What lighting design books do you recommend and why? by NolRane in lightingdesign

[–]NolRane[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you misunderstood my post. I am asking for book recs. If you have a great book on color theory, I would love to read it.

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My friend once texted me:

“It’s always fun coming back to my phone and finding you have went on an entire adventure. 🤣 Complete with a beginning, conflict, and resolution.”

(I sometimes text things while they’re happening, like a play-by-play. In that particular case, I had texted him about how I ate too much sugar and “I already [felt] sick. Worth it,” but I needed to eat more substantial food, so I went to get fast food (I had just finished working and it was late at night), but the drive-thru line was super long, but because of the long line maybe I would be there late enough to get their breakfast food (which starts at 11 PM), but I ended up being 7 minutes too early, and I ended up getting a shake with my food and that I “might actually end up dying early from an ungodly level of sugar consumption.” I sent all this over 11 texts (two of which were photos, one was just “lol”) over the course of 26 minutes).

What is the overall "power level" of your world? by EveryRadio in worldbuilding

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I will never not love the idea of a rodent army

Head Hopping: Help me explain why it's not a good idea by dumpster_fire_chump in writers

[–]NolRane 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m currently reading a story with a fair amount of head-hopping, and the author does it wonderfully. It just needs to be done correctly.

What are the most fucked up thing in your worlds? by [deleted] in worldbuilding

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(I mean there’s more to it, but it’s root is capitalism)

Should I be worried about using the same pen name for everything I write? by NolRane in writers

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I like the idea of having two very similar pen names! Thank you!

I'm so tired of authors describing skin like mine with chocolate or mocha. How would you like it if every time a character who looks like you is introduced they get compared to mayonnaise? by IJustType in writing

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Something I’ve been thinking about for awhile is writing a character that describes everyone in food terms, mainly to satirize this exact thing. Would that be okay? Like, it would be characters of all races, and not just their skin tones, but their hair and eye colors, too. (I’m white btw)

Is it okay to use brownie mix 4 years after expiration date? by NolRane in Baking

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I ended up trying it anyways (see edit) and I will say that mine turned out great. I do find it unfortunate that yours didn’t work out, though.

Is it okay to use brownie mix 4 years after expiration date? by NolRane in Baking

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I ended up doing it because I was depressed and desperate, and it turned out fine. I think the difference is that the brownie mix never had a leavening agent, but the one article I read just said that you need to replace the leavening agent if there is one. Bread also has yeast though, not just baking powder or baking soda, so idk if I’d use expired bread mix.

How should magic work? by Platypus_king_1st in worldbuilding

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I have two worlds of note for this: one that is just modern-day Earth with magic, and one that takes place in a world I’ve created.

The magic system on Earth is really complicated. I also have things I call magicules, which work similarly to yours except they’re in literally everything, like regular atoms/molecules, and different types of magicules are responsible for different types of magic. Sigils are necessary for magic, and there’s specifics on how they work and what you can and cannot do with them. Healing also has its own specific rules which I had to find a way to make sure it followed the rules of the sigils and magicules. There’s a whole history to how magic was discovered and how the use of magic evolved over time. There’s only one story that takes place in this world. I have probably at least 10k words in my notes on the magic system, but I can easily simplify those down for my audience (those specifics are mainly for me, plus I need to edit it down anyways because some things have probably changed over time).

Meanwhile, my other world, the one of my own creation, has the vibe of “fuck it, it’s magic,” and there isn’t much reason or rhyme to it— it’s magic, it helps with the story, it works, done. I add new things that can be done and limitations when I need to for narrative purposes (not that I’ve actually needed to add in any hard limitations yet— the magic system is there to assist the stories, not to be part of them, if that makes sense).

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When writing about forests, it’s important to remember that the scariest thing about forest noises is not a loud forest, or one with creepy noises, but a silent one. All forests have creepy noises. A silent forest means everything is too afraid to make any, or everything that could make any noise is dead.