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These look great, I love fairy tales and folklore.

I’m going to read so many fairy tales

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Fox, doe, ice bear by enimodas

Character, Remedios Varo

These are really cool and they give me a lot of conceptual story ideas.

Fantasy Cities by Florian Moncomble

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll This is 1 of 15 vintage paperback books that comprise our current giveaway.

I love his wheatfield paintings.

“I am wholly absorbed in the vast expanse of wheatfields, large as a sea”

Just read this quote: it may be one of my new favorites. I might even read the book it came from, just for this quote.

“The only darkness we should allow into our lives is the night, for even then, we have the moon.”

— Warsan Shire, Our Men Do Not Belong To Us

Yes, we have seen them. And we still think they are majestic, beautiful, quirky, and will most definitely tear you eyeballs out if you give them a reason to. 😁

everyone thinks ravens are these majestic, serious birds and…have you ever seen a raven

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Hey btw, if you're doing worldbuilding on something, and you're scared of writing ~unrealistic~ things into it out of fear that it'll sound lazy and ripped-out-of-your-ass, but you also don't want to do all the back-breaking research on coming up with depressingly boring, but practical and ~realistic~ solutions, have a rule:

Just give the thing two layers of explanation. One to explain the specific problem, and another one explaining the explanation. Have an example:

Plot hole 1: If the vampires can't stand daylight, why couldn't they just move around underground?

Solution 1: They can't go underground, the sewer system of the city is full of giant alligators who would eat them.

Well, that's a very quick and simple explanation, which sure opens up additional questions.

Plot hole 2: How and why the fuck are there alligators in the sewers? How do they survive, what do they eat down there when there's no vampires?

Solution 2: The nuns of the Underground Monastery feed and take care of them as a part of their sacred duties.

It takes exactly two layers to create an illusion that every question has an answer - that it's just turtles all the way down. And if you're lucky, you might even find that the second question's answer loops right back into the first one, filling up the plot hole entirely:

Plot hole 3: Who the fuck are the sewer nuns and what's their point and purpose?

Solution 3: The sewer nuns live underground in order to feed the alligators, in order to make sure that the vampires don't try to move around via the sewer system.

When you're just making things up, you don't need to have an answer for everything - just two layers is enough to create the illusion of infinite depth. Answer the question that looms behind the answer of the first question, and a normal reader won't bother to dig around for a 3rd question.

This was amazin, still not over this!

Inspiration is waiting. Rise up, don’t think twice. Put your fate in your hands. Take a chance, roll the dice!