Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)

Rich, fascinating stories, board game designs, and random thoughts, graciously provided by David Dawkins.
#Writer #Writing #BoardGames #Fantasy #SciFi #Authodon

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2026-05-27 22:08:07 UTC

How are we all doing today? Remember, spite and contrariness are just as good a fuel for your light as love.
#Art #writing #theatre #light #resistance
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2026-05-11 11:22:53 UTC

Same, plant.
Same.
#Art #writing #life
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2026-05-11 07:44:55 UTC

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@nprofile…pj3u I already have vampire butterflies in my latest WIP.

2026-05-06 08:02:06 UTC

What's that piece of classical music they used to use for every typing scene in a movie? Not the Trish Trash Polka, the other one?

2026-04-27 23:26:59 UTC

You have to live here for one year. There's no heating in winter except what you can provide by cutting down local trees.
(Things like this are great for imagining #fantasy settings.)
#WritingTips #travel #AmWriting #writing #winter #WritingCommunity
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2026-04-27 23:23:04 UTC

Why is it I still have to look up Discrete vs Discreet? I'm fifty-six years old, ffs.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #writing

2026-04-19 22:16:03 UTC

I'm so glad mobile phones have gotten smaller since the 1930s. Imagine having to walk around with all that kit everywhere you went. What technological advancements have your characters noticed in their lifetime? Remember, your world is not static.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #SciFi #writing #WritingCommunity #mobile
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2026-04-19 11:06:42 UTC

I mean. Technically it's the Massive Attack beetle. Or the Fat of the Land crab.
#music #cartoon
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2026-04-16 22:07:38 UTC

I mean, I like digging into pre-history when designing monsters, but seriously. Hallucigenia is a a 5cm (2inch) worm with legs and spikes. If reality could just fuck off and stop being more creative than me, that would be great.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd
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2026-04-16 04:05:54 UTC

#PennedPossibilities⁩
Do any of your characters have an unusual or uncommon pet? What is it? How did they acquire it?
Define unusual....
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2026-04-15 08:32:22 UTC

What does your character like to eat? Do you describe food in your work?
#WritingPrompt #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #food
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2026-04-10 01:36:58 UTC

Les Champidragons by Belgian artist Xavier Collette ( @nprofile…6tet ).
#art #dnd #ttrpg #dragons #cool
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2026-04-09 10:05:44 UTC

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@nprofile…wygh Magnificent.

2026-04-05 22:04:35 UTC

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@nprofile…ue3t First Class. Every Fucking Time.

2026-04-04 23:18:16 UTC

What do you hope people will learn from your work, if anything?
#writing #AmWriting #art #WritingCommunity #PillowFort
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2026-04-03 23:43:33 UTC

Off for some #BoardGames today! Wingspan has eggs, but I'm not sure it's really #Easter themed. Maybe I should go with a #moon theme with the whole #Artemis thing. What would you peeps recommend?

2026-04-03 10:24:29 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np Taking a day off can be hard. I've got one tomorrow when I go to my board game group outside Devonport.

2026-04-02 22:11:28 UTC

Artemis flight has some tough depravations ahead. Here's to a successful trip. Also enjoying the fact I get to pull out all my space memes.
#Artemis #ArtemisII #Moon #meme #funny
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2026-04-02 00:31:09 UTC

Thought I'd just drop this absolute classic from usersname Dustin Couch.
#Artemis #ArtemisII #NASA #Moon #MoonLaunch
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2026-03-30 22:20:06 UTC

Someone lays a trap for your character. What does that look like?
#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #DnD #ttrpg
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2026-03-30 10:17:24 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np Are you able to continue your work remotely? Is that more or less satisfying? What's the online community like?

2026-03-30 10:14:57 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np With the increasing deterioration in the external breathability of air, that has the potential to be a very important field. Was it a disappointment with the system or were there people who made you feel welcome?

2026-03-30 10:12:32 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np It can be a very weird vibe to get into. What was your academic focus?

2026-03-29 00:31:29 UTC

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@nprofile…k3fr Glad you're liking the series. Book 3 is my favourite so far.

2026-03-28 23:48:11 UTC

It's my birthday, today! So I'm watching my favourite TV show.
If you want to get me a present, check out the Kickstarter for my latest #SciFi book.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-the-same-river-twice
#Murderbot #SanctuaryMoon #books #reading #birthday
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2026-03-26 03:55:37 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj Great book on the early days of flying, by the French guy who wrote The Little Prince. Well worth reading to recapture that lost romance.

2026-03-25 01:33:31 UTC

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@nprofile…ch3z currently in Australia, eating noodles for lunch.

2026-03-24 21:07:35 UTC

#ScribesAndMakers
"Do you have a sewing kit in your home?"
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2026-03-23 21:28:42 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np I'm on hold with the complaints line, but thanks.

2026-03-23 21:20:09 UTC

Twenty minutes on hold with Centrelink...

2026-03-22 20:51:04 UTC

#WritersCoffeeClub
How do you organise your notes? (No notes?)
I used to keep a document of characters that I'd created in alphabetical order, then a separate section for world-building I did on the fly. I now do both of those in the same document with Scribus, along with my entire manuscript with each section labelled at the side so I can find bits easily. That works well for me. I just wish there was a version for android.

2026-03-21 19:15:08 UTC

#writersCoffeeClub
Do you celebrate any writerly anniversaries or special occasions?
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Towel Day.

2026-03-21 03:12:19 UTC

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@nprofile…p0fq Is there any other kind?

2026-03-20 22:57:48 UTC

All set up at Clunes! Come find me up by the Town Hall.
#Clunes #books #scifi #fantasy #reading #bookstodon
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2026-03-19 21:56:44 UTC

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@nprofile…5t9f
Brought a second hand Leaf to drive around London. Saved the entire purchase price in petrol and congestion charges within two years.

2026-03-18 21:06:59 UTC

I do not use AI at all, at any stage of writing my books. I have the &udm=14 code in my search engine so I don't even use it for research.
#AI #creative #writing #ttrpg #rpg #GameDev #art #artist
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2026-03-09 23:49:46 UTC

Yes, but what female scifi (NOT fantasy) authors would you recommend?
I'd say Ryka Aoki Light from Uncommon Stars, The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley, and Margaret Killjoy's The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion.
#books #reading #scifi #bookstodon

2026-03-09 21:00:05 UTC

While my car was being serviced, I took a little wander around #Launceston #Tasmania, visited the monkeys in the park and discovered, right next door, the old radio museum. Awesome.
#museum #radio #discovery #history
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2026-03-04 22:30:52 UTC

I'm basically recovered from my first big book festival. It took a surprisingly long time to fully recharge, probably due to all the admin and bullshit around putting my dad into full time care. I'm sketching out chapter ideas for book 5, the last book of the Desolation series. I'll have that finished by the end of the year. Probably along with another book I'm writing. More book fairs and Supanovas to attend, but I should find those easier, now.
#WritersLife #WritingCommunity
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2026-03-02 00:03:31 UTC

Back when I was young and handsome, I did a few headshot sessions that might be worth digging out for #Monochrome #MonochromeMarch #photography
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2026-03-01 20:43:41 UTC

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@nprofile…cy5p Love the phrase, "non-default settings". I will definitely steal that.

2026-02-28 06:30:00 UTC

Am I going to have to dust of my old brown coat?
#BrownCoat #Firefly

2026-02-24 01:08:01 UTC

When describing something complex, it's often useful to pick on one particular, stand-out feature. This photo I took of a lamp at the Botanical Gardens in #Melbourne. How would you a) describe it, b) convey the feeling of it?
#WritingTips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingChallenge
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2026-02-23 09:48:30 UTC

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@nprofile…r0wr Your home feed will show the feed from the site you signed up to, plus people you follow. You can also show all feeds - i.e. the whole of Mastodon. Personalising things require effort on your part. Just add everyone you want to see to a list. to a list. You'll be fine.

2026-02-20 20:18:51 UTC

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@nprofile…8exa Or, y'know, dust plugs.

2026-02-20 20:06:14 UTC

#ScribesAndMakers Feb 20: The alpha male is a misconception perpetuated in popular media. What's a misconception that bothers you?
That villains are interested in redemption.

2026-02-18 08:44:59 UTC

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@nprofile…86ym Japanese funky lo-fi barber beats. It's just made up of bits of left over Jazz cables.

2026-02-12 22:18:07 UTC

Confronting a character with their bad behaviour backfires spectacularly.
#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #DogsOfMastodon
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2026-02-08 22:31:09 UTC

Why do they paint hallways that colour?
What would you even call that colour?
#travelling #hotels #WritersLife #writing
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2026-02-06 11:49:20 UTC

#WordWeavers
Share an important or fun lesson you’ve learned as a writer.
Writers' Block usually happens when a part of the story is a bit shit. Instead of trying to write your way out, look for the thing that's shit and change that.

2026-01-31 21:39:34 UTC

How are those New Year's Resolutions going?
#February #NewYearsResolution #NewYear
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2026-01-21 03:04:53 UTC

The most popular swear word in Austria is Austria...? Does anyone know the actual answer, because I am writing a story set in Vienna.
#research #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Austria #Vienna #Wien
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2026-01-21 00:54:23 UTC

Accidentally created my own personal #pride flag on the drying rack. I kind of like it. What would yours be? Four shades of black?
#PersonalGrowth #laundry
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2026-01-19 23:42:37 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np But when the inspiration overtakes, you have to finish that "section". I write late waaaay to often.

2026-01-19 03:19:14 UTC

There's a certain point at which Castles of Burgundy is a gateway game. Not necessarily to #boardgames as such, but to that deeper level of Euro games. Had the pleasure of introducing a couple of casual gamers this last weekend.
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2026-01-15 02:15:42 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj You said order. I'm a writer.

2026-01-15 00:55:33 UTC

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2026-01-10 21:16:22 UTC

Perhaps you don't Have to obviously shove the protagonist at their love interest in the first couple of chapters. Discuss.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities #Love #art
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2026-01-08 22:51:20 UTC

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@nprofile…yzn3 @nprofile…9e3n Then blind playtesting with people who've never played the game and seeing all the ways they misinterpret everything you've written. So much fun.

2026-01-08 22:25:51 UTC

My least favourite bit about designing board games. All the stuff that's not designing the game. Rulebooks, promotional videos, talking about my games (ugh).
What's your least favourite bit of your job?
#BoardGames #GameDev #writing #work
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2025-12-31 00:59:49 UTC

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@nprofile…6jgx Happy Foraging. I'm off to my local (well, Ulverstone) gaming group and we shall be playing 2pm to 2am. I might come home a tad before that. Depends if I get into anything lengthy.

2025-12-30 21:40:52 UTC

Getting a little tired of lazy #SciFi. Capitalism cannot survive a multi-planet, spacefaring civilisation. If you need scarcity, introduce something rare and important (Dune: spice). Logistics is always the most interesting part of economics. How to get stuff to where its needed, raw materials to manufacturing, manufactured goods to distribution. Food, furniture, clothing. That should always be the first step in your #WorldBuilding.
#writing #AmWriting #ScienceFiction #ttrpg #gaming
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2025-12-26 00:38:08 UTC

Every writer ever, at some point when writing a novel:
#writing #writers #WritingCommunity

2025-12-23 19:38:45 UTC

#WritersCoffeeClub
What's a facet of the modern era of writing for which you're thankful?
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Scrivener.

2025-12-22 22:53:34 UTC

#ScribesAndMakers
Do you see art in everyday objects?
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Oh, I could do a whole essay on this. Most of what we interact with every day is art. Your USB stick has a distinct and deliberate aesthetic. Your spoon has a distinct purpose it must fulfil, but the shape and curve, the rhythm of the proportions is deliberate art. So when I encountered a long-handled Korean spoon I had to adjust. I did that by looking for the art, the aesthetic. Once I understood that, the functionality followed.
#art
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2025-12-21 21:45:44 UTC

oh, I like this one. GenAI is inherently evil.
#GenAI #ai
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2025-12-19 10:38:09 UTC

#WritersCoffeeClub
If you were to teach a writing course, what would be the most important lesson?
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Show-Don't-Tell is bullshit.
Discuss.
#writing

2025-12-16 23:37:48 UTC

When you're reading and someone assumes that means you're doing nothing and they can interrupt you.
#books #reading #writing
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2025-12-15 21:12:49 UTC

How did your character lose their virginity? What might have made it good or bad?
##WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #sex #background
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2025-12-11 10:33:16 UTC

Do you feel judged by your fellow writers? Because of genre? Taking the indie route? Not quoting Shakespeare enough?
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersLife
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2025-12-05 21:35:54 UTC

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@nprofile…q50a Also love me some Louise Bourgeois.

2025-12-04 21:22:27 UTC

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@nprofile…6jgx It is supposed to be summer. Looking forward to the gale force winds next week.

2025-12-01 22:34:28 UTC

The thing is, your fantasy world is going to have a much higher average standard of living for poor people than our modern world.
#WorldBuilding #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
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2025-11-23 08:59:27 UTC

I need Murderbot season 2. Stat. ...and not because I need more Murderbot...
#murderbot #SanctuaryMoon #SciFi #TV #Entertainment #books #reading
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2025-11-21 22:21:30 UTC

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@nprofile…v6y3 This is insufficient. You need to actively remove all the AI code or it'll just sit there in the background sucking down everything you do, every image you post, all of it, to feed its host. You need an AI free version of any software.

2025-11-21 02:56:07 UTC

I am a fifty-something year old, straight, white male, and I fucking love Huntrix. These people really need to go stick their head in a blender.
#religion #Kpop #KPopDemonHunters #music
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2025-11-20 20:49:13 UTC

A step in the right direction, or too little, too late?
New Zealand’s top book award disqualifies two prominent authors over #AI artwork
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/new-zealand-ockham-awards-ai-cover-stephanie-johnson-elizabeth-smither-b2867166.html
#books #reading #writing #WritingCommunity @nprofile…qy2x
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2025-11-18 05:15:12 UTC

Then you decided what type of character you were going to play. And In Traveller, you could die during character generation.
#dnd #ttrpg #OldSchool #gaming #games #TabletopGames
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2025-11-16 22:10:47 UTC

Have you ever kept a typo? I tried to type ballroom and it came out Brawl Room. My autocorrect knows me too well. That was the start of the Desolation series and made for a fascinating opening to the first book.
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #books #reading
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2025-11-12 21:37:46 UTC

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@nprofile…709h There need to be more sit-down gigs. And possibly sit down museums.

2025-11-11 21:22:54 UTC

Out of curiosity, how often are you all backing up your work to a separate, physical drive. Mine goes to a USB stick about once a week.
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #backup #security
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2025-11-07 00:56:09 UTC

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@nprofile…w9ls A distinct lack of custom meeples, I'm noticing. If you're going to bring back a classic you should bling the shit out of it to grab all the old customers looking to replace a copy, plus the new customers. Bit of a missed opportunity there.

2025-11-05 11:01:15 UTC

So, we know why your hero hates the villain, but why does the villain hate your hero? Make it personal. It's more fun that way.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
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2025-11-04 03:03:34 UTC

How do you refer to genitalia in your work, if at all?
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #ScribesAndMakers
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2025-10-24 07:58:19 UTC

Do spread the word. The new term for AI Artists (fake artists) is Fartists.
#AI #Fartist #Fartists #art #artist

2025-10-22 22:04:58 UTC

Is there a particular object your character loves? How much do they love it? How might that affect their decision making?
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity
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2025-10-22 01:22:59 UTC

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@nprofile…709h You have to renew your subscription to the bed.

2025-10-20 22:38:29 UTC

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@nprofile…709h But which game is it!?!?!?!?!

2025-10-19 22:48:41 UTC

The last time Napoleon's family jewels were grabbed this hard was when he met Josephine.
#Louvre #Napoleon #JewelHeist #news
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2025-10-16 07:33:12 UTC

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@nprofile…j88h And I use it in my own writing, but *excessive* use - being the point - creates confusion and wordiness. As with all things, moderation is key.

2025-10-16 07:23:35 UTC

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Unclear who is undertaking actions, wordy, weak narrative drive.
The teacher explained. Even as the students copied the words, many of them failed to understand. Sarah determined to finish and wrote swiftly, giving her more time to understand the frightening implications.
Fewer words, more thrust, and space for atmosphere.

2025-10-16 06:33:59 UTC

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@nprofile…j88h The lesson was explained clearly by the teacher. The words were copied down by all the students. Understanding varied among them. Sarah's book received particular attention from her pen, as the imperative to complete the task was strong. In the end, the exercise was completed.

2025-10-16 06:19:38 UTC

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@nprofile…j88h It's something a good editor will eliminate

2025-10-16 05:28:41 UTC

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@nprofile…vrds It's like being an actor for 30 years. I always notice acting and actor styles in a work. Any twitch of bad acting drops me out of the scene. Same with writing. A lot of readers don't even notice excessive use of passive voice, let along grammatical quirks. If it works for the story, or is at least consistent, it's usually fine.

2025-10-13 20:53:10 UTC

have you thought about trying a different economic system in your world?
#WorldBuilding #AmWriting #writing #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev #Gaming #capitalism #economics
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2025-10-13 00:23:08 UTC

What drove your character mad?
#madness #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #writing #TaylorSwift #music
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2025-10-11 03:37:45 UTC

I spent an hour and a half wandering around the National Gallery of Victoria, and really needed somewhere to sit down for a moment. Then I come across a furniture exhibit whose sole purpose is to rub it in.
#art #furniture #OldAndTired
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2025-09-08 06:24:27 UTC

How much care do you take in choosing your character's names? I'm currently digging through great women in history for my Desolation #SciFi series, as most of the characters are female. Do you have a naming scheme?
#AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #names #Roman
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2025-09-05 01:09:37 UTC

But do you need to be original? As a follow up to yesterday's question: Is originality overrated? Should you just pour as much of yourself into a work as possible, so it's now your version? I mean, there are so many vampire stories and people just love reading more.
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
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2025-09-04 00:38:06 UTC

Most ideas are just a twist on a recognised formula. How much research do you do into your ideas to avoid repetition? Or do you just not care how unoriginal you are?
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
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