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Post by Kaez on Jun 9, 2016 22:04:26 GMT -5
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/4nd4vd/the_4th_richest_man_in_the_world_warren_buffett/d42zb66
FYI there are some amazing writers on reddit who just make random posts in response to random popular threads. Vargas is one of the most well-known. RamsesthePigeon is also excellent.
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Post by The Counter Cultist(Sawyer) on Jun 9, 2016 23:55:56 GMT -5
God I love vargas.
There's this one dude on AskReddit whos comments I love reading. Don't remember the username but he would give these long detailed answers that sound like the weirdest experiences ever.
Then he would cap it off by doing a repeat of this.
Absolutely glorious.
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Post by Kaez on Jun 12, 2016 19:10:08 GMT -5
So I just found this image on r/worldbuilding:  That's a screenshot of a program called 'The Guide'. It's an extremely small program which is essentially a rich-text editor with a built-in wiki function. You can created endless folder hierarchies, hyperlinks to other pages, and all folders and pages can be collapsed/expanded and are instantly accessible on the side of the screen. The single biggest inhibitor, by far, to my worldbuilding over the past 5+ years has been organizing information. A page on a species of animal and a page on a city and a page on a type of weapon and a page on a magical academy -- how do you put all those together in a coherent way? You can try creating endless word documents and folders, but you have to open each individually and it's a massive pain in the ass. You can try using a free wiki site, but you'll find yourself with a billion tabs open and trying to hunt down pages through clicking endless hyperlinks or scrolling through a purely alphabetical list of all wiki pages. Plus they're full of useless clutter than just inhibits focusing on the writing itself. This is an absolutely ideal solution to my organization problem. All documents can be organized in a smart, logical hierarchy, linking to one another just like a wiki, but they're all also instantly and coherently accessible at all times. It's incredibly intuitive and simple and I am completely in love with it. It might seem like no big deal to anyone who hasn't done a metric fuckton of worldbuilding like me, but this thing looks like it's going to completely change the way I write. My inability to organize my worldbuilding in a satisfactory way has so massively inhibited the amount of work I've been able to do with my setting. This looks like it's going to turn that all on its head. I highly recommend our other worldbuilers (Silver, Dragon, etc.) look into this. theguide.sourceforge.net/features.html |
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Post by The Counter Cultist(Sawyer) on Jun 13, 2016 1:36:52 GMT -5
I must go on that sub every other day.
How have I not seen this yet?
Thanks Pete.
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jun 13, 2016 12:07:50 GMT -5
So I just found this image on r/worldbuilding: That's a screenshot of a program called 'The Guide'. It's an extremely small program which is essentially a rich-text editor with a built-in wiki function. You can created endless folder hierarchies, hyperlinks to other pages, and all folders and pages can be collapsed/expanded and are instantly accessible on the side of the screen. The single biggest inhibitor, by far, to my worldbuilding over the past 5+ years has been organizing information. A page on a species of animal and a page on a city and a page on a type of weapon and a page on a magical academy -- how do you put all those together in a coherent way? You can try creating endless word documents and folders, but you have to open each individually and it's a massive pain in the ass. You can try using a free wiki site, but you'll find yourself with a billion tabs open and trying to hunt down pages through clicking endless hyperlinks or scrolling through a purely alphabetical list of all wiki pages. Plus they're full of useless clutter than just inhibits focusing on the writing itself. This is an absolutely ideal solution to my organization problem. All documents can be organized in a smart, logical hierarchy, linking to one another just like a wiki, but they're all also instantly and coherently accessible at all times. It's incredibly intuitive and simple and I am completely in love with it. It might seem like no big deal to anyone who hasn't done a metric fuckton of worldbuilding like me, but this thing looks like it's going to completely change the way I write. My inability to organize my worldbuilding in a satisfactory way has so massively inhibited the amount of work I've been able to do with my setting. This looks like it's going to turn that all on its head. I highly recommend our other worldbuilers (Silver, Dragon, etc.) look into this. theguide.sourceforge.net/features.htmlWell, that looks handy. |
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Post by Dylaria on Jun 13, 2016 22:35:39 GMT -5
So I just found this image on r/worldbuilding: That's a screenshot of a program called 'The Guide'. It's an extremely small program which is essentially a rich-text editor with a built-in wiki function. You can created endless folder hierarchies, hyperlinks to other pages, and all folders and pages can be collapsed/expanded and are instantly accessible on the side of the screen. The single biggest inhibitor, by far, to my worldbuilding over the past 5+ years has been organizing information. A page on a species of animal and a page on a city and a page on a type of weapon and a page on a magical academy -- how do you put all those together in a coherent way? You can try creating endless word documents and folders, but you have to open each individually and it's a massive pain in the ass. You can try using a free wiki site, but you'll find yourself with a billion tabs open and trying to hunt down pages through clicking endless hyperlinks or scrolling through a purely alphabetical list of all wiki pages. Plus they're full of useless clutter than just inhibits focusing on the writing itself. This is an absolutely ideal solution to my organization problem. All documents can be organized in a smart, logical hierarchy, linking to one another just like a wiki, but they're all also instantly and coherently accessible at all times. It's incredibly intuitive and simple and I am completely in love with it. It might seem like no big deal to anyone who hasn't done a metric fuckton of worldbuilding like me, but this thing looks like it's going to completely change the way I write. My inability to organize my worldbuilding in a satisfactory way has so massively inhibited the amount of work I've been able to do with my setting. This looks like it's going to turn that all on its head. I highly recommend our other worldbuilers (Silver, Dragon, etc.) look into this. theguide.sourceforge.net/features.htmlWell, that looks handy. Wow... wish I had access to that a few years ago. Would have made my big world building process way easier. Oh well, that's then this is now and I'm happy with how that project turned out. Maybe if I ever get the urge to revamp my fantasy world I'll try this out. |
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jun 20, 2016 22:34:37 GMT -5
I've made a bunch of bad jokes in the last year about, like, "Does writing code count?" or, "do writing marketing plans count? Hnyah. Hnyah. Hnyah."
... But for the record, having a decent grasp on narrative really does make any communications-based job way easier. You don't even know how many people I run into who can't build a decent arc into their PowerPoint decks.
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Post by James on Jun 24, 2016 19:11:22 GMT -5
I have so many story ideas and I don't have time for any of them because of my Masters.
Sigh.
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Post by Kaez on Jun 24, 2016 19:25:38 GMT -5
I have so many story ideas and I don't have time for any of them because of my Masters. Sigh. I'm trying to frantically get my shit together this summer to avoid that problem. Focusing less on doing actual writing and more on just getting a lot of dirty work out of the way so that writing in the near future will be as easy as possible for me. I really don't want my degree program to prevent me from dedicating time to worldbuilding. |
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Post by James on Jun 24, 2016 19:30:34 GMT -5
Hopefully, you'll be good.
I think most of my lack of time comes from the fact that I'm studying full time and working full time (and, you know, taking five weeks out to travel). I'm hoping by July, when my history dissertation is finished and I'm just working on my law thesis that it might not be so hectic.
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Post by Dylaria on Jun 24, 2016 21:52:40 GMT -5
You kids and your school...
I know your pain though, I've been trying to get some writing done for what feels like months now and just have huge problems finding the time. Between work, family/friends etc I'm struggling to find time to just lock myself in with my computer and type anything more than notes.
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Post by Kaez on Jun 25, 2016 13:23:07 GMT -5
On the topic of what I've been doing lately writing-wise, the stuff I'm writing... I'm kind of writing it -as though- I was writing the transcript of something to be read aloud...
...would anyone be interested in learning about a setting in podcast-form? Like. I know a fair few of you said you'd just not really be interested in reading about a setting you weren't already invested in through a story or narrative. Would -hearing- it rather than reading it make you more interested? Less?
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Post by Dylaria on Jun 25, 2016 18:03:20 GMT -5
On the topic of what I've been doing lately writing-wise, the stuff I'm writing... I'm kind of writing it -as though- I was writing the transcript of something to be read aloud... ...would anyone be interested in learning about a setting in podcast-form? Like. I know a fair few of you said you'd just not really be interested in reading about a setting you weren't already invested in through a story or narrative. Would -hearing- it rather than reading it make you more interested? Less? That's... a fascinating concept. I can't really say for sure in a void how the ultimate effect would be but it'd certainly be more convenient. I'm generally pressed for time these days, but something I could listen to on a commute or on lunch or something. Well, it would be easier to squeeze into my schedule and thinking time at the very least. (and yes, I have thinking time, or more accurately "time Amy uses to prevent herself from becoming even more insane") Speaking of thinking time! I have to redo the entire story I was posting here from chapter one. I hit a couple errors early on that simply no longer mesh with where the story was going. Oh well, at least I get to fix chapter three. I did that during some insomnia and it shows. Oh, and there's a title change too. I'm going to be writing this thing forever... |
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Post by James on Jul 7, 2016 17:20:28 GMT -5
Man, I really want to do some sort of magical realism twinned with the Shipping Forecast. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_ForecastLike, start off normal and slowly bring in this terrible creepiness as if it's still completely fine. |
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Post by The Counter Cultist(Sawyer) on Jul 15, 2016 17:33:36 GMT -5
Okay serious question.
How do we feel about having a prologue be told by a third person omniscient narrator, and than have the rest of the story be your average third person limited.
Like the prologue would be akin to the opening crawl to a Star Wars movie, while the rest would just follow the minds of individual characters.
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