Better Writing Through Writing About Writing | Brain Hacks for Writers My life is fairly crammed, and writing time is hard to come by. Today I got one of those precious blocks of time in which I could write for several hours almost without interruption, yet as I fired up the computer, I felt not excited about the prospect, but worried and on edge. I also felt a little unsure: I had several projects I could be working on and was waffling on which one to choose. I could have just plunged in and begun working on whatever seemed easiest, most obvious, or most attractive, and if I got deeply enough into the writing that I achieved flow, that might have gone well. So instead of starting by writing, I started by writing down my thoughts about writing. Just writing freely about problems is a good approach, but it can be especially effective to write to a specific purpose. Luc Reid is a Writers of the Future winner whose fiction and nonfiction have also appeared in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Abyss & Apex, and other venues. Be Sociable, Share!
The Welsh Piper » Medieval Demographics Online An automated tool for creating fantasy populations (with offline version, too) This tool lets you generate figures for populating low-fantasy kingdoms and settlements. Instructions are included in Low-fantasy Populations article, also included in the offline download below. Use the drop-down menus and input fields in the form below to generate realistic population numbers for any low fantasy setting. <p><strong>We've hit a snag... Original codebase drawn from The Domesday Book by Brandon Blackmoor, based on Medieval Demographics Made Easy by S. Low Fantasy Population Generator (offline version)
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Emergency writing motivation techniques | Brain Hacks for Writers If you want to write right now but just don’t feel motivated, here are some immediate ways to get fired up. Any one of them might do the trick: pick whichever seems most likely or appealing and give it a try. If it doesn’t get you right on track, try another one. No self-motivation trick is sure-fire, and we often tend to feel that if we’re not motivated now, there’s no way to get motivated, but there’s strong evidence in psychological and neurological research that we can change our moods, focus, and motivation–in fact, our emotional and motivational states can change very quickly, given the right setup. [image by gruntzooki] Keep in mind that just reading this list isn’t going to motivate you—it’s doing one or more of the things this section describes that will make the change. Get a little exercise. If something’s bothering you, fix your thoughts. Visualize a result you like. Just start typing. Meditate. Why did you decide to write this piece? Write it out. Find inspiration.
Worldseeder | Building story worlds that are seeded with inspiration and conflict The Good, The Bad, and The Player: The Challenges to Moral Engagement in Single-Player Avatar-Based Video Games | Jaroslav Švelch The Good, The Bad, and The Player He revisited Knights of The Old Republic , a 2003role-playing video game designed by the Canadiancompany Bioware and set in the Star Wars uni-verse. Towards Mecca gaming blog reminds us, games—even thesame games that make certain people sad—can be played in a calculating, ruthless, emotionless way(see Sicart, 2009). Grand Theft Auto series without giving the slightestthought to ethics.In Walker’s case, we can observe a certaindegree of moral engagement , which is lackingin Osama’s account.
What cannabis actually does to your brain Like with all herbal remedies, they are just as serious as man-made meds but weed won't put a rational person in a psych ward. Yes, it can. I've seen it happen. [www.cbc.ca] [www.cbc.ca] Apparently there's a genetic marker that can cause an otherwise healthy, if sensitive person, to undergo a psychotic break with the overuse of marijuana. Ok, out of the millions upon millions of people who have used marijuana, how many do you know in a psych ward? If you are referring to folks who overuse, like alcoholics, drug addicts, quadruple espresso drinkers, pack of smokes a day smokers, or 10 hr internet surfers, then you are referring to individuals with problems....not a problematic substance. I agree genetically altering marijuana to be over stuffed with THC is bad, but a natural, untampered plant with it's original levels of THC is fine. I just ask, please stop blaming the marijuana. Holy crap man, quit with the hyperbole.
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