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websites to use for writing!

calmly writer- distraction free environment for writing

bighugelabs typewriter- also distraction free, customizable typewriter format with typewriter sounds!

reedsy- free scrivener like software for formatting your books.

picsart and phonto- what i use to make moodboards!

hiveword- helps to plan out your book, organize characters, and tag settings, characters etc.

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symbols!

shoutout to the random teacher on google named Mr. Rose who wrote this, credit to him.

colors

Red: blood, passion, emotion, danger, or daring

Black: passivity, death, evil

White: innocence, purity, light.

Green: new life, fertility, hope

Yellow: caution, decay, decrepitude, old age Blue: peace, serenity, eternity

Pink : innocence, femininity

Purple : royalty

Brown : earth, soil, humility and poverty Orange : heat, sun

Gold: riches, sacredness

seasons + nature

🌸🌱🌿Spring: birth, new beginning

🌞🍉🌻Summer: maturity, knowledge

🍂🍁🥮Autumn: decline, nearing death, growing old

❄️☃️🌨️Winter: death, sleep, hibernation, or stagnation

🌅Dawn: illumination, hope

💡Light: truth, safety, warmth, knowledge Darkness: evil, ignorance, danger

🍎Apple: temptation, loss of innocence

🌱Weeds : evil, wildness/outcasts of society

🌼Flowers: beauty, youth, strength, gentleness

🌹Rose: budding youth, romance

💧Water: purification, cleansing Evergreen tree: immortality

weather

🌬️🍃Wind and storms: violent human emotions

⚡️Lightning : power and strength

🌅Morning : purity and promise

🌈Rainbows : heralds of good fortune, heaven

⛈️Thunder : God’s wrath, punishment

🌁🌫️Fog/Mist: isolation; confusion, obscurity

☔️Rain: sadness or despair

animals

🕊️Dove : peace, purity, simplicity

🦊Fox: slyness, cleverness

🪶Raven: death, destruction, impending doom Lion: strength, power, authority

🦚Peacock: pride, vanity

🐭Mouse : shyness, meekness

🦅Hawk : sharp, keen eyesight

🦉Owl : wisdom

🐈Cats : cunning, forethought, and ingenuity

🐑Lamb : sacrifice element, the children of God

🦅Eagle: freedom

🐴Donkey: humility, patience, stupidity

🦤Buzzard/Vulture: warning of impending death

clothing

🦸🏻‍♀️Cape: withdrawal into oneself or into God.

🎭Mask: demonic tendencies

🧥Cloak: human trickery

settings

🌳🦌Forest: usually a place of evil or mystery

🌵🏜️Desert: isolation: alienation, loneliness

⛲️🏡Garden: paradise of a haven

🏞️Park: a place for retreat and renewal

objects

💀Skull: death

👑Crown: wealth

💍Ring: long-term commitment

🪓Axe: battle, work

🥋Belt: protection, chastity

🪟Window: freedom or lack thereof Door: opportunity

🕯️Candle: light in the darkness

⭕️Circle: wholeness, perfection

🔥Fire: Hell; pain, death

🧋Pearl: incorruptibility

⚔️Sword: protection, strength

🚙Journey: the call of fate, adventure

NUMBERS

Zero (0): the ultimate mystery; nothingness

Three (3): tripartite nature of the world; signifies fulfillment Consider: Holy Trinity; 3: beginning, middle, end; past, present, and future;

Five (5): human perfectionConsider: Five senses, five fingers on each hand, five toes on each foot, five wounds of Jesus

Seven (7): totality; divine abundance Consider: Seven days of creation, seven days of the week, seven sacraments, seven deadly sins

Twelve (12) universal fulfillment Consider: Twelve tribes of Israel, Twelve Apostles, twelve days of Christmas, 12 months in a year

Forty (40): penance, purification Consider: 40 days of lent, Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness, the Jews wandered the desert for forty years, Moses spent 40 days on Mt. Sinai, the Great Flood was caused by 40 days of rain

my notes

really interesting to note how a lot of symbols are Biblical.

make up your own symbols and meanings!

symbolism can be shown in a number of things from parts of your characters to their clothing and surroundings... be creative!

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worldbuilding tips!

disclaimer: these are just my personal tips that help me! you don't have to follow them!

make sure to set forth RULES. even in the most fantastical of worlds, there are still physics and rules of nature. make sure to come up with some and play by them!

do what you're comfortable with. maybe you don't feel like detailing a complicated government. i personally hated the idea of making really advanced topography or magic systems so i made it simple! you can always come back to it later :)

don't worry about the nitty gritty. If you obsess over little parts of your worldbuilding for too long you could stress yourself out and get burnt out! just go at your own pace and if you need to leave some gaps and come back later, do it for your own peace of mind!

don't be afraid to steal. well, maybe take inspiration is a better way to put it ;) don't be afraid to model your world after the landscapes of our own world! I personally do this a lot because I struggle with worldbuilding.

i hope these tips help, and goodluck worldbuilding!!

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😭 omg girl he’s conceptualizing his moral standpoints about the world around him and the political landscape he inhabits through poetic verse 😂 lmao girl look he’s sitting at the piano crafting intricate melodies about the horrors of absence, war, greed, and existence in modern society 😭 girl i cannot make this up he’s literally constructing a psycial manifestation of his feeling of disconnection with his audience and those around him 😭

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oil pastel drawing of syd barrett for his birthday, 1/6/20