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Basilica Of Justinian in Sabratha. 6th century AD, #Libya.
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Source: Flickr / _tiffany
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Languages of Anatolia and its surroundings from the year 750 to 2000.
Source: reddit.com
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15 Writing Tips from Authors
1) “You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.” - Joss Whedon
2) “First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow them.” - Ray Bradbury
Coffee bean’s analysis: Letting your characters lead the story can result in an authentic, character-driven story, full of real conflicts and natural emotion.
3) “Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.” - Jeanette Winterson
4) “Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” - Isabel Allende
Coffee bean’s analysis: In order to write or eventually share your story with the world, you have to sit down and do the work, even if your brain is empty. Once you show up, the creativity has a chance to spark.
5) “All bad writers are in love with the epic.” - Ernest Hemingway
6) “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” - Leonardo Da Vinci
Coffee bean’s analysis: Being able to turn a complex idea into simple words is harder than one might think— but can elevate your writing. Not everything needs to be epic or overly flowery.
7) “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life.” - Anne Lamott
8) “I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.” - Erica Jong
9) “Don’t write at first for anyone but yourself.” - T.S Eliot
Coffee bean’s analysis: Perfectionism will kill any chance you have at having fun and finishing your novel. Let go of that pressure of being perfect and do not worry about being judged. Write for you.
10) “Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.” -Henry Miller
Coffee bean’s analysis: Don’t overwhelm your schedule with trying to write a ton of projects at once. Focus your energy into one (or two) at a time.
11) “A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.” - Edgar Allen Poe
12) “Every sentence must do one of two things— reveal character or advance the action.“ - Kurt Vonnegut
Coffee bean’s analysis: Even if you’re writing a novel, this advice is brilliant. Whether it’s a sentence, paragraph or whole chapter… make sure they are meant to be in your story. Keep your scenes tidy and thematic, building towards something.
13) “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” - Anton Chekhov
Coffee bean’s analysis: When writing a novel, give your reader details so that they can picture the scene in their head. Don’t do too much telling (though it has it’s places).
14) “It is perfectly okay to write garbage— as long as you edit brilliantly.” - C.J Cherry
15) “If it sounds like writing … rewrite it.” - Elmore Leonard
Coffee bean’s analysis: Allow yourself to write messily and worry about editing later. Once in the editing phase, if your writing sounds stiff, rewrite it so that it sounds natural.
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a list of 100+ buildings to put in your fantasy town
- academy
- adventurer's guild
- alchemist
- apiary
- apothecary
- aquarium
- armory
- art gallery
- bakery
- bank
- barber
- barracks
- bathhouse
- blacksmith
- boathouse
- book store
- bookbinder
- botanical garden
- brothel
- butcher
- carpenter
- cartographer
- casino
- castle
- cobbler
- coffee shop
- council chamber
- court house
- crypt for the noble family
in case you are building a REALLY big minecraft city
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Ancient Roman glass bowl, 1st century AD.
Source: collections.vam.ac.uk
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Frescoed bust of crowned Herakles bearing a club, from Herculaneum, c. 45-79
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photo by Charles Reeza
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If you're a writer of any sort, I think your story needs to pass the Unhinged Powerpoint test.
If neither you nor a reader can make an Unhinged Powerpoint about it - the characters, the lore, the whole thing, whatever - you must re-evaluate it in some way.
The Unhinged Powerpoint is the sign of a story that is affecting people. Because they stayed up until 4 AM writing half-baked thoughts in comic sans about something. And that's worth everything.
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my dad likes to call the stretches of time where you’re not creating “dreaming periods” and says that they’re meant to allow you to absorb all of the beauty, life, and inspiration from the things around you so that when you’re able to create again, you will have fanned your spark back into a flame. sometimes its hard to see those moments as anything but stagnation, but he always says that they’re natural and healthy and needed—things that should be embraced rather than feared.
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1887 Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French, 1845–1902), The Impress Theodora (La Emperatriz Theodora), Oil on Canvas.
Source: mote-historie
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The port of Ravenna with three galleys, mosaic in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This basilica was built by the Ostrogothic king Theoderic in 505
Source: liturgicalartsjournal.com