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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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being a writer is hard

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Underrated Amnesty Moment

Duck: Pidgeon. What’s your last name Pidgeon?

Griffin, in Pidgeon’s voice: I dunno I didn’t give Pidgeon a last name.

Justin, strained: Well, you can pick any fucking last name in the world, Griffin, start “Yes and”-ing please.

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You’ve heard of “brought characters into a situation, now you don’t know how to get them out”—now get ready for: You know exactly how to get the characters out of this situation, but you have no idea how to get them into it.

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hi new wip, it’s so lovely to meet you, but if you could please SIT DOWN and WAIT YOUR TURN. thank you.

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Myths, Creatures, and Folklore

Want to create a religion for your fictional world? Here are some references and resources!

General:

General Folklore

Various Folktales

Heroes

Weather Folklore

Trees in Mythology

Animals in Mythology

Birds in Mythology

Flowers in Mythology

Fruit in Mythology

Plants in Mythology

Folktales from Around the World

Africa:

Egyptian Mythology

African Mythology

More African Mythology

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

The Gods of Africa

Even More African Mythology

West African Mythology

All About African Mythology

African Mythical Creatures

Gods and Goddesses

The Americas:

Aztec Mythology

Haitian Mythology

Inca Mythology

Maya Mythology

Native American Mythology

More Inca Mythology

More Native American Mythology

South American Mythical Creatures

North American Mythical Creatures

Aztec Gods and Goddesses

Asia:

Chinese Mythology

Hindu Mythology

Japanese Mythology

Korean Mythology

More Japanese Mythology

Chinese and Japanese Mythical Creatures

Indian Mythical Creatures

Chinese Gods and Goddesses

Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Korean Gods and Goddesses

Europe:

Basque Mythology

Celtic Mythology

Etruscan Mythology

Greek Mythology

Latvian Mythology

Norse Mythology

Roman Mythology

Arthurian Legends

Bestiary

Celtic Gods and Goddesses

Gods and Goddesses of the Celtic Lands

Finnish Mythology

Celtic Mythical Creatures

Gods and Goddesses

Middle East:

Islamic Mythology

Judaic Mythology

Mesopotamian Mythology

Persian Mythology

Middle Eastern Mythical Creatures

Oceania:

Aboriginal Mythology

Polynesian Mythology

More Polynesian Mythology

Mythology of the Polynesian Islands

Melanesian Mythology

Massive Polynesian Mythology Post

Maori Mythical Creatures

Hawaiian Gods and Goddesses

Hawaiian Goddesses

Gods and Goddesses

Creating a Fantasy Religion:

Creating Part 1

Creating Part 2

Creating Part 3

Creating Part 4

Fantasy Religion Design Guide

Using Religion in Fantasy

Religion in Fantasy

Creating Fantasy Worlds

Beliefs in Fantasy

Some superstitions:

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i want din to take grogu to meet every jedi that's left in the galaxy but every time they reject him for increasingly ridiculous reasons like "he's too young", "he's too old", "idk man his species is weird", "i already have a demon force sensitive child to train" and it's just because grogu told them telepathically that din is his dad and if they make him leave him he Will fall to the dark side and that's a threat

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Your daily reminder that Black Lives Still Fucking Matter. Casey Christian Goodson Jr. was mudered by police on December 4th and no one is talking about it. He was shot three times in the back entering his own home. The police are not going to get any better under Joe Biden, in fact, they will continue to get worse because there will be less media scrutiny. There is little to no media coverage of this story because of that very reason. We have to keep these stories in the public eye and continue to fight to defund the police just as hard in 2021.

Here’s a link to the full story from one of the few media sources reporting it.

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year in review anyone?

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Hello!! If you see this:

Reblog the post!

Do the challenge!

Every Monday, I will be posting a new challenge for writers to complete over the course of each week. The purpose? To inspire interaction, increase visibility, and make a difference in the writing community! There is no obligation or time limit! So feel free to complete any challenge whenever you have the time and energy. :)

Image description under the cut!

[An edit of an open book with the words:

Writeblr Community Challenge #1 across the top

Send an ask to the next writer that crosses your dash! On the left page

Conversation starter ideas:

What are you currently writing?

What recent shenanigans have your OCs gotten into?

How is your WIP going this week? On the right page]

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I’m hearing enough people talk about how empty and disappointing the writeblr community is right now and I want to Do Something about it but like… there’s enough people that think it’s Fine the way it is I don’t know that there’s much to do about it?

anyway go ahead n take this quiz which is kinda a temperature check for writeblr

and maybe toss in a reblog so more people can see it too?

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Good luck to everyone doing NaNoWriMo!!! 💖

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9th doctor is best by default because Chris Eccleston is rabidly socialist and gives 0 shits about threatening the queen's life on twitter

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stucky + ao3 tags (20/?)

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The teenager was asked to write a short scene or draw a short comic using a comedic trope from a list on a handout in their HS American Lit class. They chose to do the comic …

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Today’s gay disaster:

So two firefighters came into my store this morning. Now, we get firefighters in the store once in a while, probably because our complex is perpetually setting off the fire alarm, and every time they show up my whole team fawns over them like they’re walking sex gods and I don’t really Get It.

But y’all. Two firefighters came into my store this morning, and I Get It. Because that woman was so goddamn attractive, with her dark eyes and her muscles and her strong hands and her charming smile and her casual confidence just lounging around like she owned the place and a;dlfghadfghdfg I have never looked at ANYONE and immediately stopped breathing but y’all it HAPPENED. This woman was so stunningly handsome that I literally cannot tell you what the other female firefighter in the room looked like beyond “I think she was blonde.”

But you know what, I’m BoH so I didn’t have to talk to the stunningly handsome firefighter, and that was fine. I minded my business and tried (and failed) not to look at her. Until the next guests came in, and I said “Hi, welcome in!” reflexively like I’m supposed to.

And this firefighter. She looked at me with this cheeky little smirk, and she said, “Hey now. You didn’t welcome me in.”

And instead of saying something coy, or charming, or clever, the words that actually came out of my mouth were: “Well, you’re very attractive, and it threw me off.”

Y’all she chuckled and she WINKED AT ME. And I’m pretty sure I died on the spot.

She was so charming that I didn’t realize until an hour later that she wasn’t wearing a mask and I’d forgotten to be annoyed about it.