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i have three wip ideas rn. they are completely unplanned i can tell you only a very brief synopsis of each story and i'm just trying to figure out what i should start working on rn (aka give me validation so i feel motivated to Do something)

1: fun low-fantasy road trip story of a culinary student at [insert magical academy] trying to create an ethically sourced cookbook of different provinces in her kingdom. she convinces a couple of her friends and her brother to come with her on this summer trip and make a vacation out of it. lots of time to focus on found family dynamics and the relationships between the characters, esp with her and her brother and how their relationship is affected by their mother. along the way they meet a hitchhiker and agree to help her - turns out she's a political refugee and they are unwittingly instigating the fall of the kingdom as they know it (not really a whole lot of focus on the actual destruction of the kingdom or whatever, i'm much more interested in the political discussions and how it impacts our characters as opposed to the nation as a whole) 2: Stories about different women in a lineage (loosely based on my family) and about how my mother’s tragedy is that she did not allow herself to be any of them. The idea of learning from your elders and their mistakes was passed down so seriously to my mother that while her siblings went and lived the lives they wanted, she sat quietly and passively allowed life to live her. She claims now that she has everything she’s ever wanted, but her life still feels passive. Enter the daughter; I tried to emulate my mother but turned out more like her rebellious sister, and she and I both try to come to terms with the fact that our lives are forever intertwined and shaped by each other. It’s okay that neither of us are who we thought we would be. 3: a woman is shipwrecked due to a malfunctioning lighthouse and is saved by a young girl who claims to live there. they strike up a friendship (the girl is much too young to have operated the lighthouse, so the woman can't really blame her for the shipwreck). more found family, definitely a more quiet and reflective story, but i intend to throw some magical elements into it - one day the girl disappears and the woman is still stuck on the island, unsure of what to do or if the girl was ever there at all

i made this at 1:30 am last night and didn’t proofread anything so this is probably incoherent <3 anyways, have a wip (re)intro, as a treat

“proper” intro to come

transcription below the cut, PLEASE let me know if there’s anything i need to fix

I hit 100 followers! (not a lot but it still means a lot to me) So, I went ahead and made this ask game for my fellow writeblrs!

Rules:

If you reblog it, you gotta ask that person you reblogged it from a question (that way everyone will at least get 1 ask).

For every ask you get, you have to WORK ON YOUR WIP and write at least 3 sentences (ok this is mostly for me so pls send me asks)

Adventure - What’s one character trait that one of your oc’s has that would annoy ppl in real life?

Crime - What’s one trope/genre you feel like you don’t write well, and why?

Classic literature- If you could sit down and have lunch with any author, past or present, who would it be?

Contemporary- What’s one trait that one of your oc’s has that ppl in real life would admire/ envy?

Comedy- What’s a trope/ theme you absolutely have to have in all your wips?

Fantasy- If your oc’s had a catch phrase, what would it be?

Historical fiction- What kind of writer do you want to be known as?

Thriller - Which one of your oc’s is most likely to commit a crime?

Mystery - What would be the most likely cause of your disappearance at the height of your writing career? (Think Agatha Christie type of deal)

Science fiction - What scenes in your wip required some more brain power than the others?

Horror - Describe an irrational fear that one of your oc’s has.

Romance - List 5 songs in the order they would appear if your wip had a soundtrack.

Paranormal - If your oc’s found out their house was haunted, how would they react?

Short stories - Give some fun tidbits on the oc(s) of your choice!

Suspense - Give some fun tidbits about your wip in general!

Historical - Why did you start writing?

Memoirs - Do any of your oc’s have a secret talent?

Poetry - What are your oc’s favorite music to listen to? Do they have a hobby?

True crime - What are some of your favorite authors?

Dystopian - Do you have any guilty pleasure reads/ authors?

Non- fiction- How far are into your wip are you, and how long do you expect it to be?

Self help -If you could, what advice would you give yourself as a young writer?

Autobiographies - what’s a fun fact about you?

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Without Muslims you wouldn’t have:

Coffee

Cameras

Experimental Physics

Chess

Soap

Shampoo

Perfume/spirits

Irrigation

Crank-shaft, internal combustion engine, valves, pistons

Combination locks

Architectural innovation (pointed arch -European Gothic cathedrals adopted this technique as it made the building much stronger, rose windows, dome buildings, round towers, etc.)

Surgical instruments

Anesthesia

Windmill

Treatment of Cowpox

Fountain pen

Numbering system

Algebra/Trigonometry

Modern Cryptology

3 course meal (soup, meat/fish, fruit/nuts)

Crystal glasses

Carpets

Checks

Gardens used for beauty and meditation instead of for herbs and kitchen.

University

Optics

Music

Toothbrush

Hospitals

Bathing

Quilting

Mariner’s Compass

Soft drinks

Pendulum

Braille

Cosmetics

Plastic surgery

Calligraphy

Manufacturing of paper and cloth

It was a Muslim who realized that light ENTERS our eyes, unlike the Greeks who thought we EMITTED rays, and so invented a camera from this discovery.

It was a Muslim who first tried to FLY in 852, even though it is the Wright Brothers who have taken the credit.

It was a Muslim by the name of Jabir ibn Hayyan who was known as the founder of modern Chemistry. He transformed alchemy into chemistry. He invented: distillation, purification, oxidation, evaporation, and filtration. He also discovered sulfuric and nitric acid.

It is a Muslim, by the name of Al-Jazari who is known as the father of robotics.

It was a Muslim who was the architect for Henry V’s castle.

It was a Muslim who invented hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes, a technique still used today.

It was a Muslim who actually discovered inoculation, not Jenner and Pasteur to treat cowpox. The West just brought it over from Turkey

It was Muslims who contributed much to mathematics like Algebra and Trigonometry, which was imported over to Europe 300 years later to Fibonnaci and the rest.

It was Muslims who discovered that the Earth was round 500 years before Galileo did.

The list goes on………..

Just imagine a world without Muslims. Now I think you probably meant, JUST IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT TERRORISTS. And then I would agree, the world would definitely be a better place without those pieces of filth. But to hold a whole group responsible for the actions of a few is ignorant and racist. No one would ever expect Christians or White people to be held responsible for the acts of Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma bombing) or Anders Breivik (Norway killing), or the gun man that shot Congresswoman Giffords in head, wounded 12 and killed 6 people, and rightly so because they had nothing to do with those incidents! Just like the rest of the 1.5 billion Muslims have nothing to do with this incident!

Sources:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-islamic-inventors-changed-the-world-469452.html

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-01-29/world/muslim.inventions_1_hassani-inventions-muslim?_s=PM:WORLD