Star Spun Souls

This post is part of a series to augment the Tips for Writing Fiction available for free download. This and other writing workshops are gathered in my Workshops Directory for you to explore. Find more tarot-related content in my Tarot Gallery . Whether or not you subscribe to the mystical side of tarot, it remains a fantastic characterization tool. Tarot readings provide an in-depth snapshot of a person and what their life is like, as well as the influences driving them into the future. A normal reading comes together through a skilled interpreter and the overturning of cards in a meaningful order (positioned in what's called a tarot spread). But to do a tarot spread for your characters, all you need is to fill out this worksheet with your insights and ideas. The exercise evolves from your character's personality, through external and internal circumstances, to their most likely ...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Atlas of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other TotKW maps are gathered in my Map Directory for you to explore. Enjoy! Kholl A bleak, frigid land at the edge of the world. Geography and Climate In Part 1 of Awakening , Kholl is a frigid land at the northeastern edge of the Known World. Each dark, brutal winter thaws into the gray drizzle of summer daylight, but little sunshine strikes the embittered land. The crags of the Khollek Mountains in the west crumble into the cold sand dunes of the Heleki Desert in the east, and the whole continent is windswept and barren. This region also borders the Katei Ocean , the Kondak Sea, and the Unknown East. Flora and Fauna The Khollic wasteland is inhospitable to most lifeforms. The cold shale mountains and crumbling sand...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Tips for Writing Fiction available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other writing workshops are gathered in my Workshops Directory for you to explore. Find my world workshops in the Worldbuilding Directory . In Part 1 of this series , we talked about the storycraft aspects of flow - what flow is, why it should fluctuate, and where to adjust it for best effect. Now, we get down to the nitty gritty of how to use language to control your flow. First, the basics! Each scene of your tale has its own natural flow, determined by content and the way you tell the story. Action, plot events, excitement, and suspense naturally flow fast, while introspection, description, and other exposition slow down your natural flow. Certain scenes require a slower flow, and provided you've structured your story to build good momentum, you can use action a...

In the novel Awakening , there are 23 portents fortelling the events of the unfolding saga. Start with Portent I here . These and other riddles in rhyme are gathered in the Portents Directory for you to explore. Enjoy! Through razor's edge of knowledge bought Of timeless time congealed With cold deceit the master culled His destiny long concealed To piercing realm of shadows fell In terror burden reaps With lover's spark ignites the dark A pawn as the legend weeps Surrendered gate the golden word To portent's deathly creed Awakening the tide of grief And forfeiting soul to bleed. Can you decode the future Tales of the Known World ? Share your interpretation! Comment below with your take on this portent. This portent appears at the start of Part 4 of Awakening , and it foretells the ending of the first book in the TotK...