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Insolent Lad
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Discovery mapping
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Once I have a map I generally take the attitude 'this is your world, deal with it,' and build the narrative to match it. Just as I would...
Jul 16, 2026
Selempi
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The Family Rate
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Novels & Stories
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The notebook paper, covered in tight, furious cursive, landed right on top of her son’s crayon masterpiece—a lopsided rocket ship...
Jul 16, 2026
CupofJoe
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Discovery mapping
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I like drawing maps and plans for what I am writing I am always finding the X is in the wrong place, Y needs to be twice the size and...
Jul 16, 2026
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ThinkerX
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Discovery mapping
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I made a *lot* of maps for my books. 'Big Picture' maps. Regional maps. City maps. Most of what is on those maps is directly relevant to...
Jul 16, 2026
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w1ngs_
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Recurring characters in dreams
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I have this similar experience where I'd frequently get super vivid in dreams and usually if I did, the whole atmosphere changed to...
Jul 16, 2026
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w1ngs_
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Recurring characters in dreams
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Jul 16, 2026
RoccO
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Discovery mapping
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It is interesting to make a map of a tower. They usually are for areas. I have made a floor plan of a draft before, and I have worked...
Jul 16, 2026
pmmg
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Hello friends!
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Howdy JLiana, Welcome here.
Jul 16, 2026
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JLiana
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Hello friends!
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Hi all, it's lovely to be here! I'm Liana, a hobbyist artist and writer and lover of all things fantasy. I've recently delved back into...
Jul 16, 2026
skip.knox
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Stress in medieval times
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I don't have anything that addresses stress directly, but the term itself feels awfully broad, or at least that there are several faces...
Jul 16, 2026
skip.knox
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Discovery mapping
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World Building
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The current thread about mapping has made me wonder about this: I am a chaotic writer. I'd like to claim I'm chaotic good but I suspect...
Jul 15, 2026
skip.knox
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I can't seem to upload media anymore...
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Here's an idea. Grab the image pmmg posted above. I'll assume you know how to do that, but if you don't, just ask. Once you have it...
Jul 15, 2026
Naruzeldamaster
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'real' names in Fantasy Settings.
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That was going to be the idea I think, thinking on it some. The Game Undertale makes a similar joke. There's a village of creatures...
Jul 15, 2026
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Penpilot
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'real' names in Fantasy Settings.
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Maybe if you exaggerate the differences in such an over the top way that even if they don't get the joke they'll understand something is...
Jul 15, 2026
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ThinkerX
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'real' names in Fantasy Settings.
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Many of the names I use in my stories come from lists in the old TSR 'Historical Earth' series, mythology, or country-specific baby name...
Jul 15, 2026
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