Deep Worldbuild Project:
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So, on Tuesday (I apologize for this being a few days late. I had to wait for my mom to send me the pictures since they were taken on her camera. :P) we worked on the outlines of the three (or three of? Who knows. More might pop up.) continents on the planet I’m creating for this series. Continue reading “Deep Worldbuild Project Part 2: Landscape and How It Affects Culture”
Deep Worldbuild Project:
Part 2: Landscape and How it Affects Culture
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The book I’m reading (Midnight Thief, by Livia Blackburne) has really inspired me in my own writing, not because of the characters or the plot, though those are incredible too, but because of the worldbuilding. I’m only seven chapters in, but I already feel immersed in the world.
I’ve wanted for years to do a deep worldbuild, which to me is to go into the nitpicky details of my story world and make it incredibly complex and amazing. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to accomplish complex and amazing, but we’ll see. Continue reading “Deep Worldbuild Project Part 1: Map Outlines”
So, Hannah at Ink Blots and Coffee Stains didn’t really tag me for this, but she did say anyone who wanted to could do it (thank you for that :)), so I am.
Here are the rules:
1. Copy these totally amazing and spectacular rules onto your post
2. Smile and twirl in a circle and look at your favorite inspiring thing and take deep breaths as you prepare for my amazingness
3. Thank your gorgeous, lovely tagger
4. Tag five other bloggers (or more. or less. or none. just whatever you want.)
5. Have fun and be honest and answer all the questions (and feel free to add some of your own!) Continue reading “Inspire Me”
So several of my friends from the Christian Teens Together! thread on the NaNoWriMo website have done a challenge called the Book-Room Challenge in which they describe three of their books as rooms, and I’ve just been nominated by Leila of Inspiring Ink’lings. Thanks, Leila!
Rules:
Welcome to the fourth and final installment in the Writers Like Us series! Our last interviewee is Marci.
Alpine Writer: What author or authors do you think most influenced your writing?
Marci: I wouldn’t necessarily say my writing was influenced by any person in particular. I just write. :)
A: What genre do you write?
M: Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Bildungsroman…anything I can put magic in.
A: Do you tend to stick to one genre or do you like to write lots of different things?
M: I write whatever I really feel like writing. ;D
A: Do you tend to write the same kind of things as what you read?
M: I read most things, so yes? No? Maybe?
A: What is your most recent work-in-progress?
M: Two things– the rewrite of my NaNoWriMo novel– The Day the Sky Wept– and a story involving an angel/valkyrie/grim-reaper-type creature.
A: What are some of your favorite books?
M: Good Omens [Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett], A Whole Nother Story [Dr. Cuthbert Soup], Famous Last Words [Katie Alender], Bliss [Kathryn Littlewood], The Curse of the Blue Tattoo [L.A. Meyer (?)] etc…
Cool!
Thank you for reading the Writers Like Us series! I hope you enjoyed it. :)