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You Forgot The Language You Accidentally Started Writing

You forgot the language you accidentally started writing

Problems only writers understand

Having very chaotic notes on your phone

Having secret files that you will NEVER let anyone ever see

WHAT THAT WORD THAT MEANS THAT THING????

Why cant I think of a name?

Writing 10k words in a day then never again

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2 years ago

DID SOMEONE SAY Sir James William Hudson Honorborn?

How to write charming characters

With both positive and negative aspects to their personalities, charming characters can be difficult to write convincingly.

Whether you're writing a romantic love interest or a compelling con man, here are some examples for giving your charming characters depth.

How do they behave?

Attentive listeners: they pay close attention to people around them

Take pride in their appearance

Are happy to share personal space

Speak with a strong voice and an energetic tone

Are often hospitable and give off an air of welcome

Always give the impression that they are happy to see you

Demonstrate empathy

How do they interact?

Have a firm handshake and make strong eye contact

Are often encouraging

Compliment freely

Use humour to create a fun atmosphere

Communicate physically (through touch and gesture)

Make a point of using a person's name

Initiate conversations

Describe their body language

Have a relaxed stance with a straight and confident posture

Inclusive and attentive

Mirroring: they will mirror the body language of the person they are interacting with

Will lean forward to show attention

Lightly touch to create connection

A slight head tilt to show interest

Rarely cross their arms or legs

Maintain eye contact

Describe their attitude

Carefree

Good sense of humour

Friendly and playful

Self-aware

Opinionated and confident

Exhude an impression of honesty

Good intuition

Highly social

Polite and respectful

Eager to please

Potentially manipulative

The positive aspects of charm

Charming characters put people at ease, praise them freely, and boost their confidence. They make friends easily, talk their way to favourable resolutions, and are often the centre of attention.

They have impeccable grooming, conveying trustworthiness and concern for others, leading to a sense that they have your best interests at heart.

The negative aspects of charm

A charming character can manipulate others for personal gain. They can be overbearing, exerting their will on less confident individuals.

Their charm often draws focus, making others feel inferior, making them perfect for a protagonist to exhibit personal growth, or for a villain that a reader will fall in love with.

2 years ago

Due to a series of “unfortunate” accidents, everyone in the city believes you are the secret identity of an up and coming supervillain. In truth you are a retired supervillain who faked their death years ago and now this upstart is going to get a taste of what true supervillainy looks like.

2 years ago

Ahem, *smacks lips*

Yoink!

Feelings Wheel

Feelings Wheel

This is the feelings wheel by Geoffrey Roberts, shown to me by my therapist. My initial thought was, "what amazing synonyms to use for diverse emotional vocabulary!"

More than that, this wheel is great for understanding your characters inner motivations and reactions to situations. For example, if a character constantly feels helpless, then their overarching characteristics will be that they are fearful.

Characters who are less emotionally aware may use words and act in the inner most circle. Those much more aware of their emotions may describe themselves or express and use words from the outer most circle.

Hopefully you guys find this as helpful as I did! Let me know down in the comments.

Happy Writing!

2 years ago

Alterra Update!

I’m feeling kind of out of it today, so here’s just some random city data copy-pasted from one of my many world building lists. Most of them don’t have any information about them, but I’ll go more in depth in a future update.

The 5 cities of unity;

-Dawncrest (Novélia)

-Aguefort (Corkus)

-Cinfras (Kio)

-Helioa (Rings of Troms)

-Hylinn (Runa)

Other cities;

-Hytolra (Elven):

-Vreedon City (Human): Capital to the province of Vreedon

-Vreeport (mixed): Home to the second largest legal port in Alterra.

-Thetville (Human):

-Niseton (mixed): Small village near Thetville

-Outerton (Human): A self governing large town, and third largest bounty hunting town after the fall of Blackwood.

-Blackwood (destroyed, former bounty hunting capital)

-Olmic (Dwarven): World’s largest producer of steel, steel alloys, and silver.

-The Multitree (High-Elven): Home to the High Elves, all visits must be scheduled and approved beforehand.

-Tal Aln’ir (Elven)

-Nae’lar (Elven)

-Helmsgate (Dwarven): Dwarven Capital of Corkus, and the blacksmith capital of Alterra.

-Rymek (mixed, Dwarven / Golemic): A dwarven made city where Golems can live safely outside of Unity Cities. Also the highest educated non-capital city in Alterra.

-Arca’nir (Elven)

-Argoth (mixed, Dwarven / Orken / Human): Main port of Corkus.

-Y’ fae (Elven)

-Angia (Elven)

-Koerra (Elven)

-Nae’orr (Elven)

-Bankwood (Human): Second largest bounty hunting city in Alterra.

-Nae’a (Elven)

-Tal Helia (Elven)

-Val T’orin (Elven)

-Arca’fae (Elven)

-Ori (Elven)

-Kangdor (Human):

-Ru’ina (Elven)

-Arca’nir (Elven)

-Tal’lynn (Elven)

-Arca’lynn (Elven)

-Arca’rö (Elven)

-Helguard (Dwarven): A military city built beside the largest HellHole on Alterra. Soldiers trained here are some of the best in the world, and often travel abroad hunting monsters and preventing demons from coming to the surface.

-Bankside (mixed)

-Sowick (Human)

-Setwick (Golemic)

-Tort (mixed): Capital of The Rings of Troms, and home to the largest port in the world. It’s so large, it connects to the port of the Unity City Hilioa. The lush jungle provides Tort with vast amounts of exotic fruit and spices, and is responsible for exporting over 90% of the world’s spices. The vast amount of life also makes it a very attractive destination for those learning magic.

-Anri (Arcanic): A magic city located in the only desert left on the planet, besides the Warlock Wastes. The desert’s strange magical properties and relation to Dragon’s Peak make this the best place in the world to study the arcane. Any rumors saying that Anri is working together with The Lord’s Wastelands are unconfirmed.

-Death’s Gate (mixed, Human / Orken): New bounty hunting capital of Alterra, and closest town to the Lord’s Wastelands.

-Tell (pirate town)

Continents;

-Novélia

-Corkus

-Troms

-Nesaak

-Kio

-Runa:

-Frowynn

-Hylinn Isles

-N.O.V.A. Territory

Mountains;

-Split peaks

-Dragon’s Peak

-Vualt mountain

-Durok mountain

-Mount Feln

-Mount Buro

-Twin Peaks

-Mount Brimstone

-Spikecaps

Dwarven mines;

-Mt. Vualt mines

-Mt. Durok mines

-Mt. Feln mines

-Mt. Buro mines

-Mt. Brimstone mines

Points of Interest;

-The Lord’s Wastelands:

-Warlock Wastes

-The Droughted

-The HellHoles


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2 years ago

Persephone’s garden.

Turns out there is a ‘special place in hell’. But it’s not for the worst: it’s for good souls so utterly convinced they’re hellbound, so they can 'repent’ and accept they are indeed good people.


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