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Modern Knife Types / Blade Shapes
For sources: http://sword-site.com/thread/1111/diagrams-modern-knife-types
Important for those who thought a Honing Steel was a Steak Knife.
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Tag: writing reference
Proposal: instead of creating fantasy names by inventively misspelling real names, create fantasy names by cutting real names in half and stapling them back together with mismatched counterparts. e.g.:
Alexamin
Danthew
Jamriel
Tyseph
WilmeronHere is an online fantasy name generator that does exactly this for you.
uhmmmm just tested and it works super well?? check it out!
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Body Language Master List
So a few years ago, I decided to combine every body language reference into one big master list.
And now I’m going to share it with you guys!
It’s incomplete, and always growing, but it’s still helpful nonetheless.
Enjoy!
writers:
- break up your paragraphs. big paragraphs are scary, your readers will get scared
- fuuuuck epithets. “the other man got up” “the taller woman sat down” “the blonde walked away” nahhh. call them by their names or rework the sentence. you can do so much better than this (exception: if the reader doesn’t know the character(s) you’re referring to yet, it’s a-okay to refer to them by an identifying trait)
- blunette is not a thing
- new speaker, new paragraph. please.
- “said” is such a great word. use it. make sweet love to it. but don’t kill it
- use “said” more than you use synonyms for it. that way the use of synonyms gets more exciting. getting a sudden description of how a character is saying something (screaming, mumbling, sighing) is more interesting that way.
- if your summary says “I suck at summaries” or “story better than summary” you’re turning off the reader, my dude. your summary is supposed to be your hook. you gotta own it, just like you’re gonna own the story they’re about to read
- follow long sentences w short ones and short ones w long ones. same goes for paragraphs
- your writing is always better than you think it is. you just think it’s bad because the story’s always gonna be predicable to the one who’s writing it
- i love u guys keep on trucking
List of Elemental Abilities
Air/Wind
- Aerokinesis -manipulate the air, wind, and gas.
- Aeroportation – teleport using air/wind currents.
- Air Mimicry – transform into a cloud of gas, fog, or mist.
- Atmokinesis – manipulate the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Deoxygenation – suck up all the oxygen from a place.
- Lung Adaptation – breath anywhere
- Wind Generation – create blasts of air.
- Divine Winds Manipulation – create and control heavenly winds.
- Dark Wind Manipulation – create and control eerie winds.
Earth
- Geokinesis – control, manipulate, and reshape the earth at will.
- Atmokinesis – control and manipulate the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Crystallokinesis – manipulate minerals and crystals.
- Ferrokinesis… manipulate metal at will.
- Fraxikinesis – manipulate burnt matter.
- Geo-Thermokinesis – manipulate, control, and create lava, magma and volcanoes.
- Golem Creation – make golems out of inanimate materials like rocks, wood, plants, magma, etc.
- Granulation… can turn things into sand.
- Halokinesis – control and manipulate salt.
- Hyalokinesis – control and manipulate glass.
- Koniokinesis – manipulate and control dust particles.
- Plassikinesis – manipulate and control all forms of plastic.
- Psammokinesis – can control and manipulate sand.
- Terrakinesis – control, manipulate and alter/reshape the surrounding terrain and landscape at will.
- Terraportation – teleport via the earth and earth-based materials.
- Sacred Earth Manipulation – Create, manipulate, control, reshape divine earth minerals.
- Black Earth Manipulation – Create, manipulate and control tainted and evil earth minerals.
Fire
- Pyrokinesis – create, control and manipulate fire, flame and heat.
- Atmokinesis – control and manipulate the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Fire Breath – breathe out flames.
- Geo-Thermokinesis – manipulate lava, magma and volcanoes.
- Heliokinesis – manipulate and control the sun and sunlight.
- Hell-Fire Manipulation – Generate and control flames of hell.
- Holy Fire Manipulation – Generate and control flames of Heaven.
- Inflammation – burn things.
- Melting – heat molecules to melt things.
- Plasmakinesis – can control plasma.
- Pyrotechnics – create fireworks.
- Self-Detonation – explode self and reform.
- Thermokinesis – create, control and manipulate heat.
Water
- Hydrokinesis – manipulate and control liquid water and mold it into any desired shape or form.
- Aquatic Adaptation – adapted to underwater living.
- Aquatic Respiration – breathe underwater.
- Atmokinesis– control and manipulate the various aspects of the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Dehydration – absorb water.
- Hydroportation – teleport across short or long distances through liquid water.
- Water Mimicry – turn into liquid water.
- Holy Water Manipulation – create, manipulate and control graceful waters.
- Dark Water Manipulation – create, manipulate and control evil and dangerous waters.
Darkness
- Umbrakinesis – can manipulate and control darkness or shadows.
- Animated Shadow – Animate one’s shadow.
- Light Absorption – block out light in an area.
- Night Vision – see in the dark.
- Sacred Darkness – create holy darkness.
- Shadow Camouflage – be unseen in shadows.
- Shadow Mimicry – become a shadow.
- Umbrageous Teleportation – teleport via the shadows and darkness.
Electricity/Lightning
- Quintessence Force -Can generate whitish-blue lightning that also contains pure life energy.
- Electrokinesis – control, generate or absorb electric fields and shoot lightning bolts.
- Activation & Deactivation – turn stuff on and off.
- Positron Manipulation – control positrons, the antimatter counterpart to electrons.
- Electrical Absorption – absorb electricity.
- Electric Mimicry -transform entire body into a lightning-like being of pure electrical energy
- Electrical Transportation – teleport with lightning.
- Divine Lightning Manipulation – create and control the brightest lightning.
- Black Lightning Manipulation – create and control the darkest lightning.
Energy
- Dynamokinesis – manipulate existing energy.
- Energy Blast – create blasts of energy.
- Energy Emission – release energy.
- Quintessence Force – create and manipulate unique form of electrical and life energy.
- Mana Manipulation
- Chi Manipulation
- Electricity Manipulation
- Energy Manipulation
Ice
- Cryokinesis – control ice, snow and other forms of frozen water.
- Freeze Breath – freeze things in solid ice.
- Freezing – lower the temperature in kinetic atoms to freezing temperatures.
- Frigokinesis – control snow either as precipitation or already on the ground.
- Ice Beam – shoot beams of freezing energy.
- Ice Generation
Light
- Dark Light Manipulation – create the darkest light in existence.
- White Light Manipulation– create sacred light from the divine.
- Photokinesis – create and manipulate pure light.
- Force-Field Generation – create protective shields of solid photons.
- Invisibility – be unseen.
- Laser Emission – bend light wavelengths to create lasers.
- Light Absorption -absorb the light around you.
- Light Generation – emit blinding light or glow in the dark.
- Light Mimicry – take on the traits of light.
- Photoportation – Teleport by using photons.
- Projective Invisibility – turn other things invisible.
- Evil Banish – Rid and banish all spirits of evil and black magic.
- Light Manipulation
Weather
- Atmokinesis – manipulate the various aspects of the weather by using water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.
- Atmokinetic Resistance – immunity to all weather-based abilities and effects.
- Atmokinetic Sensing – sense the future weather patterns.
Other
- Aether Manipulation
- Cosmic Manipulation
- Gravity Manipulation
- Nether Manipulation
- Space-Time Manipulation
From Superpower Wikia. See their complete list of superpowers HERE.
Resources For Describing Characters
Physical Appearance
- Arms
- Athletic Build
- Back
- Butts
- Cheeks
- Chest
- Chins
- Curvy Build
- Ears
- Eyebrows
- Eyes
- Faces
- Facial Hair
- Feet
- Fingernails
- Fingers
- Hair
- Hands
- Head
- Hips
- Jaws
- Knees
- Legs
- Lips
- Muscular Build
- Neck
- Noses
- Shoulders
- Slender Build
- Sickly Build
- Skin
- Stocky Build
- Stomach
- Teeth
- Toenails
- Toes
- Underweight Build
Character Traits
- Affectionate
- Ambitious
- Bossy
- Brave
- Calm
- Cautious
- Charismatic
- Clever
- Conceited
- Courageous
- Creative
- Critical
- Curious
- Determined
- Diplomatic
- Dishonest
- Disorganized
- Eccentric
- Excitable
- Friendly
- Funny
- Generous
- Glamorous
- Guarded
- Honest
- Impulsive
- Independent
- Intelligent
- Just
- Kind
- Loyal
- Manipulative
- Mature
- Modest
- Mysterious
- Naïve
- Optimistic
- Prejudiced
- Persistent
- Proper
- Responsible
- Sensitive
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Shy
- Reckless
- Stingy
- Stubborn
- Talented
- Thoughtful
- Thrifty
- Visionary
- Wise
- Witty
- Worry Wart
- Wounded
Talents & Skills
- A Knack for Languages
- A Knack for Making Money
- A Way with Animals
- Archery
- Astral Projection
- Astrological Divination
- Baking
- Basic First Aid
- Blending In
- Carpentry
- Charm
- ESP (Clairvoyance)
- Empathy
- Enhanced Hearing
- Enhanced Sense of Smell
- Enhanced Taste Buds
- Farming
- Fishing
- Foraging
- Gaining the Trust of Others
- Gaming
- Gardening
- Good Listening Skills
- Haggling
- Herbalism
- Hospitality
- Hot-Wiring a Car
- High Pain Tolerance
- Knife Throwing
- Knowledge of Explosives
- Lip-Reading
- Lying
- Making People Laugh
- Mechanically Inclined
- Mentalism
- Mimicking
- Multitasking
- Musicality
- Organization
- Parkour
- Photographic Memory
- Predicting the Weather
- Promotion
- Psychokinesis
- Reading People
- Regeneration
- Repurposing
- Sculpting
- Self-Defense
- Sewing
- Sharpshooting
- Sleight-of-Hand
- Strategic Thinking
- Strong Breath Control
- Super Strength
- Survival Skills
- Swift-footedness
- Talking With The Dead
- Throwing One’s Voice
- Whittling
- Wilderness Navigation
- Wrestling
- Elemental Abilities
Miscellaneous
- Voices
- Voice Types
- Speech Patterns
- Speech Impediment
- List of Character Flaws
- List of Archetypes
- Hairstyles
- Describing Body Types & How They Move Around
- Secrets To Give Your Character
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How to come up with names for your dystopian teen lit:
Try to say regular names with a bunch of Oreos in your mouth!
Examples: Jocelyn = Jorslun. Elizabeth = Lisbit. Daniel = Dannel.
You’re welcome.
Following up on this idea. I tried this method with a hamburger in my mouth, in lieu of Oreos. Results:
Alice = Allit. Mark = Marth. Tommy = Domi.
Confirmed: a mouth full of President Choice White Mac and Cheese produces a subset of names with a more badass tilt to them.
Examples: Chris = Rith. Brittany = Brickney. Megan = Mayhem.
I JUST CACKLED OUT LOUD IN PUBLIC
This is an amazing tool.
Next time I need an RPG character name I’ll be using the Chubby Bunny method.
Color Synonyms
White
also: pale; blanched; sallow; pallid; waxen; spectral; translucent; albino;
Grey
also: dust; stone; pepper;
Black
also: coal; slate; dusky; ebon; shadow; murky;
Tan
also: flesh; khaki; cream; tawny;
Brown
also: henna; russet; sepia; chestnut; cocoa; drab; bronze;
Red
also: terracotta ; rouge; carmine; fire-engine; ruddy
Orange
also: pumpkin ; rust ;
Yellow
also: sunny; amber; saffron; hay; straw; platinum;
Green
also: viridescent; grass; jade; forest;
Blue
also: turquoise; cyan; ultramarine; royal; aqua; aquamarine;
Purple
also: berry; amaranthine;
Pink
also: flushed; candy; cherry blossom; petal pink ;
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source: http://ingridsundberg.com/
—–additional synonyms added by me














