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New Year's Resolutions

Learning from the community has always been a thing that comes from hanging within World Anvil. With this new challenge, I seek to peruse and grow from observing each of these 10 articles.

My goal for the year is continual progress, like walking on the path, only forwards, a (current) goal of 25k words of articles manuscript and editting per year.

Rite of Fangs
Tradition / Ritual | Jan 5, 2025

This piece teaches me you can get way closer to the edge than I have been getting, fearing offending people or breaking WA's rules, and that alot more can be done with the power of allusion. Bravo.

Pingu
Species | Jan 23, 2025

These tuxedoed creatures waddle their way through life on land, alternating with bellysliding. However, their true home lies in the seas and oceans of the world.

Teaches the value of a little real world research and more so using the research to bulk out things rather than leaving these facts implied by what they reference.

Layikani - Firewalker
Species | Mar 23, 2025

Use of other article's article block can draw the eye and pull a person deeper into the world, and when I get multi-image art, learning a rotating image block can provide info and reference to the paragraphs.

Augalai
Species | May 20, 2025

This one reminds me to allow the Folliad to be alien, not just green humans, and embrace the dryad inspired network that is the default inspiration of the world.

Pendraken
Character | Feb 6, 2025

A smuggler, slave trader and a thief with awful luck.

Pendraken is a glorious reminder that some of the pillars of your world can be people that spread out information rather than places and things that fill in and inform people. This article feels so alive and that every link can be its own journey.

Aira Vasar
Physical / Metaphysical Law | Dec 27, 2024

Less a lesson and more a reference point going forwards to help with the structure of my cosmology. Grrr cosmology articles.

Strays & Stories
Building / Landmark | Jan 4, 2025

While so many lessons can be learnt from this, this one will always be a reminder that not every market stall has to exist in the market district, or not every house has to be in residential. The outliers make for great stories.

Ruinism
Organization | Jan 2, 2025

A great guideline for a pantheon and the people who support it. Paying attention to it going forwards.

Joaqim
Character | Feb 7, 2025

Current Purple Grdzneuli able to resurrect the dead. Wants the risen to confront their living brethren, bringing on a planet-scale terror.

Another one from this writer, showing a cool way to use content warnings and another showing of just how crunchy WA's guidelines are.

File 0.3C/16 - The Dead Man Walking
Character | Jan 4, 2025

A reminder that the strange and magical can also be so scary in the mundane-ness of its basic story. St Elmo's fire is just fire on a ship. and this is just a hurricane. But the magic and the madness is here in this story.

Pilaquidae
Fauna | Mar 16, 2025

A family of fish exclusive to planet Norrab.

I love all the tooltips and science speak that you know is not to be expanded upon but like a mirror in a terrarium is there to give the illusion of depth when what is there is enough.

Thank you for reading, feel free to give feedback.


Cover image: Swamp Ghoul by Vormoranox

Comments

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Jan 6, 2025 14:34

Thank you so much for the mentions!

"Visit Ayonerra. Your Khelmtsiphe demands it!"
Jan 7, 2025 08:03 by Asmod

If you're passing through, feel free to give a squiz or comment. I love to learn from others.

Jan 7, 2025 08:03 by Asmod

Especially about structuring people as articles.

Jan 6, 2025 15:00 by Imagica

Thank you so much for including my articles on your list! I am so happy they managed to inspire you <3 Happy new year and may you reach all your goals during 2025!

Come visit my world of Kena'an for tales of fantasy and magic!

Or, if you want something darker, Crux Umbra awaits.

Jan 7, 2025 08:02 by Asmod

Hoping to learn more from your worlds going forth. If you've any hinters when you pass through, feel free to leave them.

Jan 6, 2025 16:20 by Mochi

Thank you so much for featuring Pilaquidae! I enjoy going into the taxonomy and the science behind my species, it's my favourite part to writing about animals <3

I hope you have a great day!   Explore the endless planets brimming with life of the Yonderverse! Go after creatures, discover new places, and learn about the people you find along the way.
Jan 7, 2025 08:04 by Asmod

Got any hinters or know of the top of your head any resource libraries?

Jan 7, 2025 23:27 by Mochi

I can have a look around! To be honest most of my inspiration comes from wikipedia rabbitholes, as I dive through articles on different families of fish or whatnot - there's a surprising amount to explore, so I can spend hours looking at taxonomy on wikipedia.

I hope you have a great day!   Explore the endless planets brimming with life of the Yonderverse! Go after creatures, discover new places, and learn about the people you find along the way.
Jan 8, 2025 00:50 by Asmod

That's a dangerous rabbithole that has done your work so much well.

Jan 7, 2025 07:41

Thank you for mentioning my Augalai. I'm happy to see that you like them. Good luck with your future writing!

Jan 7, 2025 08:05 by Asmod

Do you have any thoughts about making my versions of the dryad archetypoe more alien?

Jan 7, 2025 08:46

Can you send me a link to them? I will definitely take a look at them.

Jan 8, 2025 21:03

Nice to see you are taking inspiration from the community and using it to motivate you going forward. Happy new year :)

Jan 9, 2025 02:09 by Asmod

Happy year to you too

Jan 12, 2025 15:09

Thank you for mentioning my firewalkers here and good luck with your plans for 2025.

Stay imaginative and discover Blue's Worlds, Elaqitan & Naharin.