You might be thinking, “That’s all good and well, but what if I want to create a setting in a science-fiction or fantasy realm?” Let’s discuss some tips for writing a compelling fictional setting. Our top tips for how to write a fictional setting If you want to create the settin...
If your world is populated with the most fascinating magical societies, mythical creatures, and mysterious histories, your fantasy fails if your characters are flat and your plot is predictable. While fictional worlds can intrigue readers, your otherstory elementsmust captivate them. Write Attention-Gr...
Does religion matter to them, if so, what religion do they practice? What's their standing in the community? Involved or uninvolved? Volunteer? A leader? What are their hobbies? What do they do for fun? Here's where you should think outside the box. Don't make them a waitress, strug...
One important aspect of engaging your audience with your quiz is maintaining a tone of voice. You can choose a particular tone of voice according to the nature of your quiz. For example, you can use a friendly tone, an authoritative tone, a happy-go-lucky tone, or a humorous tone. It ...
We also encountered different ways of thinking about love, identity, gender, race, morality, and religion. All of this can seem remarkably liberating, giving us a broader vision of what is possible. As anthropologist and psychologist Ernest Becker once wrote: “The most astonishing thing of all...
I think of walking into a cathedral. Its vast ceilings and rich iconography and stony silence has a kind of impact on me. I find myself wanting to walk slowly, respectfully. I speak in hushed tones or not at all. Whatever I mightthinkabout religion and the staleness of Mass and the ec...
Both inform the way in which we construe our world, hence the motivation for the complementing perspectives of the religion : science debate. If, for whatever reason, science does not comment on the meaning of life, it loses its status as "omniscience". If theology inclines to a kind of ...
Depicting rites of passage is a fantastic way to show off your fictional culture. That’s because these rituals combine the most important elements of a culture into a memorable event. Chances are very good that social roles, moral values, lifestyle, andreligionwill all make an appearance. But...
There is Jacob’sParadigmgame, asurreal adventure game set in a strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country. Jacobhas the protagonist existing on Tinder, there is a travel guide for the fictional country and book on the fictional religion, and you can get the floppy disk f...
Sometimes all as failed and the only resort is some sort of a funeral service. Whether you are a Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or any religion it does not matter. What matters is how honest are you to your self to want to do this? The only way to bring healthy things ...