100 Fantasy Writing Prompts | The Poets and the Peddlers 1. A fantasy in which no animal is the same as on Earth, but nor are they simply replacements with different names and designs. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. That was fun. Like this: Like Loading...
Advice for Writers: The Online World of Rick Riordan Character development is paramount for me. I firmly believe that plot and character development must occur simultaneously. Plot cannot be left to chance. Neither can characters be automatons who carry out actions envisioned in the author's master plan. Below are some things I try to keep in mind when developing my characters: Rick’s Top Five Tips on CHARACTER 5. A character should be primarily defined by the choices he makes, and the actions he takes. 4. Describe characters as Dickens did – with a single deft stroke. 3. It is very natural to use parts of ourselves or the people we know when creating characters. 2. It may be critically important to you that your character has blue eyes, or went to Texas A&M. 1. We care about characters because we are interested in the choices they make. Here's a character profile worksheet I sometimes fill out if I'm having trouble understanding a particular character I've created: Character Profile Name: ________________________________ Height: _______
Sample Grammar Exercises Use “who” or “whom” where appropriate: Do you know ______ did this? With ______ are you going with to the dance? ______ made dinner? Lay versus lie: Which is the correct form of the sentence? Nor versus or: Which sentence is incorrect? Common usage: Which sentence is correct? Fill in the blank with the correct word: ______ will be no time to rest before going to the movies.They’reThere TheirThe bird flapped ______ wings. its it’sI love rap way more ______ I love country music.than thenI think you and Billy are a good couple. Answers: whowhomwhowhomabacbb abbaaababa Was any part of this sample useful to you? Victorian era The Victorian era of British history (and that of the British Empire) was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death, on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain.[1] Some scholars date the beginning of the period in terms of sensibilities and political concerns to the passage of the Reform Act 1832. The era was preceded by the Georgian period and followed by the Edwardian period. The later half of the Victorian age roughly coincided with the first portion of the Belle Époque era of continental Europe and the Gilded Age of the United States. Two especially important figures in this period of British history are the prime ministers Gladstone and Disraeli, whose contrasting views changed the course of history. Population in the Victorian era[edit] The Victorian era was a time of unprecedented demographic increase in Britain. Fertility rates[edit] Mortality rates[edit] Culture[edit]
Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy Want to be the next George R.R. Martin or Jim Butcher? Here you’ll find information on writing for this specialized market, including world building, creating aliens and systems of magic, selling your work, and much more. Create Structure in Your Fiction Using Index Cards I was reading through some of our older science fiction titles, and I came upon Worlds of Wonder by David Gerrold (published in 2001). As I was flipping through the book, I … Read more Create Powerful Imagery in Your Writing We’ve heard the old montage “Show, don’t tell” so many times that it’s become stale–and what does it mean, anyway? 7 Things That Will Doom Your Novel (& How to Avoid Them) You can doom your debut from the start with these 7 (tongue-in-cheek) strategies for flailing, and failing—or, you can do just the opposite. What is a Minor Character: Understanding the Minor Characters’ Role So where is the dividing line between major and minor charactors? How to Write Effective Supporting Characters Need a speaker?
1001 Story Ideas | Writepop - Science fiction stories, humor, and writing about writing A thousand lifetimes in space – Living on a generation ship 1,000 human beings are selected to board a spaceship headed for the stars. The trip is so long that they will die in space, but their descendants will reach a new planet. To save room on the generation ship, the original population of the ship is all women, with children to be produced by artificial insemination. The first “in-space” generation grows up in a society controlled by women.Variation – To save space on the generation ship, all the original passengers are female.
Character Chart for Fiction Writers - EpiGuide.com If you're a fiction writer -- whether you're working on a novel, short story, screenplay, television series, play, web series, webserial, or blog-based fiction -- your characters should come alive for your reader or audience. The highly detailed chart below will help writers develop fictional characters who are believable, captivating, and unique. Print this page to complete the form for each main character you create. IMPORTANT: Note that all fields are optional and should be used simply as a guide; character charts should inspire you to think about your character in new ways, rather than constrain your writing. Fill in only as much info as you choose. If this character chart is helpful, please let us know! Looking for more character questionnaires / charts?
Yin and Yang In Chinese culture, Yin and Yang represent the two opposite principles in nature. Yin characterizes the feminine or negative nature of things and yang stands for the masculine or positive side. Yin and yang are in pairs, such as the moon and the sun, female and male, dark and bright, cold and hot, passive and active, etc. But yin and yang are not static or just two separated things. The nature of yinyang lies in interchange and interplay of the two components. The concept of yinyang has a long history. The principles of yinyang are an important part of Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine), the earliest Chinese medical book, written about 2,000 years ago. Here is a summary of the characteristics of yinyang. The Zodiac The Zodiac ("Circle of Animals") is the name given to the band encircling the earth on either side of the ecliptic, the Sun's path. It is like a belt in space, about 15-18 degrees wide, across which the planets move and form their aspects, or geometrical relationships. The Zodiac forms the symbolic backdrop for the path of the Sun, called the plane of the ecliptic. Astrologers divide the circle of the ecliptic into twelve equal parts, each subdivided into 30 degrees, making 360 degrees in all. The Planets In astrology, the planets, Sun, Moon and other moveable points (such as the Moon's nodes) are still all described as "planets", the wanderers of the zodiac. From our geocentric (Earth-centred) point of view, the planets, including the Sun and Moon, all travel through the Zodiac in the course of their orbits. Other planets (not counting the Moon), because they actually orbit the Sun, seem to travel rather erratically through the Zodiac. Click here for more on The Planets