writing-questions-answered: Anonymous asked:Hi ! My story takes place in a dreamed world, and...

Anonymous asked:

Hi ! My story takes place in a dreamed world, and dreams are famous for messing up time perceiption. So i though i could make a world without any time mesurement, every clock would be broken and they wouldn’t follow any calendar. They will still have seasons and “defined moment” such as a chrismass-like celebration that would take place 10 days after the first snow fall. Do you think it can work ? I am affraid to be blocked when people need to arrange meetups or stuff. You’re so cool thank you !

Aw, thanks! <3

Yeah, I think you could get away with that. It has a cool “Wonderland” quality to it that could be really fun.

Even in a world where time isn’t marked, there are still ways to generally know what time, day, or month it is just based on things like the sun’s position, day length and strength/weakness of the sun, the phases of the moon, and what stars/constellations appear in the night sky.

Before humans had developed ways to track time, we were able to sort of “read” the time based on all of these things. We know that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. If the sun is low on the eastern horizon, it means the sun just came up so it’s morning. If it’s midway between the eastern horizon and overhead, it’s mid-morning. If it’s directly above, it’s noon. If it’s midway between overhead and the western horizon, it’s afternoon. If it’s low on the western horizon, it’s getting ready to set so it’s evening. You can also break morning and evening down into smaller parts which can be recognized by light levels. Twilight is the period when the sky lightens and darkens in association with the sunrise or sunset. Morning twilight is called dawn, evening twilight is called dusk.

Dawn is made up of four parts: the blue hour, first light, sunrise, and the golden hour.
The Blue Hour (morning)
The period of dawn when the sky first begins to lighten, before sunlight is visible at the horizon, and everything has a blue tone.
First Light
The period of dawn when bits of sunlight are first visible in the sky, along the horizon.
Sunrise
The period of dawn just before, during, and after the sun comes over the horizon.
The Golden Hour (morning)
The period of dawn just after sunrise as the sun climbs above the horizon, casting everything in a golden hue.

Dusk is also made up of four parts: the golden hour, sunset, last light, and the blue hour.
The Golden Hour (evening)

The period of dusk just before sunset as the sun makes its way toward the horizon, casting everything in a golden hue.

Sunset
The period of dusk just before, during, and after the sun sinks below the horizon.
Last Light
The period of dusk just before the last bit of sunlight disappears from the sky.
The Blue Hour (evening)
The period of dusk just after the sun goes down, when the sky turns a deep blue color as darkness falls.

So, if your characters need to meet, they might choose to meet any of these times, or they may specify mid-morning, noon, early afternoon, mid-afternoon, or late afternoon.

As for days of the week, these can be marked by the cycles of the moon, which you can learn about with a Google search. :)

I hope that helps!

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