How To Create Your Own Religion In 10 Easy Steps - or - What's the point of living if you can't create your own God? Aside from my delusions of grandeur (and how much grander can they get than God-creation?) the main reason I'm doing this is so that I can have a God I can use without offending anyone while I'm writing here on www.aPath.org . And it's fun. While I originally wrote this for the above reason, it turned out to be a bit more comprehensive and insightful that I had anticipated. A properly created religion can give you personal control influence guidance over the wallets minds hearts of those who feel that being a Free-Thinking Individual is way too much work. Here we provide you with our simple format to take you through the basic steps, from creating your own Gods and Goddesses to creating a simple yet ambiguous framework for your followers to try to conform to. Here's how simple God-creation can be: 1) Create a God. In our example we will create "The Great God Lardicus". 5) Make it ambiguous. 7) Make cool symbols. Wow!
Ten rules for writing fiction Elmore Leonard: Using adverbs is a mortal sin 1 Never open a book with weather. If it's only to create atmosphere, and not a character's reaction to the weather, you don't want to go on too long. 2 Avoid prologues: they can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword. 3 Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue. 4 Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said" ... he admonished gravely. 5 Keep your exclamation points under control. 6 Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose". 7 Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly. 8 Avoid detailed descriptions of characters, which Steinbeck covered. 9 Don't go into great detail describing places and things, unless you're Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. 10 Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip. My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: if it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Diana Athill Margaret Atwood 3 Take something to write on.
Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers Unsorted [/writers] James Patrick Kelly - Murder Your Darlings - "When time comes to make that final revision, however, you must harden your heart, sharpen the ax and murder your darlings." Greda Vaso - Determining the Readability of a Book - includes formulas for Gunning's Fog Index, Flesch Formula, Powers Sumner Kearl L. Kip Wheeler - Literary Terms and Definitions L. Style - Grammar - Errors in English [/writers]American Heritage - Book of English Usage - free download Band-Aid AP StylebookPaul Brians - Common Errors in EnglishCJ Cherryh - Writerisms and other Sins The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ Gary N.
Write a Book : 10 ridiculously simple steps | Jamie Smartkins Do you want to be a successful author/writer ? If the answer is yes, then I hope you will be benefitted from this post.Before getting recognition and fame, you need to be great writer and before you write something, you need to be a great thinker, ie you have to plan what you will write on paper. Publishing is the last hurdle which a novice author should not focus on. Every authors’ dream is to get publishing contract by big publishing companies. #1 Write a best selling content Everyone wants to be best selling author but never focus on the content . #2 Know your genre Not everyone is expert in all genres. #3 Planning Planning is very necessary before you write a book. #4 Title This is probably one of the biggest criteria to start your writing. #5 Plotline The most important thing in writing a book is plotline. #6 Define your characters #7 Write one chapter daily #8 Prepare a list of idiomatic phrases This is an important part which most authors forget to pen down. #9 Hook words #10 End part
On Writing Fiction | WritersDigest.com On Writing Fiction Rethinking Conventional Wisdom About the Craft by David Jauss Writer’s Digest Books, 2011 ISBN: 978-159963-262-9 $14.99, paperback, 256 pages Read an excerpt Author David Jauss discusses what writers mean by "flow" in this excerpt from On Writing Fiction. About the book The pieces of a satisfying novel or story seem to fit together so effortlessly, so seamlessly, that it’s easy to find yourself wondering, “How on earth did the author do this?” In On Writing Fiction, award-winning author and respected creative writing professor David Jauss offers practical information and advice that will help you make smart creative and technical decisions about such topics as: • Writing prose with syntax and rhythm to create a “soundtrack” for the narrative • Choosing the right point of view to create the appropriate degree of “distance” between your characters and the reader • Harnessing the power of contradiction in the creative process You might also like:
Tips For Writers, From Writers Ernest Hemingway--winner of the Nobel Prize in 1954--advices that each day's work should only be interrupted when one knows where to begin again the next day. This helps the writer avoid the morning agony of facing the blank page. (From "Gabriel Garcia Marquez Meets Ernest Hemingway"). Hemingway--knicknamed Papa--offers more invaluable writing tips in a rare interview he did with George Plimpton, original editor of "The Paris Review", the magazine credited with inventing the modern literary interview. Interviewer: How much rewriting do you do? Hemingway: It depends, I re-wrote the ending to "Farewell to Arms", the last page of it, thrirty-nine times before I was satisfied. Interviewer: Was there some technical problem there? Hemingway: Getting the words right. Interviewer: Who would you say are your literary forebears, those you have learned the most from? Interviewer: Does the title come to you while you're in the process of doing the story? (The image was taken from here).
reference for writers - Drug Addict Characters Information Using Primary Sources on the Web | Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) This brief guide is designed to help students and researchers find and evaluate primary sources available online. Keep in mind as you use this website, the Web is always changing and evolving. If you have questions, please consult your instructor or librarian. Primary sources are the evidence of history, original records or objects created by participants or observers at the time historical events occurred or even well after events, as in memoirs and oral histories. Primary sources may include but are not limited to: letters, manuscripts, diaries, journals, newspapers, maps, speeches, interviews, documents produced by government agencies, photographs, audio or video recordings, born-digital items (e.g. emails), research data, and objects or artifacts (such as works of art or ancient roads, buildings, tools, and weapons). These sources serve as the raw materials historians use to interpret and analyze the past. Additional Explanations and Examples of Primary Sources Benjamin, Jules R.
Worldbuilding: Fantasy Religion Design Guide by Joe Wetzel (joewetzel at gmail dot com) [If you like this article, check out the other Worldbuilding articles on this website using the sidebar navigation.] Depending on your campaign setting idea, in the early stages you may only need a bare minimum of details about your religion. In cases like these make sure you flesh out any particular deities you need (for example if a character is a Cleric or Paladin describe that god in at least bullet points and note any needed game statistics or mechanics such as the god’s domains) and build up the religion later when it is needed or when you have an intriguing idea. But if religion, gods, or a pantheon is a key aspect of your campaign setting idea, you’ll want to work it up in detail early during your fantasy world’s development. Creating a fantasy religion can be as long and detailed task as you want. Religion can provide another venue for conflict and drama in your game world. Multiple Religions? Universal: The world has one religion.
Mythical Creatures List, Mythical Creatures A-Z Writing Prompts 101 By Simon Kewin Even if you are not a professional writer you probably already heard about writing prompts. They represent a very effective tool for any writing project, so it’s a good idea to know how to use them. What Is A Writing Prompt? If you’re a fiction writer, you may want to consider using writing prompts to kick-start your creativity. You may just come up with rough, disjointed notes or you may end up with something more polished and complete, a scene or even a complete story. Here are four good reasons for writing to prompts : Sometimes it’s hard to start writing when faced with a blank page. Examples of Writing Prompts The following are twenty writing prompts that you could use to spark your imagination. It was the first snowfall of the year. Where To Find Writing Prompts Online The internet is a wonderful source of writing prompts. There are also numerous blogs that offer a regular writing prompt to inspire you and where you can, if you wish, post what you’ve written.
Fantasy Writing Prompts | L.B. Gale One of the best things that writers can do to exercise their mental and creative muscles is to play around with writing prompts. I don’t often see prompts that are focused on fantasy (or speculative fiction), so I thought that this would be a good place to try it out. Not that the below ideas can’t be applied to any writing genre, but I’ve written them with fantasy in mind. What I’m going to use here is a method that I’ve seen done during my time as an educator, which is to use movie trailers as the basis for the writing prompt. I love movie trailers. As commercial products, their job is to manipulate you with high energy, high comedy, and high drama in small bursts of creativity. Fantasy Writing Prompt #1: Trailer Visuals First let me begin by explaining what this writing prompt is not. Story Idea #1: Let’s go with a Science-Fiction route. Story Idea #2: Let’s go more fairy tale. I can go on and on with this one frame, or I can skip around and try another. Watch this trailer:
World Building 101 World Building 101 by Lee Masterson You are the ultimate creator of your fictional world. No matter where or when your story is set, regardless of what events unfold, and despite the characters you introduce to your readers, they are all products of your unique imagination. "But I write romance set in the present time," I hear you cry. It doesn't matter whether your story is set in 16th century Middle Europe, or the 28th century Altarian star-system, your story still belongs in a world created entirely by you. The good news is you still get your chance to put on your megalomaniac's hat and play God! Regardless of where (or when) your story is set, YOU have decided your characters' destinies for them. But there's a whole lot more to world-building than simply creating a nice backdrop for your characters to parade against. In short, the fictional world your characters live in must seem plausible to your readers. Ask yourself these things about your characters and your story: -