World Ember 2021 Pledge Document

I pledge to write 10,000 words of worldbuilding during December!

My Goal During World Ember

Lessons Learned from Summer Camp 2021

1. My goal of Copper was under-ambitious; I should not have a problem with meeting the WE 10k
   
2. Choosing a specific focus for the event didn't work. I'm very much a "go where the inspiration takes me" kind of writer.


3. Virtually any prompt can be used in Relativity, because the scope is practically limitless.

Plan

I plan to write whichever corner of the universe is most present in my mind at the time. I've got various inspiration sources lined up to assist.

Ideas

At the moment most of my major articles, e.g. species, are unpublished and/or stubs. I want to flesh out the Zartriite peoples especially.
I've got a whole culture to begin working on: a planet, an empire, at least two sapient species, and the prompts I've collected below I selected with this culture in mind.

Stub Articles to Write:

Dryad

Sphinx

Dragon

Gargoyle

Prompts to Answer:

"An ancient kingdom, nation or empire" (Summer Camp 2018): Misherian Empire
What childhood stories are people still afraid of as adults
What stories do parents tell their children about to scare them into good behaviour?
Create a building that is feared by a culture
A ruined structure that nature has reclaimed
A popular fairy tale told to children
A person who defies social expectations
Gobtober 2021 prompts:

• A myth surrounding a great hero
• A message carrying a warning
• A creepy story
• The funerary rites of a particular culture

A profession that causes strong reactions in a culture
A conflict which was fought with non-standard weapons
Whose death is still greatly mourned or remembered
Summer Camp 2020

• A common old wives' tale or conspiracy theory
• The events of a devastating natural disaster

Summer Camp 2018

• A hero who changed history
• A villain who changed history

Unofficial Spooktober Prompts

• An ominous omen
• A macabre memorial
• The beginning of the end
• Regeneration

Other Homework Assignments

I'm not currently using images in Relativity except in one article I did for the September challenge, as it takes a lot of my mental resources to find suitable ones and right now I'm just focusing on building rather than making stuff look pretty.
During Summer Camp I started using my Twitter more and shared articles as I finished them. I'm in quite a different place right now and not going to put the added pressure on myself.