Founding February Week 4

Celebrations, festivals and food

What are the major festivals? What commonly happens during them? Are they or religious nature or not? Where in the cities/villages are the festivals celebrated? How does the place look like? What are festivals only certain areas or groups celebrate? Are there any special rules during these festivals? Or are some rules thrown out of the window during a certain festival? Is there something ahead of a festival (i.e. fasting, harvest)? What are special celebratory foods? What makes them special? What sort of clothes do people wear on special occasions? What about jewelry, make up and hairdos for special occasions? How does the typical cuisine look like in the area? Is it influenced by religious restrictions? Do people mostly eat meat, fish or vegetables on a daily base? Do people eat plain or heavily flavored food? How much of a sweet tooth are they? What are common foods travelers get excited for in the region? Do people eat together or separately? Do people eat in small or large groups? What do people drink? Is the water generally clean enough to drink? If not, what do they drink? What is the comfort food in the area? How does travel food look like? What kind of food/meal to children usually love? What are luxury foods(i.e. alcohol, chocolate)? What is food that is prohibited by law? Why? Are some foods poisonous to certain species? Is there any food only certain species/group are allowed to eat because it would be an affront if others do? Why? What kind of food is reserved for special occasions like weddings, birthdays etc? Who cooks? Are there exceptions? What are the tables like? Shape? High or low? Do people sit in chairs or cushions? What is eating etiquette like? How many times a day do people eat? Which is the biggest meal of the day? What utensils do people use to eat? Are there smaller versions for children? Are there restaurants? Who goes to them? Are there street food sellers? What is a common staple? Are there differences from city to city? What does a feast look like? At what point is a meal a feast? How common is it to invite friends over for a meal? Do private dinner parties exist? I used this worldbuilding questionnaire as a base ,sorted it into the weekly themes, and added questions where some sprung to my mind. These questions are only a little help to get you started. You can build and post about anything that has to do with this week’s topics.

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If you're ever bored, here's a list of Studio Ghibli films you can watch for free.

Castle In The Sky (1986) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) Only Yesterday (1991) Porco Rosso (1992) Pom Poko (1994) Whisper of the Heart (1995) Princess Mononoke (1997) My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) Spirited Away (2001) The Cat Returns (2002) Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Tales from Earthsea (2006) Ponyo On A Cliff From The Sea (2008) The Secret World of Arrietty/The Borrower Arrietty (2010) From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

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For Castle In The Sky, wait for the free user button to be clickable and it will send you to the video.

The Author Speaks: All My Original Writing Content

For your convenience, a masterpost of all (or most) of my original posts so far. It will obviously be updated as I create and add more!

Enjoy, and thank you for reading! <3

The Basics: Plotting, Descriptions, and More

The Dos and Don’ts of Beginning a Novel

How to Write Good Dialogue

Notes on Chapters

My Top Tips for Sticking to That Damn WIP

How to Avoid Purple Prose

The Objective Correlative

Tips for Visual Thinkers

5 Ways to Name Your Novel

Romance

How to Write a Kiss Scene

How to Write a (Healthy) Romance

Mythology

Angelic Cheat Sheet

Irish Mythology Resources

Academia

Masterpost for Writing Academic Essays

Horror

My #1 Tip For Writing Horror

Monster of the Week

Werewolves

Vampires

Zombies

Characterization

How to Get to Know Your Characters

Male Protagonists to Avoid in Your Writing

Female Protagonists to Avoid in Your Writing

More Female Protagonists to Avoid in Your Writing

The Importance of Antiheroes

How to Write Strong Female Characters

The Many Faces of the Strong Female Character

The Traits of a Likable Hero

The Secret to a Relatable Villain

Types of Unreliable Narrators

How to Write (or Avoid) Abusive Parents

The Dos and Don’ts of Writing Smart Characters

Reference Masterposts

Depicting Deaf, Blind, or Mute Characters

Depicting Amputees

Depicting Wheelchair Users

Depicting Jewish Characters

Depicting Black Characters

Depicting ADHD

Depicting Autism

Depicting Trans Women

Depicting Trans Men

Depicting Nonbinary and Genderfluid Characters

Depicting Asexual Characters

Depicting Drug Addiction

Depicting Eating Disorders

Depicting Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Depicting Schizophrenia

Worldbuilding Masterpost

Publishing Resources:

Places to Post Original Fiction

Marketing Masterpost

My Published Fiction:

Gentlefolk - A timid woman faces her deepest fears in order to try and reclaim her stolen child from charismatic local Nature Gods. Only to discover that everything she’s been taught about them might be wrong.

The New Gods - Society is populated by gods, new and old. Some are more frightening than others.

Gunpowder Sigil - In a windblown Western town, a young girl conducts a summoning ritual for a spectral gunslinger. Magical realism meets the Western.

The Undertaker’s Apprentice - A lovesick undertaker in training goes on a disastrous first date, with a corpse as a third wheel.

The Young Immortal - A relatively youthful member of the immortal community reflects on his first century of life and his relationship with his oft-reincarnated soulmate.

The Bear - An anxiety-ridden young man with a talent for avoiding his problems decides not to acknowledge the grizzly bear trapped in his bedroom during a busy a day.

Strange New Worlds Anthology - A compilation of my short fiction, including previously published and previously unseen works. Set to release in 2022.