I’d venture to add that worldbuilding is a reflection of God’s creativity. Personally, I’ve come to better appreciate and understand God as a creator through building worlds and characters of my own and developing their workings. It shows me different facets of His character, and plants a wonder that He’s able to create all that He does flawlessly.…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting *nods* That’s really helpful. Thank you! 🙂

@devastate-lasting This might be a stupid question, but does it make a difference if the book takes place in the real world vs. taking place in a fictional world? How important is it for fictional ethnicities inspired by real-world ethnicities to resemble those real-world ethnicities?

I feel like these might be basic character things to think about, but they might be particularly helpful to be aware of with a quiet character:

1. They still want things. They’re going to pursue those desires whether they’re loud or quiet, and a character pursuing what they want is pretty much the core of a story. If you give them a compelling…[Read more]

I can’t use this, unfortunately, but that’s really cool! I had no idea they had such obscure topics covered. (That Chinese alternative medicine and nutrition class sounds handy for my Asian-inspired fantasy.) I might have to consider using one of Blimey Cow’s sponsored links next time they post. 🙂

P.S. You put a boogie in it. 😉

@eden-anderson *insane laughter* I’m approximately 8.5k behind. On an already-reduced goal (I started out shooting for 50k and promptly dropped it to 30k). So that’s great. *more defeated laughter*

I guess I’m doing more on my Camp project than anything else at the moment, but… that’s not saying much. ;P (Also, this may not have been the best…[Read more]

“So-and-so hummed in assent”? I agree, this is a really hard sound to write for some reason. XP

@naiya-dyani That’s fantastic! 😀

@eden-anderson Yeahhhhh… *glances again at trilogy* But hey, it won’t be finished until you finish it. And once you do finish it, it’s going to be and feel amazing. ^-^

That’s great! 😀 ^-^

I’ve… kind of found the opposite to be true for me. XD I’ve written bits and pieces of random new projects? But I…[Read more]

@eden-anderson Aw, that’s okay. Some projects take an absurdly long time. *glances at trilogy that I started almost three years ago and still haven’t come close to finishing* But I’ll be cheering you on! Maybe this month will be the month. ^-^

Yeah, it’s been a while. D: How’ve you been? How’s social distancing treating you? XP

I’m participating. The plan is to rewrite my November NaNo novel. Given how crazy everything has been, there’s a very decent chance I’ll totally forget about writing and won’t actually get much done, but I guess we’ll see how it goes.