Pantheon creator. Create a custom pantheon of gods.
this is a neat little tool if you have an eclectic pantheon, you can make pillars that represent deities and customize them!

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Pantheon creator. Create a custom pantheon of gods.
this is a neat little tool if you have an eclectic pantheon, you can make pillars that represent deities and customize them!

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Writing With Folklore Blog Directory
Looking for something specific? Find every post I've made through these collections:
Characterization/Development
Plotting
Outlining
Worldbuilding
Theory
Misc. Writing Advice
Prompts
Folklore
NaNoWriMo
Inspiration
Think something is missing or want me to cover a topic I haven't yet? Let me know in my ask box (anonymous available)!
Writing Prompt #2333
Well, anything could happen in a dark castle with enough planning and creative choices.
Submitted via Google Form:
How can I have my world full of massive floating structures in the sky and keep it safe enough?
I'm thinking these structures would be at least 300m in diameter and have several buildings. Just a single disaster could be horrible if there's say 5000 people up there and just as many or even more people in buildings and streets on the ground.
Obviously, the fastest way to eliminate deaths would be to have these structures over the water or empty ground. But that's still so many people left on these structures itself.
Nobody is going to build these structures if it isn't safe. A single disaster could toss out the entire project of doing technology.
Anyway, disasters WILL happen because they do, but just how much is tolerable before it's deemed too unsafe? I suppose that could be part of plot but I'm not sure how that even works in real life? I don't know about safety thresholds in real life I can look at, especially when this is obviously sci-fi and I don't know where to search.
Finally, I am not sure how to design them. Could they be using anti grav technology? Maybe it's massive ships hovering in the air, either permanently staying still or set to land every now and then so people can travel without needing transport.
Tex: Suspending disbelief is a writing mechanism thatâs popular for a very good reason, and shorthanding technology and magic (which in some genres amounts to the same thing) can often help move the plot along better than examining every grain and molecule that makes up a world.
That said, every technology has had at least one disaster during its history. Planes, for example, had a brief period where they used square windows, which had disastrous effects on cabin pressure and kept crashing the plane - now we use rounded windows (Popular Mechanics). And yet, air travel via airplane numbers in the millions nearly every year (Statista).
âSafeâ is often a risk assessment measure used to judge whether something is worth doing. Itâs unrealistic to assume that a technology will never kill anyone, but historically the general assessment is to constantly improve and make sure any deaths or injuries are accidental and as close to flukes as possible.
I would look at the design of skyscrapers for reference, since they face the same dilemmas as your world, in terms of safety, intra-building transportation like elevators, and area allocation for number of people and utilities.
Ebonwing: Why do the people in your world want to build floating cities? The more pressing the reason, the more likely they are to tolerate safety issues. If living on the ground is for whatever reason extremely dangerous but floating cities are only somewhat dangerous, then people will be far more willing to accept the risks.Â
As for how you can construct them within your setting, both antigrav and building them on the back of airships work. I would recommend not getting stuck on this too much. Like Tex already said, suspension of disbelief is necessary for readers to engage with scifi or fantasy fiction and most people wonât question it if you say that this world has floating cities powered by antigrav, or whatever you end up going with, and leave it at that.
Wootzel: One factor you might want to throw in to make your floating structures safer is redundancy. Is it possible that thereâs more than one technology they can use for this? Are there the aerial equivalent of life boats? Even if you just use one technology to levitate your structures, having two independent systems powered independently could be a good way to make sure that if one goes down, it can still stay up⌠or at least float down slowly in a controlled way.Â
Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books  that I try to update regularlyÂ
UPDATE because apparently not everyone has seen this yet the new and improved version of this is a MEGA folder
I know thereâs so many more urgent things but if you like this resource you may consider buying me a ko-fi to keep this project alive
Reblogging myself to add that the difference between langblr and other language learning communities is that here I get thousands of notes and people telling me they desire me carnally (side note: please donât say this to a stranger)
And on other platforms it gets deleted because Piracy Bad :(
For the new year here is an FAQ
Is this still being updated? Yes, although currently sporadically because Iâm very busy with grad school.
Can you add X language? As long as you ask nicely and the language isnât already there Iâll try my best, although see above. Sometimes I donât find resources though but I try to keep a list and periodically check again.
Can I send you files to add to the folder? Yes, you can send me links to them or ask me for my email address.
The folder is empty? Is it the Google drive? In that case please try the MEGA folder instead. If itâs the MEGA folder please DM me so I can send you the link again.
It asks for an encryption key? I donât know why it does that sometimes but if this happens please DM me for the key.
I found a mistake in the folders? Thank you for telling me, I will try to fix it with the next update.
Do the ko-fi donations pay for the server costs? For legal reasons, no. I donât want me, you or ko-fi to get into trouble. I am paying the server costs out of pocket (49⏠a year) but the donations are used to balance out that fact by allowing me to acquire resources for the folder or for my daily life (Iâm a poor grad student lol), support linguistic diversity through charities. No one is required to donate and I hope that once I have a stable job I wonât need donations, but currently every little bit helps.
Isnât this piracy? Not if no one finds out so donât you dare narc on me.
âsexual commentâ I know this is meant as a compliment here but please donât say these things to strangers

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A Brief (Social) History of Time
Time is one of the many things that writers coming from a modern perspective have a terrible, terrible habit of taking granted when they attempt to write a premodern fantasy. Modern notions of the second, the minute, the hour, the day, the week, (the WEEKEND!), the month, often get copy-pasted into fantasy literature wholesale, and often the only sop to it being a non-earth setting is a hasty name-change.
(Like: Whoa shit, son! there canât be a January if this world doesnât have a Janus, so Iâll call it⌠uhm⌠Manuary. >_>)
As a fantasy writer, one of my preoccupations is how things might have developed differently. So obviously our current calendar, with its 28-to-31-day months, 7-day weeks, and 24-hour days is one way that it could have developed, as is proven by the fact that it did, but are there other ways it could have gone? We think of it as natural and self-evident because itâs what weâre used to, but might some other system work equally well? Or are there real, physical factors in play that would inevitably lead us back to the same calendar? Is there a reason for having 12 months? Is there a reason why weeks have seven days? Is there a reason to have weeks at all?
In short, how do you invent a time system that could have plausibly developed? Or should you just file the serial numbers off the Gregorian system and use that?
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IF YOU LOVE WRITING BUT DONâT HAVE THE INSPIRATION FOR A 10-PART BOOK SAGA YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE
ITâS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND CAN FOR INSTANCE GENERATE TOPICS AND FIRST LINES, CONTAINS LOADS OF EXERCISES AND YOU CAN FIND PLENTY OF WRITING TIPS.
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This is a really cool siteâŚ
What an awesome way to get started or recharge or play around or experiment orâŚOK itâs good for all the writing things :D
how to punctuate dialogue
(a general guide, dedicated to anon)
For the purposes of this description Iâm going to use the word Words to indicate whatever the character is saying and the word Attribution to refer to the dialogue tag (the bit where you write âshe saidâ). Further details and actual examples behind the cut.
1. dialogue followed by speaker
âWords,â attribution.
1a. quotation that is a question or an exclamation followed by speaker
âWords?â attribution.
âWords!â attribution.
The only difference from the above is changing the comma to a question mark or exclamation point.Â
2. speaker followed by dialogue
Attribution, âWords.âÂ
Attribution, âWords?âÂ
Attribution, âWords!â
3. dialogue with the speaker in the middle of the quote
âWords,â attribution, âwords.â
âWords,â attribution, âwords?â
âWords,â attribution, âwords!â
4. dialogue without attribution (the speaker is obvious and doesnât need to be named)
âWords.â
âWords?â
âWords!â
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Additional note:
For 3 and 5, these rules are accurate if the dialogue is a continuing sentence:
âI known itâs dangerous,â they fidgeted, âif all of us go.â
If the second piece of dialogue is a new sentence, then you use a period:
âI donât what you think youâre doing,â she snorted. âYouâve been an idiot from Day One.â
âI donât what you think youâre doing,â she snorted, âyouâve been an idiot from Day One.â
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Beware of comma splices (mashing two sentences together with a comma)! The best way to tell is to put the two phrases together and put periods after both. If it still makes sense, itâs probably a comma splice:
I donât what you think youâre doing. Youâve been an idiot from Day One. âď¸
I know itâs dangerous. If all of us go. âď¸
I know itâs dangerous if all of us go. âď¸
Sometimes youâll find authors who use comma splices for stylistic reasons (particularly in dialogue), but they do so carefully and rarely.
Best trick I ever picked up. Seriously.
Writing Prompt: Dialogue
âThis is a treacherous island where the native gods are restless and anything can happen.â

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Surnames are just as important as given names. So, I compiled a list of the websites I use to find my surnames.
English Surnames
Dutch Surnames
Spanish Surnames
Scottish Surnames
German Surnames
Italian Surnames
Irish Surnames
French Surnames
Scandinavian Surnames
Welsh Surnames
Jewish Surnames
Surnames By Ethnicity
Most Common Surnames in the USA
Most Common Surnames in Great Britan
Most Common Surnames in Asia
For whoever needs these.
I NEED THE ITALIAN LAST NAMES SO BAD
We are like fireworksâŚ: Surnames Master Post.
Chinese surnames
Indian surnames
Indonesian surnames
Pakistani surnames
Bengali surnames
Japanese surnames
Filipino surnames
Korean surnames
Syrian surnames
Mongolian naming and clan names
Thai surnames
Asia is not a single country.
Fanfic authors: READ THE WHOLE FUCKING PAGE
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN AS A WRITER. I SAY THIS AS A READER AND A PROFESSIONAL GENRE EDITOR.
What if instead of editing â and hear me out on this one â I lay facedown on the floor and do nothing
I want to be like one of those authors from the 1900s who would get high on cocaine then write a book that barely made any fucking sense and just publish the first draft. Why did we stop doing that
I kinda thought that this was the point of the âno beta we die like men tagâ
Random Aesthetic Prompts
Diner coffee, sneakers against tiles, buzzing of a neon open sign, and red booth seats.
The feeling that something isnât quite right, red glinted eyes, long claws tapping at the window, and the sound of chains dragging across the floor.
Leather jackets, band shirts, a roaring campfire, pitched tents, and a smooth singing voice.
Sitting in an empty room, confetti litters the floor, a birthday cake went untouched, and the sun slowly starting to set.
A dark theatre, ghostly apparitions flitting through the seats, the curtains rising, and a haunting violin melody.
Shimmering stained glass, the scent of vanilla from a lit candle, the sound of creaking wood being walked on, and shifting curtains.
Lanterns strung from branches, a large crowd flitting about, the smell of food drifting from stalls, and the sun setting after an eventful day.
Water drops on paved roads, colorful buildings under dark clouds, bright umbrellas bobbing along the street, and the smell of soon-to-bloom flowers.
Free Resource Library for Fiction Writers - New Stuff!
Hey all, I added a new download to the Free Resource Library today!! Itâs a world building checklist. If youâre already a subscriber, you can login to download it. If youâre not a subscriber, you can get access to the Free Resource Library right here.
Also, Iâll be sending out an email to current subscribers with the new download so if you canât find your login details, donât worry, youâll be hearing from me soon! :)
Free Resource Library downloads:
Creating Character Arcs Workbook
Point of View Cheatsheet
Dialogue Checklist
Setting Checklist
Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Editor Printable Checklist
Proper Manuscript Format Printable Checklist
Short Story & Novel Submission Templates
World Building Checklist
Get access to the Free Resource Library right here.
Hope this helps!
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The Literary Architect is a writing advice blog run by me, Bucket Siler. For more writing help, check out The Complete Guide to Self-Editing for Fiction Writers. xoxo

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Language Learning Reference
I have a few favorite resources for beginning language learning online, and since I got a lot of asks about where to learn ____, I thought Iâd organize languages to show where they are offered! This is not a comprehensive list by any means, but just what I consider a few of the great places to start. (These are all marked for learners who speak and will learn from English.)Â
Most of these resources are free or have free versions with the exception of Pimsleur, Falou, and LingQ (which all offer free trials).Â
Most of these resources have both mobile and desktop versions.Â
Iâve only included resources that are high quality, offer 10+ languages, and which I have enough experience with to be confident in recommending.
No resources that serve only as dictionaries or phrasebooks - only resources that have lesson-like learning structures.
There are 80+ languages on the list! :D Lots of variety for those who might feel like Spanish and French are their only options.
(For Memrise, only official lessons are listed - unofficial lessons vary in quality and accuracy.)
Afrikaans - Clozemaster, LingoHutÂ
Ainu - Drops
How to enjoy writing more
Iâve seen, shared, and created plenty of posts about how to make your writing better, but Iâve decided, fuck that. It is 2020 and everything feels like crap and hereâs a guide for how to enjoy your own writing more.
(Obviously! Like everything! Not all of these will work for everyone! These are just reminders for people who feel they could be a little sillier in their writing!)
1. Write at your own pace! It seems simple but deadlines that you canât reach wonât help you. (And donât force yourself to do Nano when itâs not your style.)
2. Write fanfic! All types of fanfic! Shitty OCs, OOC interpretations of characters, self inserts, etc etc etc. Write it without the intention of posting anywhere.
3. Write fanfic⌠of your own stories. Canon is a construct but that soulmates AU is real if only you write it.
4. Mercilessly switch between WIPs! Abandon them whenever you get bored! Write only the most interesting scenes!
5. Write without a plot! You donât need to have conflict to have fun.
6. Fuck plot continuity. Write the scenes that make you happy. If they donât line up? Who gives a shit.
7. If you read something you wrote and itâs not finished, donât feel guilty. Just. Donât. Your stories donât deserve finishing; they provided you happiness as you wrote them, and thatâs whatâs important. (Itâs the process, not the product.)
8. If you write something thatâs sad, make it cathartic instead of depressing. Angst is great and all, but donât stack sad scene upon sad scene for the sake of sadness.
9. Fuck genre. Itâs okay if you arenât sure whether your story is sci-fi or fantasy, itâs okay if you include random paranormal aspects in your historical romance, itâs GREAT if you blur the line between realistic and speculative. Donât trap yourself in history which has been built upon marketability.
10. Write like no oneâs ever gonna read it. It will help you in the long run. It doesnât matter if it slows your âobjectiveâ improvement, it will help you feel less dependent on validation from others and make you write becauseâand only becauseâyou want to write.