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Why Violet has a Glaswegian accent:

Why Violet has a Glaswegian accent:

I think that is “Oh, let him go, he is off his head.”

From “The Wasp Factory” by Iain Banks, a Scottish author.

me as a writer

tomorrowsgonnabeabrighterday:

rudamaruda520:

me as a writer

Oh, I feel SEEN

the right question to ask when worldbuilding is not “does this make sense”, it’s “does this fuck…

nick-nonya:

the right question to ask when worldbuilding is not “does this make sense”, it’s “does this fuck tremendously”.

In celebration of making it to 24,000 words on a novel wip, here’s an out of context moment from the…

In celebration of making it to 24,000 words on a novel wip, here’s an out of context moment from the end of the last chapter I completed:

Yeah it’s like a smorgasbord covering thousands of years and hundreds of distinct mythologies and…

striving-artist:

the-walrus-squad:

striving-artist:

Ughhhh I don’t wanna world build a religionnnnn. Do you know how hard that is? To actually have one that isn’t either racist af of just Catholicism in a funny hat? Or a hand waved limited animism? And then blend it into the rest of society naturally? It takes so much effort. This is why I write minimally religious societies only sects. It’s so fucking harddddd.

I almost always go to ancient Egypt for inspiration, they had a different religion for everything and everyone and many that seem tailored to adaptation to various plot needs. Also, many are kinky af.

Egypt is helpful, if for no other reason that lasting so long that you’ve got a lot to pull from as different things came and went. Also had an interesting take on death/judgement/the afterlife that is useful for many fiction works. I assume you choose one sect/segment/time period as a start point

By the way I saw a title go by recently (did not stop to fully explore it) saying that the infamous Egyptian switch to monotheism and then back was not the scandalous, catastrophic, schism situation it’s often presented as. But that it did still end because of poorly timed plague.

Yeah it’s like a smorgasbord covering thousands of years and hundreds of distinct mythologies and practices and integrations with politics and social issues and all. It’s easy to identify a relevant one to a plot purpose (or was when google worked) and use it to inspire what I need. Usually the mythologies are ignored for something I design from imagination, or the story needs. But even when nothing applies, that either inspires what to do differently, or shows a flaw in my thinking because if Egypt didn’t do it in their time, there’s likely a reason it doesn’t really happen.

I almost always go to ancient Egypt for inspiration, they had a different religion for everything…

striving-artist:

Ughhhh I don’t wanna world build a religionnnnn. Do you know how hard that is? To actually have one that isn’t either racist af of just Catholicism in a funny hat? Or a hand waved limited animism? And then blend it into the rest of society naturally? It takes so much effort. This is why I write minimally religious societies only sects. It’s so fucking harddddd.

I almost always go to ancient Egypt for inspiration, they had a different religion for everything and everyone and many that seem tailored to adaptation to various plot needs. Also, many are kinky af.

At 98.6° F, they do feel very hot when you get them on you. Not mere opinion. That’s just a fact.

reg1ment:

i forget that “blood and gore are hot” as an opinion is relatively normalized on tumblr and NOT in real life. #SOCIALBLUNDER

At 98.6° F, they do feel very hot when you get them on you. Not mere opinion. That’s just a fact.

Currently writing a story about a very pretentious college professor. Most of it is more funny and…

Currently writing a story about a very pretentious college professor. Most of it is more funny and less preachy. May make less obvious in rewrites.

my fave writing reminder

aetherograph:

waywardsou2:

unravelingwhy:

honestly, this phrase has been on my mind more times than i can count. i’ve kidnapped it, taken it as a hostage with no ransom money because i need it to live permanently in my head.

@desired-misery

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story” - Terry Pratchett (GNU)

One from this century sure does lol. Sorry.

fallentechnate:

depsidase:

I guarantee some insufferable 19th century man has used a number of these

One from this century sure does lol. Sorry.