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Ocean Vuong, from “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong”, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

You have options. I promise you, you have options. Even if you blow up your whole life, change your name and train hop half way across the country- you still have options. So long as you are alive you have choices and chances. If you can’t see them, ask someone else. Ask a stranger or someone who loves you. Anyone not in your situation will have different a perspective. Stay safe and stay alive.

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The work starts now, in the silence, where no one sees the effort but where all the results are made. I don’t need anyone to cheer me on because I know what I’m capable of. I am my own biggest motivator, and I won’t stop. There will be days when it feels like I can’t go on, but I will keep pushing forward because that’s where growth happens in the struggle, in the grind, when no one is watching. I don’t need recognition, I don’t need applause. All I need is to keep my head down and focus on what’s in front of me. The path won’t be easy, but I don’t expect it to be. I’ll face the discomfort, the exhaustion, the doubt, and still keep moving. I’ll work in the quiet, trusting that my efforts are building something solid, something that will eventually show. It’s not about proving anything to anyone else but it’s about knowing I did my best, even when no one was there to witness it. So I’ll keep working, keep pushing, keep moving forward, because I know what I’m building.

ppl talk about the difficulty of writing characters smarter than yourself, but the real challenge is writing a character who is funnier than you are

Writing Reference: Types of Castles

As time went on, new technologies became available for attack and defense. Different types of castle were built to match them.

Motte and Bailey

Most common in: 10–11th century

Construction: wooden castle built on a mound (motte), surrounded by a fortified enclosure (bailey)

Strengths: quick and cheap to build

Weaknesses: vulnerable to attack by battering rams and fire

Concentric Defenses

Most common in: 12–15th century

Construction: central fortress, or keep, surrounded by layers of stone walls

Strengths: long lasting and very hard to break into

Weaknesses: took a long time to build; defenders could become trapped inside; vulnerable to cannon fire

Star Forts

Most common in: 16–20th century

Construction: stone or concrete

Strengths: angles deflect cannon fire, and allow defenders to fire on enemies from several sides

Weaknesses: modern high explosives

Castles were built all across the world, ranging from simple wooden enclosures to vast stone palaces.

A large number were built by feudal lords in Europe, who needed a place to keep their families and treasures safe from rivals while they were away at war.

The Crusaders depended on castles to protect their settlements in the Holy Land, where they might come under attack at any time.

With towering stone walls bristling with arrow slits, murder holes, and other defenses, castles were a formidable obstacle to any medieval invader.

At the center of the castle was the keep, a tall tower where the lord and his family made their home, and which could be defended even if the rest of the castle fell.

Around the keep were wards, open areas where the castle’s other inhabitants lived and worked, all protected by stone walls

Source ⚜ More: Parts of a Castle More References: Medieval Period

Hey! By chance, does anyone know if there are any databases of world folklore and ancient cultures/civilizations? Doing some research for projects.

Bonus points if:

- the databases include photos of excavations, paintings, and pottery.

- includes ancient poetry and music

- includes some kind of timeline/adjustable filters

Bonus Bonus points if the website are devoted to ancient Africa and The Middle East/ the Arab world.

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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