Science Fiction Weapon/Airship List

a list of 100+ buildings to put in your fantasy town

academy

adventurer's guild

alchemist

apiary

apothecary

aquarium

armory

art gallery

bakery

bank

barber

barracks

bathhouse

blacksmith

boathouse

book store

bookbinder

botanical garden

brothel

butcher

carpenter

cartographer

casino

castle

cobbler

coffee shop

council chamber

court house

crypt for the noble family

dentist

distillery

docks

dovecot

dyer

embassy

farmer's market

fighting pit

fishmonger

fortune teller

gallows

gatehouse

general store

graveyard

greenhouses

guard post

guildhall

gymnasium

haberdashery

haunted house

hedge maze

herbalist

hospice

hospital

house for sale

inn

jail

jeweller

kindergarten

leatherworker

library

locksmith

mail courier

manor house

market

mayor's house

monastery

morgue

museum

music shop

observatory

orchard

orphanage

outhouse

paper maker

pawnshop

pet shop

potion shop

potter

printmaker

quest board

residence

restricted zone

sawmill

school

scribe

sewer entrance

sheriff's office

shrine

silversmith

spa

speakeasy

spice merchant

sports stadium

stables

street market

tailor

tannery

tavern

tax collector

tea house

temple

textile shop

theatre

thieves guild

thrift store

tinker's workshop

town crier post

town square

townhall

toy store

trinket shop

warehouse

watchtower

water mill

weaver

well

windmill

wishing well

wizard tower

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some weird writing advice that i would give to new writers (that i still use).

(part two of ?/part one)

✩ being stuck

being stuck is another thing a lot of writers struggle with, and this problem has a tendency to pop out in the most random times. you could've written the most amazing scene you had ever written in your life but when you reread it to edit it, you realize that it's actually as flat as a burnt pancake. it's frustrating as hell, makes me want to punch the words then myself if i'm being honest, but then i started using this techniques and it actually helped me a lot:

forget you're writing a scene. imagine it in your head as a movie scene playing. jot down everything you can imagine; what expression does the character have? where are they standing? what sounds can be heard in the background? you're not writing a scene, you're watching a movie.

summarize. what happens next in the story? summarize it in brackets, like this:

' (they both started running and skidded under the closing door.) ’

‘ ( she pulled out a gun and pointed at them. blood was flowing from the side of her forehead.) ’

‘ (they fought. BAM BAM BAM BAM. then silence. someone screamed. the walls started closing.) ’

summarize p.2. this is the same thing as the above one, but in reverse. instead of summarising the situations in brackets, we're gonna be writing just dialogues. sometimes it happens that when you're writing, you can actually hear the characters speak in your mind but don't know how to describe the scene.

change perspectives. if your story is written in first person pov, change it to third person pov. if it's in third, change it to first. or, to spice things up, write from a side character's pov and how they see the mc (main character) deal with the situation.

being random. now, you'll see a lot of people saying to ‘kill one of your characters if you‘re stuck’ and it might work, but not every time and definitely not when it's not needed. throwing a plot twist in your book is one thing and breaking your reader's trust is another and there's a thin line between it. however, you can be random in some other aspects, like switching the narrator. or changing the weather (this one is so helpful!!). or adding in a small but fun and interesting side quest.

try something different. this could be something just for timepass but it would be fun. write a character sketch. build up backstories for your side characters. take buzzfed quizzes as your characters (this is honestly so fun). make a satire AITAH post inspired by something unhinged your character did, let the other characters decide if they're TAH or NTA.

read some fanfics. trust me on this, reading some poorly written fanfics is the best way to get out of a writing slump! the worse it is, the better chance you have of writing.

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finally finished this, holy shit. (Turn the sound on)

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

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you HIT soul master? you pop his body like the balloon?? oh! oh! jail for knight! jail for knight for One Thousand Years!!!!

#RPG

The players start with a checklist of every number from 1 to 20. Whenever they would make a roll, they instead cross off a number and use that number. Their list does not refresh until they've used every number.

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You are an immortal. You angered a bard so badly that he epicly roasted you back. After a thousand years, even after the bard's name was forgotten, his words are still among the people. Everyone knows you as the moron.

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A desperate kingdom attempts to summon a hero, but their limited magical resources only allow them to summon a “miner” a man named Steve carrying only a wooden pickaxe. But when he starts punching trees , everyone wonder what miner he is.

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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