Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder! Today I am sharing with you a bit of writing I did a couple months back. During some time off, I wanted to have a go at a writing challenge, as I have done so in the past and so took a single word writing prompt and challenged myself to write a short story inspired by it in 2 hours. What follows is the result of that 2 hour session. The word – Adherent.
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Fantasy Short: The Story of the Jackal King
Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder! Today I’m sharing with you another short tale I put together when writing about the werewolves in my world. This tale is inspired by various myths I explored on the internet regarding werewolves across different cultures. It’s a grim and sad tale at times – as they often are, but my world can be a dark place and in many tales of blood and monsters, these creatures are born from cruelty and suffering. This is but one of many.
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Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder! It’s been a long while since my last post, but I have finally gained some time and the inclination to jump back to the blog for a quick jaunt of fiction. Today, I’m getting into the Halloweeny spirit and will be sharing with you a tale of Werewolves from my world. Enjoy!
Nestled in the hilly wilds of the eastern Kheltic States, the river Cadd cuts a deep gorge through the Clydcarreg Hills. Spanning this gorge at its narrowest point, a tall bridge made of aged fieldstone arches across from a stony bluff on the western bank, and down into the grassy foothills on its east. About the western end of the bridge, is clustered a small, fortified town – stout and hardy, with weathered walls and squat towers. This is the town of Cadder.
Continue reading “Fantasy Short: The Wolves of Cadder”Weekly Wittering: Prompt #15
Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder. Today I give you another weekly wittering in which I will be taking on a worldbuilding prompt and attempting to use it to delve into different aspects of my world – Egaar. I will be freewriting a lot of my responses and they will hopefully provide me with new, useful information about Egaar and its people. Hope you enjoy!
Prompt #15 – Describe a Thieves Guild that exists in your world and what they are up to
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Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder. Today I give you another weekly wittering in which I will be taking on a worldbuilding prompt and attempting to use it to delve into different aspects of my world – Egaar. I will be freewriting a lot of my responses and they will hopefully provide me with new, useful information about Egaar and its people. Hope you enjoy!
Prompt #14 – What methods of ‘fast-travel’ exist in your world?
Continue reading “Weekly Wittering: Prompt #14”Fantasy Short: The Auction
Fantasy Shorts are back! As part of my continued desire to better my writing ability, I have once again used a writing prompt to inspire myself. I find them to be an excellent source of inspiration and they help to spark my imagination in ways I may never have experienced without them. Thus, I am able to create short scenes of fiction to help bring to life my ideas. What follows is but one of these shorts: The Auction.
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Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder. Today I give you another weekly wittering in which I will be taking on a worldbuilding prompt and attempting to use it to delve into different aspects of my world – Egaar. I will be freewriting a lot of my responses and they will hopefully provide me with new, useful information about Egaar and its people. Hope you enjoy!
Prompt #13 – What Wars are currently occurring in your world?
Continue reading “Weekly Wittering: Prompt #13”Weekly Wittering: Prompt #12
Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder. Today I give you another weekly wittering in which I will be taking on a worldbuilding prompt and attempting to use it to delve into different aspects of my world – Egaar. I will be freewriting a lot of my responses and they will hopefully provide me with new, useful information about Egaar and its people. Hope you enjoy!
Prompt #12 – Can people achieve apotheosis in your world? If so, how?
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Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder. Today I give you another weekly wittering in which I will be taking on a worldbuilding prompt and attempting to use it to delve into different aspects of my world – Egaar. I will be freewriting a lot of my responses and they will hopefully provide me with new, useful information about Egaar and its people. Hope you enjoy!
Prompt #10 – What are some forms of entertainment in your world?
Continue reading “Weekly Wittering: Prompt #10”Fantasy Short: She is the enemy of knowledge
As part of my continued desire to better my writing ability, I have taken to using writing prompts to inspire myself. I find them to be an excellent source of inspiration and they help to spark my imagination in ways I may never have experienced without them. Thus, I am able to create short scenes of fiction to help bring to life my ideas. What follows is but one of these shorts: She is the enemy of knowledge
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