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T I P S Y : SPLITE for Worldbuilding

Hello, everyone! ^^ I’m back with a special Tipsy this Tuesday. I want to share this nifty little table I used to use back in high school for my AP World History course. Whenever we analyzed a civilization, we would use a SPRITE table. SPRITE stands for Social, Political, Religious, Intellectual/Ideological, Technological, and Economic. 

I’ve changed this so that it’s a SPLITE table (so it’s now Social, Political, Locational, Intellectual/Ideological, Technological, and Economic). The reason that I replaced the Religious with the Locational is because I felt it made more sense from a worldbuilding point of view to put more emphasis on geography and location. I wanted to present a really basic, essential look at creating fantasy worlds, and location really plays a big role in what it takes to build a world. A fantasy world can be built without religious considerations, but it cannot be built without locational considerations. A story has to take place somewhere, after all, and usually that somewhere has huge bearings on the story itself.

So, before I start rambling on about details, here’s the poster that I created for you to be able to download and use! ^^ (Tumblr reduces quality, so when you click on it you’ll find that it’s actually really high quality, so go on ahead and right-click, download, and use it to your heart’s content!) (For a PDF version, scroll down to the bottom of the post.)

Those are a lot of questions! I squeezed as many as I could in the boxes. Can you tell? ^^’ It’s a bit crowded. 

As an overall look at worldbuilding, this should be a good guide to help you get the civilizations in your worlds ready for those discerning readers of yours who’ll want to know more! 

But there’s more! Keep reading ^^

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Prompt #1534

“I can’t see anything.” 

“Hold on, I’ll set something on fire.”

“Why is that your solution to absolutely every problem?”

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being a writer is being satisfied with the story you’re telling and being frustrated with the way you’re writing it

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local bitch decides to daydream instead of getting a degree

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“‘Just kidding’ was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.”

— David Nicholls, One Day (via the-book-diaries)

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One day, one rhyme- Day 1827

It’s proper summer weather now

Sunshine reaches out far,

I fry eggs on the path outside

And bake bread in the car.

Candles for lighting are no good,

The wax melts from the heat

And those who sit on park benches

Get melded to the seat.

The small swimming pool we use to

Brew giant pots of tea,

All of this makes me think I should

Move closer to the sea.

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“Art is not a making-oneself-understood but an urgent understanding-of-oneself. The closer you get in your most intimate and solitary contemplation or imagination (vision), the more has been achieved, even if no one else were to understand it.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke, from “On Solitude,” The Poet’s Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke, ed. and trans. Ulrich Baer (Modern Library, 2005) 

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Holiday OC Asks

Christmas tree : What would your OC most like to receive for Christmas?

Mistletoe : Who would your OC most like to kiss? Is the feeling mutual?

Stocking : What gifts would your OCs give each other?

December : Do / would they decorate for the holidays? What is their favorite decoration?  

Winter : Do they like cold weather? What is their favorite winter activity? Least favorite?

Skates : Can they ice skate?

Memories : What is their favorite holiday memory?

Star : Who is the most important person to your OC?

Sweater : Would they wear an ugly sweater? What would it look like?

Eggnog : What is their favorite holiday beverage?

Tradition : Do they have any holiday traditions?

Sleigh : Would they be on the nice list, or the naughty list?

Holiday : Who would they like to spend the holidays with?

Lights : Would they walk / drive around town looking at all the Christmas lights and decorations?   Snowman : How would they dress a snowman?

Snowball : How would they react to being hit with a snowball?

Elf : Are they happy during the holidays, or does it depress them?

Reindeer : If they could be gifted any pet of their choosing, what would it be?

Jingle : What is their favorite holiday song?

Gingerbread : What is their favorite holiday treat?

Present : Write a short drabble about an OC receiving the gift they would most like to receive

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Trainspotting (1996)

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Good stuff.

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She offers dark red cherries, which stain her palms, but it feels like she offers her heart, raw and beating and bleeding. She stands at the sink at night, observes the way the neon bulb casts a fake halogen light on her skin, makes it almost look as white and ghostly as milk with blue shades where her veins are running. There’s blood on the tip of her fingers, old and dried little crumbs hide beneath her fingernails and she tries to scrub them away, rubs and grates on her skin until it’s pinkish red, until it burns but the blood won’t disappear, leaves the creases of her palms in crimson.

She goes back to bed, pulls the blanket to her chin and starts to count the freckles on her girlfriend’s bare shoulders, ignores the cardinal that drips from her fingers.

(eleven, twelve, thirteen)

(sixteen, seventeen, eighteen)

She counts and falls asleep with her name on her lips.

- 13 freckles and 18 scars | r.m upcoming in Fragments

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Platonic Touch

Sometimes, characters want contact that has nothing to do with sex or violence. Send one of these for your character to reach out to mine.

Shoulder Clasp

Across the Shoulder hug

Hair Ruffle

Gentle headlock

Full body lean

Feet in lap

Head in lap

Hair petting

Ambush hug

Not so ambush hug

Pulling mine into their lap

Cheek kiss

Forehead kiss

Brushing hair out of mine’s face

Fixing shirt collar

Fixing shirt cuffs

Fixing a clothing tag

Tying shoes

Taking off shoes

Carrying while half asleep

Hand holding

Leaning their head on mine’s shoulder tiredly

Absently tracing patterns on the nearest exposed skin

Pushing glasses into place

Offering their drink

Offering their snack

Kissing the back of mine’s hand

Looping their arm around mine’s waist and leaning against mine’s back

Crawling into bed with

Using shoulder as a pillow

Pulling mine’s arm around their shoulder

Hair brushing

Brushing lint off of

Giving a foot massage

Giving a back massage

Giving a scalp massage

Rubbing circles on mine’s back

Sharing a secret smile

Booping the nose

Touching noses together

Resting foreheads together

Resting cheeks together

Sharing a blanket

Taking over mine’s seat while they’re in it

Poking with fingers/toes

Painting mine’s nails

Putting jewelry on mine

Doing mine’s hair

Pinkie promise

High five

Fist bump

Secret handshake

Hipcheck

Pulling mine into a dance

Initiate a tickle fight