Also, Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs may be a helpful resource (not that it’s entirely accurate, per se). For example, although people strive for some level of morality, survival is considered to be a more basic need than ethics. This is why formerly-“good” characters in post-apocalyptic books are willing to kill if their physical needs are dire…[Read more]

I’ve done that before, too.

Hi! This has probably already been mentioned, but Story Embers has a worldbuilding questionnaire. Here’s the link that shows the resources that Story Embers has: https://storyembers.org/resources/

My pleasure! I love brainstorming these sorts of things!

This sounds interesting! I like the reverse-racism concept (it’s very unique), and I don’t think it would be too controversial. Here are some ways to differentiate people of different races/ethnicities:

– different accents & pronunciations

– the specific words that someone uses

– Color of eyelashes? (e.g., brown hair with blond eyelashes)

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I’m a wannabe Sci-Fi writer…in other words, I’ve started writing at least one Sci-Fi stories, and I feel like it’s “my” genre. A lot of the stories I start to write/think about writing are kind of crossovers between Sci-Fi & fantasy.

Thanks for sharing!

Great question!

Someone may have said this already, but a culture’s values often determine class systems. For example, I had an idea for a fictional culture that prizes asymmetry, quirkiness, and oddities  – a value that trickles into its concept of beauty (e.g., women purposefully wear their mascara asymmetrically, etc.). Since this culture…[Read more]

Yep! I saw this discussion while scrolling through the poetry forum because I wanted to ask about spoken word poetry. As far as I know, you can post it! I love spoken word poetry! Do you have any favorite artists?

This is interesting! I think you’re right in that evil actions can stem from not using gifts the way they’re meant to be used. I agree with the fact that people sometimes seek power in order to gain a feeling of self-worth and use revenge as a tool to gain “justice.” Here are my thoughts on how desires can be perverted (just…[Read more]

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P.S. I love your profile picture, by the way! Foxes are so cute!

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I would suggest listening to instrumental music that fits the mood of whatever you’re writing (e.g., sad, introspective, beauty-filled, etc.) I find that music really inspires my writing; I made a writing playlist on Spotify of instrumentals to listen to while I’m writing. You could even make a playlist that reminds you of the…[Read more]

@ericawordsmith I can #joinin if you need more people.

@blueberry I subscribed to your channel – looking forward to checking it out!

@kayla-skywriter Hmm…that’s interesting. Thanks, your profile picture is pretty, too 🙂