So, death. That's a fun topic! (/sarcasm) Interestingly, there's a reason we have such a large culture surrounding our dead in the West (and historically, worshipping our ancestors). In writing,...
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The very first method that is easiest for many to try is by writing out...
While these questions seem overarching, they are legitimate questions to ask when creating a fantasy book. People can spend many years creating a fantasy world before they even write the first page of their book (as is true with other genres, but...
Most writers will know that there's a...
It should be no surprise that exposure to other cultures is beneficial in life, whether it be to learn more about the human condition, behavior, a new language, history, and many, many other reasons. In particular, if we realize it, we draw inspiration from different cultures worldwide on any given day. Originating early in human consciousness, culture stemmed when we had both excess amounts of time and brainpower to create. Early humans who made cave...
As a writer who makes devils and demons a primary part of my story,...
Locations are beyond the geography and maps they inhabit. Anyone can look at a map and go, "Alright, Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein, so what?", and that's because maps are supplementary information. Saying "x location and y location", like to many people, means nothing to the readers unless they're looking for encyclopedic knowledge. Memorable locations are not in the names themselves, but rather what characteristics or history the location has. These are questions I often have to ask...
All media inspire creativity, and in fact, any life experience does as well. While it's so easy to get overstimulated in our modern world and do other things, we seem incapable of doing so. I'm guilty of it; I'll procrastinate sometimes if I don't feel like I'm in the right mood to do something. Sometimes we need that spark of inspiration, and that could literally be anything. Of course, to have inspiration, our minds need space to think and coalesce. Boredom is uncomfortable, but it's one of...
What if the world we perceive as real is just what we've decided is real? In all of the great leaps of science and technology we've made, what if it's still in its early infancy? What if there's a much wider universe we still don't know about?
After all, if you were to spend an equal amount of time on every estimated planet in the observable universe since the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, you'd spend about 4 milliseconds on each planet. Even with as much as we know about our planet, we...
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