Galaxy62 - Bonk

This is how I do hands really fast. Defining the ‘L’ is probably your best bet for flawless hands in all situations. Me, personally, I go with that fifth one- the square palm and stick fingers method.

Quick and easy way to establish rules in your fantasy/scifi universe!

This can apply both to magic and fictional science, because it’s essentially just a magic system in disguise!

There is a whole spectrum from hard systems (with a very particular set of rules that can’t be broken) to soft systems (characters don’t know everything about the rules and the workings or the rules are flexible). Where on this spectrum your system falls depends on you and your story.

A good way to start out is by asking three questions:

What is possible? What is impossible? What is the price?

Two stupid examples:

Fantasy: With this magic shoes you can fly ten feet above the ground. But you can only fly up, not forward. And your feet will hurt like hell for the next three days after you’ve used them.

Scifi: With this laser gun you can shoot people to stun them. But you can’t kill them with it. And to power it you need to buy a bunch of those little button batteries you never seem to get anywhere.

Try starting with those questions and work from there.

If you want to learn more about building a magic system and scifi/fantasy writing in general, check out these free lectures on youtube by author Brandon Sanderson, I learned a lot!

me: *doesnt do my work*

my teacher: *puts in a 0*

me:

Omg look at this little cutie, how can anyone hurt them. There are only 30 of these left in the world due to illegal fishing.

life saving surgery for my dad

this is posted July 2, 2019!

Hello, I just discovered that Gofundme does not work in the country I live in! More coherent post now that I’ve calmed down.

Hello! My name is Caleb and I am a trans guy of color who loves folklore, storytelling and drawing! I am raising money for my dad’s surgery + us getting back on our feet. He is 56 years old and his surgery is to remove kidney stones that are causing him significant pain +  is life threatening . My dad is a funny and incredible guy, He loves cats and singing and he had sacrificed everything for my mom, my sister and I.  Both him and my mom are diabetic and disabled, as when I was 9 years old, my mom had suffered a sudden sepsis attack, which had caused her to go brain dead for a few minutes, before being revived and fall in a coma for 3 months. When my mother woke up from her coma, she was paralyzed, even her vocal cords were paralyzed!! Ever since then it was just me and my dad who took care of our family, and then, when I graduated college, it was just me as dad got sick as well. I am only in my very early twenties and the sole caretaker of my family, my two disabled parents, my sister who is a minor, and our cats and dog.  My dad’s surgery was estimated to be 120 thousand pesos- 200 thousand pesos, which is 2,345.88 US dollars at least, and 3,909.80 US dollars at most.

I have a job, I just need a little bit of help.

1 US dollar = 50 Ph Pesos We live in the Philippines,  and my dad is taking an ultrasound tomorrow to see just what they can do about it. I will try to update as much as I can. Anything extra will go to my mom’s diapers, toiletries, etc, my dad’s maintenance medicine, and my sister’s lunch money for school. Thank you and sorry for my english;

(I used to have a youcaring for this, but as youcaring merged with gofundme, I believe that all the existing pages have been deleted. I have gathered about 30 thousand pesos on youcaring, and about 25 thousand pesos + today. I cannot thank you all enough) Thank you so so much for taking the time to read this, and I hope you are all well.

I will update as much as I can!

Here is my fundrazr page;;!! It’s a website that’s like gofundme but international!

here is my paypal.me!!

https://www.paypal.me/calebhosalla

here is my ko-fi!!

https://ko-fi.com/A2619OE

that “concerned about rayla” face callum makes all the time reblog if you agree

[ART TIP::CAM SCANNER]

I found this app called CamScanner that will scan all of your traditional drawings/documents with just taking a picture of it! It really works and it looks amazing! This might help traditional artists to post their art with better quality!

Reblog to save an artist life 👌

I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!

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31 Days Of Character Development: May Writing Challenge

– You’ve all been really enjoying these monthly writing challenges, so I decided to do a small series of prompt lists for developing your longer stories. This month is character development, and the next month will be plot development and worldbuilding. I look forward to seeing all of your guys’ responses here using the hashtag #wordsnstuffcharacterdevelopment and over on Instagram, where you can tag me @ writingandsuch.

☼ Prompt List ☼

Days 1-10: Motivation & Behaviour

What does your character think they want?

What does your character actually want?

What does your character need?

What are your character’s recurring feelings?

If you had to write 10 rules or beliefs your characters follow, what would they be?

Write a scene in which your character’s past affects their current actions.

What are your characters fears and where do they stem from?

What is your character’s biggest secret? Why do they keep it?

Where does your character stand on the alignment scale? 

What does your character have to lose?

Days 11-20: Physical/Personality Traits and Relationships

What are your character’s strengths?

What are your character’s weaknesses?

Find a face claim for your character and identify the differences.

What is your character’s ethnic background?

Write a short blurb of your character interaction with each other character.

List and explain your character’s positive traits.

List and explain your character’s negative traits.

Describe your character’s sense of style.

What are your character’s flaws?

Describe your character from the point of view of someone who hates them.

Days 21-30: Role, Impact, and Evolution

What role does your character play in the progression of the plot?

How could a reader relate to your character?

How does your character’s past affect people’s view of them?

To what extent does your character help the conflict resolve?

To what extent does your character worsen the conflict?

What are the major struggles your character is facing?

Describe your character in beginning vs. the end of the story?

What events play the largest part in changing your character?

How do you want your reader to remember the character?

What is the character’s overall impact on other characters and the story overall?

Bonus Challenge (Day 31)

Describe your character’s backstory, “once upon a time” style

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