📰 Newsletter
🎃 The cycle of burnout in worldbuilding, and a prompt about cutesy words
An update on how the daily swords are going, a prompt about cutesy words, and excitement for spooky month!
📝 Productivity
This post is about how to identify the signs of creative burnout before it catches you, and how to recover from it if you're feeling stuck.
📝 Productivity
Posting & ghosting leaves a dead atmosphere. Instead of dropping a link and running away, here's how to share your articles so that people actually read them.
📰 Newsletter
Daily creativity is a challenging but rewarding process! Will I manage to complete all 30 swords this month?
Here are my top tips on how to use Obsidian for worldbuilding, including an overview of which are the best features for organising your lore.
A deep dive on methods to organise your worldbuilding so that your lore is sorted, searchable, and easy to explore!
8 simple steps to make your worldbuilding timeline, plus my top tips, tools, and resources to help you come up with events and fix any gaps.
How to tackle any tricky worldbuilding prompts! Un-boring them! Twist the meaning of them! Bend the rules! CONQUER THE PROMPTS!
TL;DR: use the 6 Questions Method to write 50 words for: who, what, where, why, when, and how to get 300+ words for any writing prompt!
Get a biweekly delivery of inspiration, prompts, and resources to explore - with actionable tips and time to put them into practise.
When 10k feels like miles away, here are my best tips for boosting your wordcount without breaking any event rules!
Banish the burnout during WorldEmber this year and use the marathon mindset to achieve your goals!
Exciting things are coming!
Writing articles before the event is off-limits, so what CAN you prepare in advance? Quite a bit, actually!
Get ready for a 10,000 words worldbuilding challenge in December - can you handle the heat?
Secret plans!
A handy checklist of things to remember when writing a new worldbuilding article in your setting.
Naming things in worldbuilding is HARD, especially when it comes to the most important name of all - the name of your world. So here are 10 steps to come up with the perfect fit!
Lessons learnt from a change of pace, and a worldbuilding dare for you...
How to make a design document to plan out your worldbuilding (either an entirely new setting, or just an area you want to develop).
Exploring ideas on how items hold valuable history and connections with the rest of your worldbuilding, plus inclusivity resources on how to handle problematic phrases.
How to use the setting alignment chart (from grimdark to noble bright) to make the tone of your worldbuilding feel impactful and consistent.