Schlagwort: writing reference

Myths, Creatures, and Folklore

redadhdventures:

thewritingcafe:

thewritingcafe:

Want to create a religion for your fictional world? Here are some references and resources!

General:

Africa:

The Americas:

Asia:

Europe:

Middle East:

Oceania:

Creating a Fantasy Religion:

Some superstitions:

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Here, I have some more:

Africa:

The Americas:

Asia:

Europe:

Oceanic:

General:

Reblogging because wow. What a resource.

kittyelite03:

mjaydesw:

forficwritersbyficwriters:

amandaonwriting:

Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language

We are always told to use body language in our writing. Sometimes, it’s easier said than written. I decided to create these cheat sheets to help you show a character’s state of mind. Obviously, a character may exhibit a number of these behaviours. For example, he may be shocked and angry, or shocked and happy. Use these combinations as needed.

by Amanda Patterson

You guys, this is such a great chart especially for budding writers. Sometimes it’s more effective to show a character being bored or excited or shocked without explicitly saying so.

Yeess

Useful X3

Victorian Language of Flowers – Floriography

vastderp:

rainbowbarnacle:

tea-and-conspiracy:

gwenneth-in-wonderland:

hasty-touch:

mythrilreflections:

Behold! The grand chart for flower language compiled by @hasty-touch & @halonic. After being introduced to it, a number of folks have taken to using bouquets, delivered within Ishgard (and perhaps without) to convey messages.
Can confirm that House Pepin delivers discretely and provides excellent service.

:3 This is just a thing I compiled from loads of PDFs and stuff because I was going batty from flipping between 20 different browser tabs.

Since it’s publicly viewable now I may work on neatening it some over the next few weeks!

Once upon a time @hasty-touch and I somehow ended up screeching “FLORIOGRAPHY???” at one another, and then weeks later he and @halonic made this gem happen, and suddenly the sea of books and browser tabs parted, and I was at peace.

I never close this spreadsheet.  It is my home.  We are one.

(( Signal boosting because these are the most thorough nerds I’ve ever seen and this list is wonderful.I’ve referenced it countless times already! ))

HAPPY BIRTHDAYMAS TOOOO MEEEEEEE

Omg

Victorian Language of Flowers – Floriography

tahjan:

SOURCE. – I’m just posting it here as an aid and taking no credit.

Galactic Standard Time Measurement

  • 60 Seconds = 1 minute
  • 60 minutes = 1 hour
  • 24 hours = 1 day

Galactic Standard Calendar

  • 5 days = 1 week
  • 7 weeks = 1 month
  • 35 days = 1 month
  • 368 days = 1 year
  • 10 months + 3 Fete (Festival) weeks + 3 holidays = 1 year

Fete/Festival Weeks

  • New Year Fete Week = first five days of the new year (takes place before the first month)
  • Festival of Life =  five days between the sixth and seventh months. It was marked by parties, get-togethers, and gift-giving.
  • Festival of Stars =five days between the ninth and tenth months of the year that celebrates interstellar space travel. It was marked by vacations to other worlds most often.

Days of the Week

  • Primeday (first day of the week)
  • Centaxday (second day)
  • Taungsday (third day)
  • Zheliday (fourth day)
  • Benduday (fifth/last day of the week)

The Galactic Standard Calendar is based on the

luno-solar calendar of Coruscant (from before the official founding of the Empire). It is the ‘standard’ in both the Republic and the Empire for basic measurements. However, there are many, many variations for various species, planets, etc. This is just the ‘standard’ used; similar to measurements of weight, etc. 

Basically, this is not the ‘only calendar’ but the one used most often by governments, the military, etc. to be the ‘standard’. I thought it might be useful for people writing or roleplaying in the Star Wars galaxies to have a rough idea.

NOTE: There is mention in some sources of a 12 month/368 day calendar, but it doesn’t mention length of weeks, months, etc. other than ‘30-31 days’ so basically seems to be a ‘real life calendar’. I’m not 100% sure which is considered ‘canon’ so I choose to list the one that was a bit more ‘different’ for fun.

SOURCES
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Galactic_Standard_Calendar
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fete_Week
http://swtor.wikia.com/wiki/Galactic_Standard_Calendar
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/63474-resourse-galactic-standard-calendar/

Writing a character who becomes severely malnourished/dehydrated/sleep-deprived?

shakespork:

Here’s what you’ll need to know!
Learn all about the wonders of the human body and add scientifically-accurate drama to your stories.

MALNOURISHMENT

  • DEATH: average – 21 days (3 weeks), max ever recorded – 70 days (2.3 months)
  • 6 HOURS: grouchiness and hunger due to lack of glucose.
  • 24 HOURS – 48 HOURS: hunger very apparent; pains in stomach; body has entered ketosis and is using fatty acids as energy.
  • 72 HOURS+: muscles begin to get broken down for energy.
  • You will become: increasingly depressed, irritable, hysteric apathetic; decline in concentration, comprehension and judgement; social isolation and withdrawal; possible self-harm.
  • If your character doesn’t eat for 5 consecutive days, they are at risk of Refeeding Syndrome. This is extremely dangerous and can be fatal.

recommended reading:

DEHYDRATION

  • DEATH: average 3 days; some live 8 – 10 days
  • for the calculations: TWV = total water volume in body; average adult loses 2.5 litres of water per day.
  • Assuming that your character does not eat, drink or absorb any moisture.
  • 9 HOURS/2% TWV: thirst, discomfort, dry skin, loss of appetite; 50% loss of performance for athletes; elevated body temperature, rapid heartbeat, fatigue, dizziness when standing, decreased fluid secretion (sweat, urination, tears, etc).
  • 24 HOURS/6% TWV: sleepiness, severe headaches, nausea, tingling in limbs.
  • 36 – 72 HOURS/ 6 – 15% TWV: no urination, seizures, muscle spasms, shriveled skin, fainting, vision dimming, delirium.
  • 72 HOURS+/15% TWV+: Organ failure.

recommended reading:

SLEEP DEPRIVATION

  • DEATH: not known, but can stay awake for 11 days; max chronic sleep deprivation ever recorded (until death) – 6 months.
  • NOTE: This does not mean you can stay awake for 6 months. It means you can survive that long with chronic sleep deprivation – going days without sleep and then sleeping once or twice.
  • 24 HOURS: mental ability impairment of someone who has blood-alcohol content of 0.10%; everything is worse – emotional control, memory, attention, decision-making, hand-eye coordination.
  • 36 HOURS: hormonal spikes everywhere; losing time; lack of motivation; head buzzing like you’re dehydrated.
  • 48 HOURS: microsleep, regardless of what you’re doing (you fall asleep for 1-30 seconds and then become disorientated);
  • 72 HOURS+: say goodbye to higher mental processes like decision-making and planning. Also, say good bye to saying goodbye because even simple conversations are hard.
  • 80 HOURS+: … and hello, hallucinations!

recommended reading:

ages (and fun extras) of rogue one characters according to the visual guide (some spoilers)

flarechaser:

  • Jyn – 21
    • 8 when Krennic kills her mom and kidnaps her dad
    • had some great toys as a kid like im super jealous
  • Cassian – 26
    • his family died in the clone wars
    • was not quite a separatist but almost
      • basically the bottle kids from trailer park boys, he threw bottles and rocks at clones etc
      • was pretty much an anarchy punk kid until the rebellion recruited him
    • held the Fulcrum title for a time, but only in one sector
  • Bodhi – 25
    • a Jedha native! so he got to watch part of his planet blow up
    • and got to see the empire strip his planet of all its resources
    • probably took the job with the empire because his family was starving
    • gambler, specifically gambled as a coping mechanism
    • it specifically says he doesn’t take good care of his uniform, probably as part of passive resistance
  • Baze – 53
    • built and modded his weapons
    • guardians aren’t supposed to have long hair
    • doesn’t really see the difference between Saw and Mothma’s rebels
      • as long as everyone is shooting at the empire he literally does not care
    • has apparently been off world, not sure where
    • really, really hates the empire
      • like really, wow
    • loves chirrut so much like whoa
  • Chirrut – 52
    • loves baze so much like whoa
    • might be implied he wasn’t always blind
    • built his light bow
    • he has an echo box that probably helps him figure out movement/landscape
    • the staff has a kyber shard in it for the same purpose
    • the guardians apparently used the starbird symbol first, and he has a pretty sweet necklace of it
    • guardians “do not emphasize the discord between lightness and darkness”
      • my bro my dude what were you doing 20 years ago
      • do you think you could do a mentoring program or something with a Troubled Young Jedi
        • And maybe save the galaxy by just like
          • letting this kid know there are other options
  • K-2SO – 12
    • (what are you like 12)
    • Cassian did most of the work reformatting him
  • Saw – ????
    • literally it just says unknown
    • dying of like everything
      • geonosian pesticides??? he had to get his lungs like replaced but the shit is still in his system
      • he’s been picking up clues about the death star and following its trail for years
    • literally no one listened to him he was right all along he knew something was going down and people are like lol that’s ridiculous
      • not being taken seriously contributed to his paranoia and increasingly desperate actions
  • Galen – 55
  • Lyra – 34 at time of death
    • fun fact she was a geologist
    • she figured out Krennic was bad news
      • convinced the fam to leave coruscant
      • basically saved everyone because galen was too deep in his work to notice shit was going down
  • Krennic – 51
    • fought in the clone wars
  • General Merrick, that Coran looking blue leader – 46
    • fought in the clone wars
  • General Draven, Cassian’s CO – 45
    • fought in the clone wars, never met a jedi
  • Admiral Raddus – 65
  • Mon Mothma – 46

thejovianmute:

rage-quitter:

I was getting pretty fed up with links and generators with very general and overused weapons and superpowers and what have you for characters so:

Here is a page for premodern weapons, broken down into a ton of subcategories, with the weapon’s region of origin. 

Here is a page of medieval weapons.

Here is a page of just about every conceived superpower.

Here is a page for legendary creatures and their regions of origin.

Here are some gemstones.

Here is a bunch of Greek legends, including monsters, gods, nymphs, heroes, and so on. 

Here is a website with a ton of (legally attained, don’t worry) information about the black market.

Here is a website with information about forensic science and cases of death. Discretion advised. 

Here is every religion in the world. 

Here is every language in the world.

Here are methods of torture. Discretion advised.

Here are descriptions of the various methods used for the death penalty. Discretion advised.

Here are poisonous plants.

Here are plants in general.

Feel free to add more to this!

An exceedingly useful list of lists for writers.