Worldbuilding Questions: Other* Cultures - A Handy List For Writers With Little Time

Absolutely fascinating read on why “psychological androgyny” is key to creativity 

Las Audiencias

Tengo tiempo ya diciéndolo, que soy selectivo respecto al público que dejo entrar a mi casa, si son uno o dos o tres o mil o millones, es un público que va con una idea. Es un público respetuoso, amable, abierto a nuevas ideas,  y los diálogos y las discusiones y análisis se desarrollan en un ambiente respetuoso, sin pasar lïneas de respeto y cordialidad.

En el nuevo espacio que estoy construyendo para mi casa, sólo entrarán aquellos amigos apreciados, con un nombre real, con un teléfono de acceso, con un correo electrónico, verificaremos con acritud que existan personas reales, con nombres reales, a quienes podamos adjudicar la responsabilidad de un discurso o una palabra.

Decíamos que con las nuevas tecnologías, y las inteligencias artificiales es muy fácil crear espacios de millones con fakes profiles, y me pregunto, si un cliente o negocio, quisiera entrar y sacar información de espacios donde se promueven fake profiles, y no se checan los perfiles. Me pregunto si clientes o dueños de negocios se dejarán llevar por las burbujas de jabón que propician los fakes profiles, y me preguntó si verdaderamente clientes y negocios dejarán llevarse por burbujas que parecen ser que son, pero no son, y tomar decisiones de compra y asociaciones con aquellos que fomentan perfiles ocultos, nombres falsos en cuentas escondidas, etc etc. llevando a un mercado falso.

Es por ello, que dentro de mi casa, mi fundación, ladrillo por ladrillo, desde arriba hacia abajo, estará solo construida por nombres reales, personajes reales, para que sea mi diferencia en un mundo donde cada día mas, se promueve lo engańoso..

Muchas veces, la gente no sabe lo que quiere hasta que se lo muestras.

Steve Jobs (via elcielosobremi)

There’s one thing you can absolutely, 100 percent rely on, which is that if you show five different people the same thing, they’re all going to have a different complaint or compliment. Each is going to have a different response, and you’d better know what you’re gonna do, otherwise you’re going to get confused… [H]ow much good can come from putting any time into studying how people are responding to your movies? The best case scenario is that it makes you feel flattered for a certain period of time, which doesn’t really buy you much, in life: and inevitably, it’s not going to just be the best-case scenario, so learn to spare yourself that experience, I’d say. – Wes Anderson

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

NotionByRach - FREEBIES (workbook, notion template, games, challenges, etc.);

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

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