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**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · 7h *

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#writersCoffeeClub 4. What are some tips and tricks for conveying strong emotions?

I am probably not the best person to ask this. I use occasionally. ⁈ when it a question said with emphases and ¡When I want it clear from the start statement is emphatic!

I also don’t follow the "said" rule. ProWriterAid always fails me on that one and by large margins. I use yelled, screamed, exclaimed, etc. (Not repetitively but liberally)

and, of course, I look for emphatic language.

I make the sentence a one-line paragraph to emphasize it.

Ume is an excitable woman.

#NMWCC #NMPrompts

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · 1d *

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NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub April 3. How do you navigate scenes with many characters?

Make sure I state how they are positioned. I seldom care; it is what they say that matters to me. But I have found readers do care. They don't like blue screen dialog.

Next, I never forget all the characters in the room and give them something to do or say. And if that isn't possible or would be strange, I point out why any aren't.

...Tome said XXXX, thank goodness it was the only thing said.

...Shishi was behind me and I couldn't see what she did.

If someone is dominating the scene, I think with each action or statement, "Could someone else do this, someone we haven't seen in a bit?"

Other than that, I wing it. I've worked myself up to 4 characters and will soon add two more, which will add exponentially to the difficulty. If it is too much for me, I will gracefully exit them from the room.

#NMWCC

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · 2d *

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NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 2. International Children’s Book Day! What makes for a good book for children?

Don't know. Good thing I don't write children's books.

#NMWCC #NMPrompts

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**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · 2d

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 1. April Fool’s Day! Part 2

There are many more in the rough draft than in the final draft. I enjoy creating them and then delete them when I realize they are to show off my cleverness or for my enjoyment and they detract from the story. So, for example, with the rat with a long tail reference, the rough draft includes one character saying, “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.” In the current draft, this is just “We’re late.” Vaguely connecting to the ref but not detracting from the plot. #NMWCC

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · 3d

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 1. April Fool’s Day! Do you include in-jokes, hidden messages, or “easter eggs” in your writing?

I include references, sometimes obscure. They could be considered hidden messages. I also include Japanese language puns, which are lost on my English readers and are probably stupidly simple for Japanese language readers. I know there is a puzzle and hidden message in vol. 1 of my WIP, but even I can’t code it any more.

The references are at the level of mentioning the “Red Room.” David Lynch fans would recognize that. Or a tidbit that harks back to the Alice in Wonderland books or Wizard of Oz movie. For instance, in one scene, gecko shapeshifters start running in circles follow a rat with a long tail. At another point, Ume sings a parody of “We Off to See the Wizard.”

#NMWCC #KonbiniIdol

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · 4d *

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NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub March 31. Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! What trans author has inspired you the most?

With unwarranted ego, myself. A hard working, under appreciated trans author. Trans, #transmasc, #transfem, #lesbian #bisexual, #asexual, #otherkin, etc. characters.

New chapter each week.

Join Ume & her family as their relationships develop. In a creepy world where “love” never dies.

pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025

Three book covers.
Two women chased by a ghost
Two women chased by a ghost coming out of an ambulance
A group looking at a piece of paper, a mountain that looks like a moth in the background.

#Trans #TransgenderDayofVisibility #sapphic

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · 5d

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub March 30. Do you label your works as LGBTQIA+? Why or why not?

I label my work “yuri” which by definition is about women’s relationships with each other, either romantic or romantic adjacent. I label it as such because that is my target audience.

Sometimes, depending on the material and platform, I use sapphic, sapphic romance, lesbian, or trans. Because if you don’t want to read that, then you shouldn’t, it just gets you bad reviews.

#Yuri #NMWCC

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**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · 5d *

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NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub March 29. How do you handle foreshadowing? How do you navigate building up to the ‘big reveal’? Part 3

Since much of the more subtle foreshadowing is done by brief comments, the character drops they are sometimes in error. That means when something else happens, I may close off the Maguffin with a character comment like, “Wow, I wasn’t expecting that, so much better than what I thought would happen.” Conversely, “That sucks. I wish...”

This is most likely when I have a problem I am still working out a solution for and the I suddenly find a better solution. Or I wish for the character to be incorrect. I like to establish my characters are not infalable narrators.

I would give an example, but it would be a spoiler.

#NMWCC

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**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · 5d *

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NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub March 29. How do you handle foreshadowing? How do you navigate building up to the ‘big reveal’? Part 2

I have also used the blatant but cryptic announcements of some future event with just enough hints that once it happens, the reads say “oh-yes it was about that.” It might be a little heavy-handed (I am basically saying “Look, this is foreshadowing.”) but it works. But’s better then the device I sometimes see of “Statement about something,” then thrid wall break of “But, I will tell about that later,” of “That’s another story."

The big clue is best used with a long gap and the big reveal is a rabbit out of the hat. And shouldn't over used. It's so obvious that the reader is going to remember.

An example: Ume cryptically says that Tomo needs to talk to Ume’s Kami protector about something. The 2 volume later, wa-la Kami drops the bombshell on Tomo. #NMWCC

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 28

Mar 28

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 28. Happy Respect Your Cat Day! Who or what accompanies you when you write?

Rindy stays under my desk most of the time unless she is hunting for food, which is a full-time occupation with her. #Dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogsOfPixelFed #NMWCC #dogsofbluesky

Papillon in a large dog bed under a desk.

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 27

Mar 27

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 27. What’s the strangest situation or place where you’ve written?

Writing in the accounting office above the factory where I worked while a beer bash was taking place downstair on the factory floor. #NMWCC

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**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 26

Mar 26

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub March 26. About which format or style choices are you the most uncertain? Part 2.

From a different point of view, I don't get this "deep" business. I understand the words, but somehow I can't picture it. Then again, I am happy with narrative 1st and 3rd. I would struggle with 2nd. #NMWCC

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 25 *

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NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub March 26. About which format or style choices are you the most uncertain?

Not sure if any. For my work, I usually apply Occam's razor. Cuts down on the work and worry. For publication, I just use whatever is specified.

#NMWCC

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**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 25

Mar 25

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 25. Describe your workflow if it had to be 100% analog. Part 3

Looks like I don't understand the question. I still don't but I can see how others are answering it.

Without computer technology, I would tell myself stories and they would go no further. I have a variety of cognitive challenges that affect how words and spelling co-exist with my brain. Computers make it possible for me to function as a writer instead of just a storyteller.

#NMWCC #dyslexia #actuallyautistic

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 25 *

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NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 25. Describe your workflow if it had to be 100% analog.

As pseudocode (No bug reporting accepted.)

Main Program

1. Invent plot device
2. Design major characters
3. Chart major milestones
4. Invent title
5. Write chapter rough
6. Run edit routine:
7. Submit to Beta Reader 1
8. Run edit routine
9. Summit to Beta Reader 2
10. Run Edit routine
11. Let sit until day before publication
12. Run run edit routine
13. Publish on AO3 and PIXIV
14. Promote on Fedi and Bluesky
15. If Book not complete Return to 5
16. Else return to 1.

Edit routine
          I For Beta feedback
                    1. evaluate suggestion
                    2, if accepted edit
                    3, End For \\ Returns to evaluate if still sug.
          2. Run base edit routine
          3. Run extended edit routine
          return

Base edit routine:
1. For draft not clean Edit by reading out loud with Language Tools and ProWritingAid running.
2. End For \\ returns to 1 if not clean

Extended edit routine
          1. Edit in ProWriterAid with Gammarly running.
          2. Edit load into Quillbot
          3. Edit Using text reader
          4. If edit count exceeds base tolerance return to subroutine line 3
          5 Else Exit

#NMWCC

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 23

Mar 23

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub March 24. Is there a particular reader you keep in mind when you write?

In order
1. Me
2. Fans Otherside Picnic
3. Fans of Yuri and/or Japanese creepypasta/mythology/urban legend.
4. Lovers of Japanese Literature, especially light novels
5. Everyone else
6, Terfs, fascists, religious bigots, bigots - enough to stick in their eye but not get murdered.

#NMWCC

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 23

Mar 23

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 23 March. What’s the most memorable encounter you’ve had with a reader?

Yeah, no.

First, my reader are rare as hens teeth.
Second, I am close to being a Hikikomori (Shut in by social anxiety) so I don't get out much.

#NMWCC

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 22

Mar 22

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 22. What distracts you the most from writing? How do you deal?

You all. You're all the worst!

I keep writing till somewhere between 12 midnight and 2 in the morning Pacific time when YOU all go to sleep.

#NMWCC

**NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi** @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe · Mar 21

Mar 21

NaraMoore 八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe

#WritersCoffeeClub 21. Happy World Poetry Day! Share your most poetic line. Part 2

I also sometimes wax lyrical like these lines:

The sky sang of azure depths and glittering stars, the trees intoned mantras to the sun and the Buddha, and the earth crooned a lullaby, saying, “It’s winter, time to sleep.”

#NMWCC #KonbiniIdol