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A Prompt On Saturday
One day, you opened your eyes to a life similar to yours but there was a clear difference. Your friends were very worried about you especially because you kept denying the fact that you were engaged to Mx. Broody McGee over there, and that you’re an assassin!
Daily Prompt #88
An orphaned protagonist finds out the boss of their team is their lost parent through a kidnapping gone wrong.
It sucks when you both work for a rather shady company that walks on the teethering edge of legality.
Daily Prompt #87
What was suppose to be a day of relaxation turns into a dangerous mess when you get lost deep within a mine shaft and find an abandoned civilization with seemingly no way out. It doesn't help that your only companion is a sassy ghost of an explorer who seems more focused on judging your fashion sense than helping you out.
If you ever survive this mess, you're sure to never listen to your sister's top ten vacation spot again.
Daily Prompt #86
"Maybe, once upon a time, I did love you," He whispered as he stared back at their lover and gave a wobbly smile, "But you made it clear you never did when you killed me."
every writing tip article and their mother: dont ever use adverbs ever!
me, shoveling more adverbs onto the page because i do what i want: just you fucking try and stop me
May I add something, because I will never shut up about this book (Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark):
Finally, some good fucking advice
Daily Prompt #85
“Hush, dear child, let the ghost pass through. It won’t harm you or anyone else that is of our blood.”
Charlie blinks as he is facing the Necromancer again. Charlie was in need of tips of the City of Galos, a city who is using a manticore as a guardian, but, a reliable source explains that the city is using the Manticore in a cruel fashion and if the monster doesn´t eat all the prisoners the King wishes…the monster is treated unkindly, to say the least.
Manticore is complex animals and a friend of Charlie did promise that if Charlie manages to bring the animal if he manages to travel to the barrier, the sanctuary will open doors for this Manticore.
Travel with a manticore is not a daunting task if you´re smart. Charlie can shrink the animal as he did in the past, but, Charlie knows how the border of Galos is …tough to say the least and the necromancer knows how to get inside this city without facing any trouble and his price is the same.
“You hear me, one story about your childhood”
“One time, when I was a child, I must have 5 or 6 years, I was really afraid of ghosts, I´d not know why I had this fear but I had. One day, I went crying to my mother saying something about ghosts…and then my mother takes me and speaks ‘‘hush, hush child, don´t be afraid as ghosts won´t harm us. You have my blood little one and no ghost will ever hurt you’‘ and then I think after that I stop fearing ghosts”
Kurt is with his eyes closed. Charlie wonders if this is something all necromancers must face and then realises he really doesn´t want to know.
@djinmer4
Daily Prompt #85
"Hush, dear child, let the ghost pass through. It won't harm you or anyone else that is of our blood."
Daily Prompt #84
"I can't wait until the hunt returns because when they do, they will TEAR this disgusting front you call a 'council' and then?"
They laughed in short, ragged breaths. Eyes wide as they stared. "Then the streets will run with the ashes of your crimes."
Daily Prompt #83
Sometimes I look back into the past and wander in fragmented memories. Only to keep walking through the fields of ashes from a land once home.
Reactions to tragedy
In real life, pretty much everybody reacts to tragedy differently. So why is it that every author has their pet reaction to tragedy that all their characters use? Not only is it unrealistic, but it takes away the chance for the characters’ different reactions to reveal things about themselves.
Possible reactions to tragedy (not an exhaustive list):
Distracting oneself with mindless activities
Distracting oneself with others’ humor
Distracting oneself by making jokes
Distracting oneself by reading/watching/playing stories
Distracting oneself with hard mental work
Distracting oneself with hard physical work
Distracting oneself with creative endeavors
Distracting oneself by chatting with friends about normal things
Talking to friends about the tragedy
Talking to authority figures about the tragedy
Talking anonymously with strangers about the tragedy (if possible)
Getting wrapped up in others’ problems
Staying unusually silent
Screaming
Crying loudly
Crying silently
Doing everything possible not to cry
Pacing
Taking unhealthy risks
Going for revenge against whoever one can blame
Punching random objects
Throwing random objects
Lashing out against friends and family members
Trying to prevent a similar tragedy from happening
Eating more than usual
Not eating
Taking mind-altering substances
Getting in unhealthy relationships
Isolating oneself
Obsessing over routine
Numbness combined with apathy
Numbness combined with going through one’s normal motions
Trying to get things back the way they were
Denial
No reaction at first but a reaction hits later in greater force
No reaction at all. Emotions relating to the tragedy just fail to load. Note that this can happen to anybody and does not mark a character as a sociopath.
Characters can have more than one reaction at the same time, one reaction after another, or different reactions to different tragedies.
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I’m American. I live right in the southwest and let me tell you, it’s hell over here right now, but it will become a lot worse if Article 13 is passed.
You’ve probably heard about Article 13, and if you haven’t, go watch this video right now. Whatever you’re doing can wait for sixteen minutes and two seconds, because a second-long vote could destroy everything online.
Whether you’re from Europe or not, this law could affect you, so you should care Article 13 because it is going to destroy the online lives that you have built. No more posting memes, no more remixes, and no more YouTubers from anywhere.
Jacksepticeye will no longer be able to upload.
Markiplier will no longer be able to upload.
MatPat won’t.
Thomas Sanders.
Dan and Phil.
How to Basic.
All of your favorite content creators are at risk of losing their jobs because people want stricter laws on copyright, which will support the larger media companies but kill smaller creators. And because of this, we may lose everything online.
So spread the word! Reblog this, reblog other people’s posts, find petitions, write your own posts! If you’re in Europe, contact your MEP’s and get them to understand how it will affect the people who use the internet.
Please.
#savetheinternet.
More often than not I’ll crack into a sprawling fantasy series and, while I appreciate the luscious descriptions of furniture, landscapes, and clothing, all I’m focused on is that I don’t actually know how this world works. I only know what it looks like.
Including some functionality to your universe can add to immersion and give your reader a strong foundation on which to build their mental model of your universe.
You certainly don’t need to use all of these questions! In fact, I recommend against that, as all of these certainly won’t make it into your final draft. I personally find that starting my worldbuilding off with 5 to 10 functional questions helps pave the way for glittery and elaborate aesthetic development later on.
How is the healthcare funded in your world?
How does healthcare functionally differ between the wealthy and the poor? (i.e. can only the wealthy go to hospitals? do poor families often have to rely on back-alley procedures?)
Where are health centers (i.e. hospitals, small clinics, etc.) organized in your cities?
Does it differ in smaller towns?
How does this affect people’s ability to get healthcare?
Is healthcare magical, and if it is, how does that affect the healthcare system?
If healing is instantaneous, how does that affect people’s views on injury, illness, and chronic ailments?
If you have both magical and physical healthcare, which one is deemed superior and how does that affect society?
What illnesses are common in your world?
How does this affect daily life?
What do the people in your world think illnesses are?
Is it a miasma theory?
Humor theory?
Demons?
Do they know about biological viruses and bacteria?
How does this affect healthcare?
How do people get water?
Is the water sanitary and if not, how do they sanitize it?
How does agriculture work?
Is it large corporations or individual farms?
What sort of agricultural technology exists in your world and how does it affect food production?
Are farmers wealthy or poor?
What sort of natural resources does your world/country(ies) have and how are they obtained?
How does this affect the average wealth of the country?
How does this wealth affect the culture?
What livestock or beasts of burden are most valued? Least valued? Why?
What is considered a luxury good vs. a regular good?
What forms of transportation does your world have?
What classes use what forms of transportation?
How far has the average citizen traveled, given your transportation limitations?
Which cities are the most accessible and which are the least? Why?
How do popular transportation methods change how cities/towns are laid out?
Does your world have public transportation? What is it?
Is there a coming-of-age aspect to travel?
Describe your world’s postal system or whatever equivalent there is.
Who pays for it?
How reliable is it?
Are there emergency methods for transporting information?
How does your world keep time (i.e. watches, sundials, water clock, etc.)?
Does your world have a currency system, barter system, or something else?
If you have multiple countries, do different currencies have different values across said countries?
How does this affect travel?
Do you have banks in your world and if so, how are they run?
Who owns the banks? Government? Wealthy? How does this affect the economy and/or class system?
How does credit operate in your universe?
Does your world operate more on big corporations or small business? Something in between?
How are workers/labourers treated in your world?
Are there workers unions and if so, what are common views on unions?
Describe your tax system. If you don’t have a tax system, explain why and how your world is affected by that.
Can certain social classes not own property, certain livestock, certain businesses, etc.? Why?
How are business records kept? Are business records kept?
If your world has technology, does your world prioritize developing entertainment tech, communications tech, transportation tech or something else entirely?
What does this say about your world?
How does this affect your economy?
To the closest approximation, what type of government does your world have?
How are rulers/presidents/nobles put in place?
How much power does an individual ruler have?
Is there a veto process?
If you have multiple countries, do they have different types of rulers?
Describe any large-scale alliances (i.e. countries, factions, etc.) that are present in your world.
How did they come about and how are they maintained?
Are they strained or peaceful?
How does it affect the greater politics of your world?
Describe how wars are fought both internationally and nationally.
Do methods of war differ between countries/races?
What about philosophies about war?
If there is a military, what is its hierarchy structure?
How does the military recruit?
Is the military looked upon favourably in your society?
What weapons are used by each country/type of people during warfare, and how does that affect war strategies?
Describe the sentencing system of your world.
Is your accused innocent until proven guilty, or guilty until proven innocent?
How are lawbreakers punished?
If you have prisons, describe how they are organized and run, and who owns them.
Does differing ownership change how the prisons operate?
What are the major ways in which laws between countries vary?
Do laws between cities vary? If so, how and why?
How does citizenship work in your world? What rights and privileges do citizens have that others do not?
Can certain classes or races not become citizens?
Are there certain taboo subjects or opinions that artist/authors/musicians are not allowed to depict (i.e. portraying the official religion in a negative light, explicit sexual material, etc.)? What does this say about your society?
How do people get around these censorship laws?
What is the official hierarchy of duty in your world? (i.e. is family the most important, or patriotism? What about clan?)
How many languages are there in your world, and how many languages share a common origin?
How many people are multilingual?
Which language is the most common?
How is multilingualism viewed?
How are different languages viewed? (i.e. is one language ugly/barbaric while another is romantic and sensual?)
Feel free to add your own questions in reblogs or in comments!
Hey guys!
Sorry for the lack of prompts and what not in this blog, school and life has gotten too much for me. :’) I just wanted to say thank you for the follows, likes, reblogs- it’s been a fun ride so far!
Not sure if I’ll continue the prompt thing as it’s harder than I anticipated it to be. Most of mine are getting stale, reiterating the same old idea, so I think I might do reblogs, posts about writing resources and or other writing stuff to juggle things up. Freshen up my already dried brain, haha! I’ll keep doing prompts though probably in one mass post once a month or so. Might also do free book covers post for fun and practice.
Again, thanks for reading! Have a nice day! :D
Good stuff.
This. This is good fiction writing advice. I really appreciate how it was formatted as “this is a common problem, here is a solution to try in your own work” and not “oh god, don’t do that!” without any extra help. And I extra appreciated the “don’t rely on adverbs” bit, because they do have their place but they aren’t the only way actions can be emphasized.
Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers
As described by Selnick’s article:
Author and doctor of clinical psychology Carolyn Kaufman has released a one-page body language cheat sheet of psychological “tells” (PDF link) fiction writers can use to dress their characters.
Because I realize all my characters do is look at each other and have their eyebrows shoot up. Sometimes they even lower their eyebrows too!
Daily Prompt #82
"What gave them the right, hmm?'
"I-"
"What gave them the right to use my life, use ME like a puppet on a string, little hero? Isn't that what you stand against or is it different when it's coming from YOUR side?"
Daily Prompt #81
You stood there with the world in your hands. Yet not so far from your haven is a restless, defiant army who dare defy your will.
You created them and you can definitely will their existence to nothing.
The question is will you? Will you unmake everything you crafted by your blood and soul?
