tense.<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #AmWritingSF #AmWritingFantasy #AmWritingSFF #Scriberspace 2025-06-04T16:13:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9xl6erzg67a3ck033wnxslhej8nfxe2zs7zannw3ucn0t83e50ngzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuqnv097r #WordWeavers June 1: Share your favourite fact about your story.<br/><br/>I wrote a tryptich of flash fics and showed it to my writing buddy. She said, &#34;This is a novel.&#34; I was like... what? She said, &#34;Dude, this is a *novel*.&#34; I sad, nah! It&#39;s just the implication of a plot. She said, &#34;DUMMY. IT&#39;S A NOVEL.&#34; Then I wrote 10,000 words in five weeks and thought, &#34;Huh. This *is* a novel!&#34;<br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace 2025-06-01T15:17:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdnrhf0psgha5v4jl3j7kf9cfwwzyykxfd3sjlurvagkda3ldfgqqzyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuq5zt09h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsryk7g8z0szaycdy89fwhfzgrlxgneyg3l4hr69fczawztghpq0fs667g3l'>nevent1q…7g3l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#PennedPossibilities 471 — If your SC desires friends, do they see every meeting as an opportunity to make a new friend?<br/><br/>Yes. Oh hell yes. I&#39;m talking about my comic relief character a lot--Sim Singh--who very much wants a whole crowd of adoring friends who think he&#39;s awesome. So not so much &#34;opportunity&#34; as maybe more like a &#34;chance.&#34; Like, &#34;maybe this time...&#34; <br/><br/>#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #AmWritingSF #AmWritingFantasy #AmWritingSFF #Scriberspace 2024-10-18T04:57:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx7cy4arkdh8jze8n62drrhkfr6wjmrycrjx6krgpjjsjvepv34kczyppw02lytegazwqll3j9mu5tydr7ly8xecmftxakk6p9mx00f3zuq9007ct In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8mqtw7g6au3p7t0vkdtyverz5eu2x9r4eumellg9azh6mv440mqgsvqvd'>nevent1q…vqvd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve known more than a few old white men who are also excited nerds, and I&#39;ve known a couple of white women in academia who were awful. I&#39;m just saying.<br/><br/>Edit: I should have phrased that much more carefully! Let me say: you are not wrong, as a generalization, but there are significant exceptions. 2024-07-08T13:36:07Z