You character should be different at the end of the story than at the beginning. What do they want to change? What do they need to change? Why will there be a conflict between those two things?
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2024 00:47:52 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) What has been erased from the official history of your world? By whom?
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 15:05:30 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Women fought topless as clothing was thought to be a major disease vector. Getting threads of clothing into a wound might cause an infection, so these women definitely wanted to cut each other.
What strange rules exist in your world that might seem odd today?
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 17:46:42 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Is magic a trivial thing on your world, or something more serious? Who might see it the opposite way?
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jul-2024 21:30:10 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Your characters realise they have been working for the bad guy all along.
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 08:57:42 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) No, that's much better.
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 07:17:26 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @jeffowski Maybe put this up instead: https://writing.exchange/@golgaloth/112662845936254090
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 10:29:45 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) An old and broken machine suddenly begins working.
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 23:27:03 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) What's the greatest cultural insight you've had when creating your world?
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 21:46:05 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Have you ever had to change anything because you felt it was no longer relevant?
I wrote a story a few years ago and I'm polishing it up now for publication and noticing how a few references have dated soooo quickly.
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 06:36:14 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) #writerscoffeeclub
Should books include a content warning?Books already contain content warnings by how they are categorised, their cover images, blurb, etc. Adult, Young Adult, Children's, Romance, etc.
This is where the author can give the reader a good idea as to what's inside. If you feel the need for anything more specific, you probably haven't written your back cover (or web-page description) properly, or you need to find a better cover image.
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 27-May-2024 10:14:06 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) And today on No Shit Sherlock:
Study suggests less conformity leads to more innovation
An interesting read nonetheless.
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-conformity.html #science #innovation
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 21:10:08 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Someone reminded me it's time to post some alternatives to Adobe software:
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Apr-2024 19:04:58 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) One of the weird things I find with writing Fantasy is that it takes sooooooo long to get anywhere. This is a series of maps showing the time it used to take to travel across America from New York. Days to get anywhere, even with installed roads, in 1800, then down to weeks to reach Chicago.
How would this affect the way you draw your maps?
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 11:57:35 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Tech bros should not be in charge of anything.
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 13:52:23 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Please note when writing rulebooks you should convey your ideas in a form that your audience will understand.
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 15:43:08 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) What unique problems exist for the ordinary people of your world? What extraordinary coping mechanisms do they feel are perfectly normal?
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2024 08:42:18 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Chicken, meet roost.
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 20:24:55 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Ah, yes. The old favourites. Let's start this up again.
DM: The dragon has the princess in a cage
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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) (golgaloth@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 03:48:52 JST Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) Ten million dollars to whomsoever made this layout choice. Not from me, of course. I'm broke as fuck.
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