Using Anthropology for World Building – Part 2 (Religion)
In this second article on how to use anthropology for world building, we’ll focus on the element of religion.
Using Anthropology for World Building – Part 1 (Language)
In using anthropology for world building, language, one of the key elements which separates cultures, can also be used to separate your fiction.
On Fog & Emotion
Like the cat of Carl Sandburg’s poem, fog does not announce itself very well. So how can we use this stealthy behavior as a writing tool?
A Little Experiment with Weather & Emotions
Earlier this year, I did a little study about weather and emotions. Here are some thoughts on what I found.
The Thunderstorm Story Model
I’ve always loved the dynamics behind thunderstorms and recently, I’ve been seeing parallels to the standard plot curve many writers have been taught.
Psychological Injunctions, Drivers & Your Characters
In legal terms, injunctions are authoritative warnings or orders, typically given in the court system. Drivers are quite the opposite. They are the things you should do. So how can we relate these to your characters?
On Wind & Emotion
Just like clouds and emotion go hand-in-hand (with respect to literature, anyway), so does wind and emotion.
A Poem: Bully Trigger
Bully Trigger was written in early 2021 as a way to deal with a specific problem that has been bothering me since I was in the 5th or 6th grade. I never liked bullies (who does), and for many of us, that reason is personal. We were bullied ourselves or we saw people get bullied…
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On Clouds and Emotion
Clouds and emotion go together when you think about it. We have been trained since birth to recognize signs in the sky, whether we did so deliberately or not.
Give Your Character a Test
There are a lot of ways to get inside your character’s head: give that character a test, perform some transactional writing with them, or even pull out the all the Gestalt stops and use an empty chair to have a conversation.
Transit Novels
Nonfiction
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