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New prompt list!
Just in time for June, I've whipped up a prompt list full of culturebuilding considerations.
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ysabetwordsmith compiled a list of worldbuilding topics a while ago, which is quite handy for getting a feel of the world in which your story takes place; it's got topics like Continents, Nations, Atmosphere, Orbit, Climate, Precious Metals, etc. But while I was playing around with it, I realized I wanted something with a different focus: something that would help me figure out the day-to-day experience of walking around or living in a location.
So, on my Bingo generator, under the Community-Contributed Lists section, I've got a new Culturebuilding Considerations (by An) list. With it, you can generate a card like this one, which you're free to use as a public card:
I hope it'll be complimentary to existing lists on there. For example, you might use Ysabet's list to develop the world in which your story takes place, and then increase the magnification and work through the culturebuilding to help you inhabit the world.
Enjoy!
ysabetwordsmith compiled a list of worldbuilding topics a while ago, which is quite handy for getting a feel of the world in which your story takes place; it's got topics like Continents, Nations, Atmosphere, Orbit, Climate, Precious Metals, etc. But while I was playing around with it, I realized I wanted something with a different focus: something that would help me figure out the day-to-day experience of walking around or living in a location.So, on my Bingo generator, under the Community-Contributed Lists section, I've got a new Culturebuilding Considerations (by An) list. With it, you can generate a card like this one, which you're free to use as a public card:
| Talents / Aptitudes / Abilities | Attitude Toward Religion | Daily Worship | Climate | Fashion - Clothes |
| Population Density | Family Structure | Celebrations | Population Diversity | Major Cultural Figures |
| Fashion - Hair | Literacy | Trade | Inheritance | Crime |
| Taboo | Technology and Invention | Body Language and Gestures | Wealth and Poverty | Daily Schedules |
| Idioms and Proverbs | Art | Governance | Timekeeping and Punctuality | Attitude Toward Science and Education |
I hope it'll be complimentary to existing lists on there. For example, you might use Ysabet's list to develop the world in which your story takes place, and then increase the magnification and work through the culturebuilding to help you inhabit the world.
Enjoy!
Ideas!
I'm thinking about trying a "4 stories, 4 themes, 4 prompts each" schema. So:
Fest-goers would decide whether they wanted creative choice or creative constraint. Then they'd generate 4 cards, and try to write one story or prompt response based on each of those cards – 4 stories in total.
One card would use the worldbuilding list, one would use the culturebuilding list, one would use a cast/groupbuilding list, and one would use a character-building list.
For fest-goers who wanted creative choices, they'd generate a 4x4 list. For those who wanted constraint, they'd generate a 2x2 postage stamp. Regardless of which way they chose, their goal would be to write a prompt response that illustrated 4 prompts at once: a bingo on the 4x4, or a blackout on the 2x2.
It'd only be 4 fills overall (unless people wanted to do repeats), but it'd stretch the mental muscles involving building relations between these elements and finding their intersections. And it'd help people get a feel for their world on multiple levels.
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Shall I pencil you in for September-October?
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