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Plot. General. Lists. Cheat Sheets. Random Inn and Tavern Generator. RPG Tools: Town Generator. Character Traits. More stuffs. Creating a Story Bible: World Building. In the previous edition of Creating a Story Bible, I talked about the journal and a little bit of how and why I use them for my novel projects.

Creating a Story Bible: World Building

Now it is time to take a closer look at Index I, why I have chosen to include the types of information I have, and about my process of choosing what information belongs in the story bible and what doesn’t. Instead of sharing the image of Index I, I am going to type it out in its entirety, in list format: Description – Page Number, Blood Type Personality Meaning. The Single Most Powerful Writing Tool You’ll Ever See That Fits On One Page. And now for the continuing run of yesterday’s milestone post: A bold claim, that. WriteWorld. Xtreme Culture Questionnaire at Let Me Explain to You a Thing. What happens when someone is shot in the lung? The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance.

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations

To do this Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works. He also analyzed a handful of non-French authors. In his introduction, Polti claims to be continuing the work of Carlo Gozzi, who also identified 36 situations. Publication history[edit] Multiple Intelligence Test. The Sixteen Personality Types - High-Level. ISTJ - The Duty Fulfiller Serious and quiet, interested in security and peaceful living.

The Sixteen Personality Types - High-Level

Extremely thorough, responsible, and dependable. WriteWorld. Great Questions. Great Questions These questions are merely suggestions for getting a good conversation going.

Great Questions

We encourage you to use the ones you like and to come up with your own. This list is in no particular order. You may choose one of the categories below, or scroll through and read them all. To use our question generator, please click here. Great questions for anyone. Worldbuilding Basics. Soxen: The New, Improved Character Survey of Doom. So there's this meme going around!

soxen: The New, Improved Character Survey of Doom

Except some of the questions sucked, and a lot of them were repetitive, and it left out a bunch of stuff that we were just dying to ramble about. SO: Body and Appearance1. Describe the character's height and build. AstrologyZone. The Year Ahead 2014 Calendar!

AstrologyZone

NEW! Discounted from $17.99 to $12.99, yours while supplies last! Reserve Susan's book now! Price $12.99 Start saving money in your neighborhood now. Random Questions - Conversation Topic Generator. Deep Questions, Random Deep Questions, Deep Questions List, Deep Questions to Ask Someone. 101 deep questions to ask people, your friends or someone you know....

Deep Questions, Random Deep Questions, Deep Questions List, Deep Questions to Ask Someone

What is more difficult for you; looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone’s eyes when they are telling you how they feel? Water Beds are relaxing - Colour Psychology: What is Your Character’s Favourite Colour? Baby Names at BabyNames.com. A List of Character Archetypes. Jill Williamson is a chocolate loving, daydreaming, creator of kingdoms.

A List of Character Archetypes

She writes weird books for teens in lots of weird genres like, fantasy (Blood of Kings trilogy), science fiction (Replication), and dystopian (The Safe Lands trilogy). Find Jill on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or on her author website. A character archetype is a pattern or model from which similar characters are based. Sometime last year, I noticed that all my main characters fit a heroic guardian archetype (Achan, Martyr, Spencer). I was pretty shocked to realize that. House Of Fantasists, Elements of Character I. Floorplanner - Hellestar. WriteWorld. Asgardian Thunder. WriteWorld. Confessions of an Opinionated Book Geek - Writing Tips #85: Nine Kick-Ass Excercises to Find Your Character's Voice. Books and Bookshelves - How to Create a Character. Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds - Intro. By Michael James Liljenberg. Introduction Everybody says, "My topic is the most important thing you can learn in order to write science fiction and fantasy," when they write a tutorial for FARP.

But I'm actually not exaggerating. The art of creating worlds is crucial to good Fantasy and Science Fiction. There are four basic parts of a story: plot, character, setting, and theme. But what sets Fantasy and Science Fiction apart from other genres is the setting. 50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills. Advertisement Today, too many websites are still inaccessible.

50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills

In our new book Inclusive Design Patterns, we explore how to craft flexible front-end design patterns and make future-proof and accessible interfaces without extra effort. Hardcover, 312 pages. Get the book now! Effective writing skills are to a writer what petrol is to a car. m5qz28M6cv1ryg55ao1_400.jpg (349×428) The 26 stages of death. Oh, it's not pretty.

the 26 stages of death

But you know that. Want a story? I was at the lake one day and they found a guy who'd fallen off a boat and drowned a few weeks earlier. The police came. No one knew how to get him out of the water, no one really wanted to touch the guy. NamePlayground.com - the playground of first names - New! 2006 Name Statistics! Astrological Zodiac Personality Traits. Joss Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips - Article #29643. Joss Whedon is most famous for creating Buffy the Vampire Slayer, its spin-off Angel and the short-lived but much-loved Firefly series. But the writer and director has also worked unseen as a script doctor on movies ranging from Speed to Toy Story. Here, he shares his tips on the art of screenwriting and how, if you have your clear delivery, you can make something mundane like a Fenton law office or Cincinnati drug store seem captivating. Actually finishing it is what I’m gonna put in as step one.