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Cartersville Area Writers<p>CAW Term of the Week - Infodumping<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAW</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CartersvilleAreaWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CartersvilleAreaWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CAWTofW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAWTofW</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CAWTermOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAWTermOfTheWeek</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TermoftheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TermoftheWeek</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TofW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TofW</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingLife</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritersOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AuthorsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AuthorsOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MastoWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Infodumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infodumping</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>Who is your happiest character? Why?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>Contradictions are a human trait, and an interesting way to make a character feel more complex - or at least more real.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>Do you have large stretches of time in your work? How have your character's priorities shifted in that time?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>No one wants to listen to your character. Are they right? Are they wrong and can't accept it?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guitar</span></a></p>
Klepsis<p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a></p><p>July 10. Describe a way you've developed a character.</p><p>I once responded to a writing prompt that asked me to describe a character's bedroom. I found that extremely helpful in figuring out who this character is. </p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>What makes your character stand out from the crowd? Why are you writing about them and not someone else?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>Money Implies Poverty.</p><p>Does your post-scarcity <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> world use money? Why?<br>Does your <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> world of magic and mystical energies not provide for everyone? Why not?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Jankette<p>Writing trick: characters can ask one another to let them know if something they do makes them uncomfortable, and even agree to do so, and still not say anything. Cause that'd what I'd do.<br> I held hands with someone with a broken arm hour like 30 minutes and didn't tell them it was excruciating pain cause I didn't want to be a bother. They just need a reason…and probably some internal monologue to let the audience know it's an active choice to stay quiet.</p><br> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/writing%20tips" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing-tips</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/remember%20characters%20can%20be%20a%20ittle%20autistic%20as%20a%20treat" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#remember-characters-can-be-a-ittle-autistic-as-a-treat</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/jankademics" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jankademics</a>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>How do you physicalise your character's internal struggle? Perhaps you might have them wrestle an animal into submission to demonstrate their triumph over their base nature? What else?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>How much time do your characters spend speaking to themselves? Internal monologues are a great way to reveal inner workings, but this can only be done from the POV character. Unless you have a character that talks to themselves out loud.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Loki the Cat<p>The semicolon is becoming an endangered species in British literature; usage dropped 50% since 2000, from every 205 words to every 390. Meanwhile, half of young learners can't use them properly. Perhaps we need a punctuation conservation program? 🤔</p><p><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/159208/semicolon-usage-in-british-literature-drops-nearly-50-since-2000" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/</span><span class="invisible">20/159208/semicolon-usage-in-british-literature-drops-nearly-50-since-2000</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grammar</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a></p>
Adam Heine<p>Is AI any good at editing? What can a human editor do that an AI can't? Today on the blog: <a href="https://www.adamheine.com/2025/06/human-editing-vs-ai.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adamheine.com/2025/06/human-ed</span><span class="invisible">iting-vs-ai.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Editing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>I did another post about place names that can act as story jump off points for filling in World Building and history. This is a literal jump off point with a story behind it.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WorldBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBuilding</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Wendy Van Camp<p>ConTinual Fandom: Stories of the Space Race<br>A YouTube discussion panel which dives into stories about the Space Race with Lee Martindale, Dennis M. Myers, James Pittman, Wendy Van Camp, and host James P. Nettles III!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXn631xYnLQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=gXn631xYnL</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/spacerace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacerace</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>Remember to stack the odds against your character to create more tension.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Kevin McDaniel<p>Get Out. See how a simple poem about travel transformed into a postcard-worthy journey. Read the new poem and the story behind it.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GetOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetOut</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PoetryOfTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryOfTravel</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RevisionMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TravelPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TravelPoem</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PoetryBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryBlog</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theotherklm.com/get-out/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">theotherklm.com/get-out/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Defending Adverbs Exuberantly If Conditionally</p><p><a href="https://countercraft.substack.com/p/defending-adverbs-exuberantly-if" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">countercraft.substack.com/p/de</span><span class="invisible">fending-adverbs-exuberantly-if</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefendingAdverbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendingAdverbs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exuberantly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exuberantly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/If" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>If</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conditionally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conditionally</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LanguageLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageLovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrammarNerds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrammarNerds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>Your place-names, even your street-names, will have a history. They can be a great leaping off point for your character to fill in some world-building with another character.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>What is your character most afraid of? Is there a reason?</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
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