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will update this every few weeks/months. alternatively, here are all my tagged Writing Worksheets & Templates
Chapter Outline ⚜ Character- or Plot-Driven Story
Death & Sacrifice ⚜ Magic & Rituals ⚜ Plot-Planning
Editing: Sentence Check ⚜ Writing Your Novel: 20 Questions
Tension ⚜ Thought Distortions ⚜ What's at Stake
50 Questions ⚜ Backstory ⚜ Character Creation
Antagonist; Villain; Fighting ⚜ Protagonist & Antagonist
Character: Change; Adding Action; Conflict
Character: Creator; Name; Quirks; Flaws; Motivation
Character Profile (by Rick Riordan) ⚜ Character Sheet Template
Character Sketch & Bible ⚜ Interview your Character
Story-Worthy Hero ⚜ "Well-Rounded" Character Worksheet
20 Questions ⚜ Decisions & Categories ⚜ Worksheet
Setting ⚜ Dystopian World ⚜ Magic System (AALC Method)
Templates: Geography; World History; City; Fictional Plant
References: Worldbuilding ⚜ Plot ⚜ Character ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs
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some words for worldbuilding (pt. 1)
billow, breath, bubble, draft, effervescence, fumes, puff, vapor
aquarium, bazaar, coliseum, field, hall, mecca, stage
abbey, architecture, armory, asylum, bakery, bar, booth, cathedral, club, construction, court, department store, dock, edifice, emergency room, factory, food court, fort/fortress, framework, garrison, greasy spoon, hacienda, hangout, headquarters, hotel, inn, institute/institution, jetty, laboratory, mansion, mental hospital, monastery, mosque, museum, nursing home, office, pavilion, penitentiary, plant, prison, rampart, repository, ruins, sanctuary, shrine, skyscraper, stockade, storeroom, structure, temple, theater/theatre, treasury, warehouse, wharf
capital, metropolis, town, village
altar, banister, bench, booth, bunk, cabinet, chair, couch, crib, davenport, dresser, furnishings, futon, jetty, lectern, partition, perch, platform, pulpit, rail/railing, screen, secretary, stand, wardrobe
area, county, desert, dynasty, kingdom, outskirts, quarter, sector, suburb, territory, tract, zone
abode, ecosystem, environmentalist, habitat/habitation, harbor, home, land, nest, paradise, premises, refuge, settlement, tent
Habitat, human: accommodations, apartment, barracks, cabin, castle, condominium, convent, domesticity, dungeon, element, encampment, estate, grange, hacienda, home, house, housing, hut, jail, lodging, madhouse, monastery, neighborhood, old country, palace, prison, reservation, resort, sanctuary, shanty, suite, vacancy, villa
Habitat, rural: barn, burrow, conservatory, desert, farm, forest, grange, jungle, sanctuary, wilderness/wilds, wood/woods
abyss, avalanche, bank, bay, bed, bluff, campus, cape, cavern, cliff, compost, cove, crevice/crevasse, dirt, downgrade, dune, elevation, estuary, expanse, field, fossil, garden, glacier, gorge, green, ground, gulf, harbor, hillock, inlet, knoll, landscape, lawn, lot, marshy, menagerie, mine, moat, mound, mountainous, nature, outlook, park, patio, pit, plateau, plaza, porch, prairie, projection, property, quagmire, ravine, ridge, savanna, shelf, soil, stack, table, trench, tundra, valley, well, wood/woods, yard
country, home, land, nationality, soil, state
adornment, amulet, beads, best-seller, briefcase, cache, cargo, charm, contraceptive, disguise, effects, equipment, favorite, gem, glasses, handbag, jewelry, knickknack, luggage, marionette, memorabilia, necklace, novelty, object d’art, odds-on-favorite, paraphernalia, pledge, possession, pride, puppet, purse, resources, ring, souvenir, stuff, supplies, sustenance, thing/things, trappings, trifle, valuable
cosmos, Earth, galaxy, moon, planet, sphere, world
capital, commonwealth, quarter, region, settlement, suburb
alcove, attic, bath, bedroom, boutique, cellar, den, enclosure, foyer, gin mill, hall, lavatory, loft, outhouse, parlor, restaurant, saloon, shop, stage, store, tenement, theater/theatre, vestibule
angular, beaten, billowy, checkered, concave, conical/conic, crescent, curly, deformed, elliptical, flat, gnarled, kinky, misshapen, obtuse, round, shapeless, spiral, straight
camper, conveyance, motorcade, transport
Vehicle, air: aircraft, armada, blimp, dirigible, helicopter, shuttle, UFO
Vehicle, land: ambulance, bicycle, car, cherry-picker, dolly, excavator, model, traffic, truck
Vehicle, water: armada, boat, craft, fleet, sailboat, yacht
abyss, aqueduct, basin, beach, blackball, brook, cape, channel, condensation, creek, deep, estuary, fountain, gulf, heading, inlet, lake, oasis, pond, promontory, reservoir, sea, spray, strait, tide, wash, wave, whirlpool
NOTE
The above are concepts classified according to subject and usage. It not only helps writers and thinkers to organize their ideas but leads them from those very ideas to the words that can best express them.
It was, in part, created to turn an idea into a specific word. By linking together the main entries that share similar concepts, the index makes possible creative semantic connections between words in our language, stimulating thought and broadening vocabulary. Writing Resources PDFs
Source ⚜ Writing Basics & Refreshers ⚜ On Vocabulary
20 Questions ⚜ 100 Words for World-building
Basics: World-building ⚜ Places ⚜ Imagery ⚜ Setting
Exploring your Setting ⚜ Habitats ⚜ Kinds of Fantasy Worlds
Fantasy World-building ⚜ World-building Vocabulary
Worksheets: Magic & Rituals ⚜ Geography; World History; City; Fictional Plant ⚜ A General Template
Setting & Pacing Issues ⚜ Editing Your Own Novel
Animal Culture ⚜ Autopsy ⚜ Alchemy ⚜ Ancient Wonders
Art: Elements ⚜ Principles ⚜ Photographs ⚜ Watercolour
Creating: Fictional Items ⚜ Fictional Poisons ⚜ Magic Systems
Cruise Ships ⚜ Dystopian World ⚜ Parts of a Castle
Culture ⚜ Culture Shock ⚜ Ethnocentrism & Cultural Relativism
Food: How to Describe ⚜ Lists ⚜ Cooking Basics ⚜ Herbs & Spices ⚜ Sauces ⚜ Wine-tasting ⚜ Aphrodisiacs ⚜ List of Aphrodisiacs ⚜ Food History ⚜ Cocktails ⚜ Literary Cocktails ⚜ Liqueurs ⚜ Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables
Greek Vases ⚜ Sapphire ⚜ Relics ⚜ Types of Castles
Hate ⚜ Love ⚜ Kinds of Love ⚜ The Physiology of Love
Mystical Objects ⚜ Talisman ⚜ Uncommon Magic Systems
Moon: Part 1 2 ⚜ Seasons: Autumn ⚜ Spring ⚜ Summer
Shapes of Symbols ⚜ Symbolism ⚜ Slang: 1930s
Symbolism: Of Colors Part 1 2 ⚜ Of Food ⚜ Of Storms
Topics List ⚜ Write Room Syndrome
Agrostology ⚜ Allergy ⚜ Architecture ⚜ Baking ⚜ Biochemistry
Ecology ⚜ Esoteric ⚜ Gemology ⚜ Geology ⚜ Weather ⚜ Art
Editorial ⚜ Fashion ⚜ Latin Forensic ⚜ Law ⚜ Medieval
Psychology ⚜ Phylogenetics ⚜ Science ⚜ Zoology
More References: Plot ⚜ Character Development ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs
FEAST, GLADLY / MOON STEALER / WARM BLOODED
i hold werewolves as both a symbol of transformation and of self-actualization; they are the other, and the beast, and they are us. this art was created for october’s print club; it was also created for me (and for you).
One piece drawings cuz I'm bored💔
What is the landscape of your world?
What is the climate of your world?
What do people (if applicable) look like?
What do animals (if applicable) look like?
What types of clothes do people wear?
What do houses or living quarters look like?
When does your story take place?
Where? On the earth we know, a distant planet, or an alternate reality?
What are some commonly held beliefs in this society?
What type of government do they have?
Who is in power?
How did they become powerful?
How intrusive is government in daily lives?
What form of propaganda is used (if any)?
What is the history of this society?
What is the society’s biggest fear?
What is the society’s most positive feature?
What are the values of this society?
What are the social classes?
Why are there social classes?
What is the ethnic diversity, if any?
What are the gender roles?
What, if any, religion do they practice?
What language do they speak?
Is the entire world affected and how?
How do people get food?
Is there money? What type?
Is your character alone?
Why is he alone?
Does your character have friends?
What motivates your character?
How do the characters interact with the dystopian society?
How do they interact with each other?
Source ⚜ Writing Notes & References