Democracy If It Was Based

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THIS IS SO HELPFUL!!!! tysm for being so through I really appreciate it!!

the way u write romance means the world to me omg…how do u start your writing process??? do u use any like websites to organize ur characters or worlds? so curious bc being able to take such an inherently simple concept and expand on it so well and in such a raw way is an amazing skill!!! big fan

Hello!! Thank you so much for the kind words, omg. :D

For me, I usually mull over an idea for anywhere from a month to a couple years while I’m writing other projects. The ideas that fade quickly aren’t usually worth my time, but the ones that persistently come back are the ones I add to my schedule. (I typically know each book I’m writing next at least a year in advance.)

Once I sit down to write, I’ll draw up a rough outline with the 5 Sentence Method. I designed this method to be a simple bridge between pantsing (writing by the seat of your pants) and plotting (planning everything meticulously). It’s based around the Snowflake Method and uses elements from Save the Cat, but is far simpler! Just 5 sentences for 5 key plot points across the book. Once I have those, that’s my roadmap for writing, and I’ll expand accordingly!

Here’s a rough idea of the 5 Sentence Method! If you want to know more, I did write a craft book on the subject, available on Amazon. :D

Sentence 1 (5% mark in book): Inciting Incident, the moment where everything for your MC shifts, and they can’t ignore the pressing plot problem that just arose. (NOTE: this should NOT be on page one. We need to know what a character’s normal is before you toss in an inciting incident, so we can see how that moment is different than their daily life.)

Sentence 2 (25% mark in book): Leaving Home, the “leaving the Shire” point that kicks off Act 2. This is either the start of a physical or mental journey where the MC begins to pursue the real plot!

Sentence 3 (50% mark in book): Midpoint Reversal, the best part of the book. Done right, this is the moment where everything your MC thought they knew changes. Elizabeth swore she’d never love Darcy--then he proposes, and she realizes he’s loved her this entire time. If it’s a good Midpoint Reversal, it should completely change the MC’s interaction with the plot from this point on.

Sentence 4 (75% mark in book): Beginning of the End, the moment when an event happens that concludes Act 2 and begins the downward spiral into the ending battle / novel’s climax. After this point, the events of the ending CANNOT be stopped.

Sentence 5 (95% mark in book): Conclusion, where we see how the MC handled the climax and the book is wrapping up. Make sure you offer an off-ramp for your readers here, where you properly conclude the plots of the novel and give them a bit of breathing room after an intense ending.

I drop those sentences in Scrivener, which is how I personally track plots, characters, and worldbuilding. I’ll add in extra scenes I imagined based on the 5 Sentence roadmap. Then, when I’m ready, I write the book in Word, cause old habits die hard. LOL.

I hope that helped!

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What kind of class would the cast of Dialtown be in DnD? (Ie, Druid, Rouge, Paladin… etc)

Oh, I did a whole DnD Dialtown thing ages ago that conveniently mentions some classes in it with some rewritten backstories for the characters in this new universe. I'll paste it below (preamble is important for the character descriptions, so sorry for the lore:)

The story is set in a fictional landmass, with parts of it based on a fucked up Alaska, parts resembling the Swiss Alps, a desert zone and nuked carnival wastes. In the present era, an evil empire rules over the whole map, ran by an evil necromancer, Callum Crown. Him and his partner, Milton, took over the entire continent in a bloody conquest together that ended with Crown dropping an arcane nuke on the clown territory, ending the war, but turning Milt against him, leading to a civil war, in which Crown destroyed Milt.

Crown has a phone head made from scraps of the metals of the heroes who've failed to vanquish him, and has a lich body, which he reinforces with the same metal he used to build his head, gaining a gradual suit of armor in order to stop himself from physically falling apart. He has a powerful arcane gauntlet which he uses to cast devastating spells. His undead empire sells death to people with a snazzy sales pitch. Basically, you sign a waiver that gives you benefits within his empire while you're alive, but once you die, your corpse is resurrected to serve Crown until your remains degrade beyond use.

The plot of the game is that Crown is trying to unravel reality to remove an ancient arcane law of magic from the fabric of reality as old as life itself: necromancy cannot resurrect a life that has taken itself. Crown, despite presiding over the whole world and everything in it, cannot bear the loss of his friend, Milt, who he beat in the civil war, which ended with Milt drinking poison before Crown could reach his throne room in the final assault of milt's base.

Crown would tell you that he wishes to resurrect Milt so he can finally have Milt answer for his betrayal, but in reality, he just really misses Milt. To revive Milt, because he specifically took his own life, would require the fabric of reality be altered... something that could potentially end the world. Gingi is a non-human monster (not considered a person, starts the game as a low level enemy) who gets caught up in a complex socioeconomic conflict/conspiracy by being in the wrong place at the wrong time and has to travel with a band of companions in order to resolve the conflict and eventually, once powerful entities begin to take notice of you, in order to survive.

The plot involves Crown's pursuit of the final piece of the puzzle: gaining the ability to rewrite universal law, and eventually, Gingi either has to choose to help him achieve this power, prevent the power from being accessed by anyone, or taking it and using it however they decide to. Basically, Crown wants to rewrite universal law because he can't accept that he owns everything, is all powerful, but cannot revive one specific person.

Now onto the companions with classes mentioned:

Randy Jade: You meet him in one of the cities in Crown's empire. He approaches you to ask you for a cigarette, and if you give him one, he then asks you for a lighter too. He explains that he had a string of jobs in Crown's empire, but kept screwing them up and getting fired, and at this point, he's stealing to eat.

If you recruit him, Randy will fight for you. Randy's a rogue, uses small blades (starting item are some house keys he found poking out through his knuckle), he's a glass cannon (good DPS, low health) and is politically neutral.

Oliver Swift: He's a traveling bard/performer who's going on a journey to raise enough money so his old mentor, Mr Dickens, can gift a sword to a young hero in his village and order him to go forth and vanquish Callum Crown (a yearly tradition for the village that always ends with crown getting another scrap of metal for his head/armor)

If you agree to give him a share of the loot to send home, he will join the party. He attacks with blunt weapons (metal lute, wrench). Ironically, despite Randy being the rogue, Oliver has the better lockpicking skill. Politically, he dislikes Crown, and without a high speech skill, will leave the party if you align with Crown.

Karen Dunn: A bureaucrat in Crown's empire. A talented mage, she works in Crown's deathdealers headquarters. She's the person at the line for mages looking to sell their souls to Crown. She really doesn't care for this job, allowing the player to convince her to ditch it + join the party. Karen uses fire magic offensively but starts with a few healing spells too.

Karen is politically neutral, though she has a personal distaste for Crown's empire as an employer.

Bigfoot: Can be admitted into the party. He's a melee tank, but has a few forest magic spells that buff himself and other party members, giving him support capabilities. Bigfoot will become frightened and leave the party during some cutscenes when loud noises/conflict occurs, if you do not equip earmuffs onto him.

Norm Allen: A former sheriff (now fugitive) in the annexed desert territory. Formerly an avid supporter of the order that Crown brought, and one of Crown's enforcers in his home town of [desert zone], Norm is hellbent on putting a bullet in Crown's head and dismantling his empire.

If you become friendly with Norm, you find out that the thing that Norm specifically bolted from Crown over... was the overreach of justice, and selling tyranny to his people as justice. Norm's a tank. His defense stat is middling, but his attack accuracy is locked at 100%, which is valuable in bad weather conditions or if the team gets blinded.

Norm will turn on the player if they do anything BUT prevent universal power from entering anyone's hands.

Mingus: Mingus is Crown's key enforcer/assassin. At the start of the game, she's trying to track down and execute Norm for betraying Crown, and as the plot progresses, eventually targets the player.

A stealthy cat woman, she strikes from the shadows, always, and usually after wetting the tips of her claws with a devastating poison. The poison she uses has no known antidote.

Politically, she's a fanatic, found abandoned as a kitten by Callum Crown many cycles ago. While Crown is cold with her, speaking to her like a tool, he keeps her in his service with his false promise to rewrite reality so other people like Mingus and to erase her abandonment from the timeline. Mingus secretly pines for his approval/kindness above all else, believing that helping Crown achieve her goals is the only way she'll ever feel loved. She's a potential late-game companion, being recruitable during the lategame, if you're doing Crown's ending.

There's more, but that's the gist of it. Hope this was interesting!

This makes me so sad and also I'm trying to remember if any of the Discworld books dealt with late stage capitalism

THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I IMAGINED STEVENPETER WHEN I WAS IN MY DSAF DEPTHS

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P sure I posted like. Half of these already but...it's ok

Should they slide on the opps..

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