Errrrrg. i am subscribed to this
How do people do it? Every time i try to motivate myself to write something all my energy drains away. Or maybe i just think my ideas are stupid.
This is the post i will use to catalogue my suspicious ideas for lair lore. Inspiration is welcome, i know i need it.
the first suspicious idea
Crystals: Your clan likes crystals, they like shiny things, they dig for shiny things. They sell the shiny things. They become shiny dergs. They also have a tendency to collect lost eggs and hatch them as well as hoard random things.
So well written, so much detail.
Errrrrrgggg {end journal for this day}
Errrrrg. i am subscribed to this
How do people do it? Every time i try to motivate myself to write something all my energy drains away. Or maybe i just think my ideas are stupid.
This is the post i will use to catalogue my suspicious ideas for lair lore. Inspiration is welcome, i know i need it.
the first suspicious idea
Crystals: Your clan likes crystals, they like shiny things, they dig for shiny things. They sell the shiny things. They become shiny dergs. They also have a tendency to collect lost eggs and hatch them as well as hoard random things.
So well written, so much detail.
Errrrrrgggg {end journal for this day}
the second suspicious idea
Normal derg: Your clan is just a group of dragons, they don't really have much of anything special going on, aside from maybe their personalities. Oh, their choice of attire too, for those that have it anyway. Should i include auction bought dergs? Perhaps i should gloss over buying or selling my dergs. What about exalted dergs?
Seems boring, still no real detail.
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the second suspicious idea
Normal derg: Your clan is just a group of dragons, they don't really have much of anything special going on, aside from maybe their personalities. Oh, their choice of attire too, for those that have it anyway. Should i include auction bought dergs? Perhaps i should gloss over buying or selling my dergs. What about exalted dergs?
Seems boring, still no real detail.
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My goodness i did not expect this to get shoved to page 2 reliably every single day. No one has any advice at all? Or no one has read this, or...
the third suspicious idea
Terrible tert: Make it a thing that all your tert colors are hard to work with. That your entire lair is full of dergs with hard to work with tert colors. Yes, you could have ignored the tert, you don't even have to gene the tert. But you like self-torture, so your trying to gene everyone anyway, and hating yourself every time you consider keeping any of the children, who also have difficult tert colors thanks to your poor color ranges. How did this happen again? Maybe describe the moment you realized your future was full of torture.
How do you write dragon bios based off this? At the moment, i do not know.
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My goodness i did not expect this to get shoved to page 2 reliably every single day. No one has any advice at all? Or no one has read this, or...
the third suspicious idea
Terrible tert: Make it a thing that all your tert colors are hard to work with. That your entire lair is full of dergs with hard to work with tert colors. Yes, you could have ignored the tert, you don't even have to gene the tert. But you like self-torture, so your trying to gene everyone anyway, and hating yourself every time you consider keeping any of the children, who also have difficult tert colors thanks to your poor color ranges. How did this happen again? Maybe describe the moment you realized your future was full of torture.
How do you write dragon bios based off this? At the moment, i do not know.
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(you can do it i believe in u)
(you can do it i believe in u)
I have the same problem. I think of ideas, but as soon as I go to write them down, all my energy drains and I feel like its impossible. I have been trying to finish my lair CYOA for over a year! I started doing something I call Pinker-projects and today was the first day writing some of the storylines for my CYOA has come up as the days task. I actually managed to write out on paper 3 storylines and got one of them typed in. 2 more to go for today. Its so exhausting though!
As for inspiration, have you looked at
Shian's Lore Building 101 series or that list Dew made on their blog of 75 lore questions?
Quote:
75 FR Lore Questions
1. What Flight is your clan?
2. Why did they choose this Flight?
3. Have they been loyal to other Flights before this? Or will they never move?
4. What would be the deciding factor in a move, if the clan had to?
5. Is the clan spiritual and highly loyal to their deity? Are they indifferent?
6. How does the clan view those from different Flights? Are they welcoming to all dragons, or suspcious of newcomers?
7. What does your lair look like? Go into detail.
8. Who founded the clan?
9. Who is your clan leader? Why are they the leader? Have there been any leadership changes?
10. Was the leader chosen? Were they elected? An heir to the throne? Or maybe they achieved something within the clan?
11. Who handles interclan relations? Any diplomats? Peacekeepers?
12. How does your clan view the Beastclans? Who handles Beastclan relations?
13. Does your clan have specific roles for each dragon?
14. Does your clan have any Flight ambassadors? What do they do?
15. Does your clan have a council? An elected group of dragons in power?
16. Are all dragons in the clan expected to contribute in some way? Or are they left to their own devices?
17. Who protects the clan? Who is in charge of battling/guarding?
18. Does your clan trade with any other clanS? Any allies? Enemies?
19. How is exalting handled in your clan? Any ceremonies? Is exalt fodder something that is part of your lore?
20. Who does the gathering in the clan? (digging, scavenging, hunting, etc.)
21. Does your clan have a healer?
22. Who looks after hatchlings? The parents, or a general hatchling-sitter?
23. How does your clan educate younger dragons? Is there a scribe, scholar, or mentor?
24. Do you have any artists within your clan? How do they make a living from their crafts?
25. Does your clan have a cook? Who handles the food?
26. Who is on the Coli team? Who trains future warriors?
27. Any messengers? Scouts? Delivery dragons?
28. How does apparel work in your clan? Are any pieces of apparel status symbols, or indicators of the role the dragon has?
29. How are familiars viewed in the clan? Pets? Companions? Friends?
30. Do you have any familiars that are intelligent enough to directly interact with the dragons?
31. Who cares for the familiars? The familiar's dragon, or a general caretaker?
32. Are extra familiars/non-bonded familiars free to wander around the lair? Or do they not exist in the lore?
33. Does your clan have any Beastclan members living among the ranks?
34. Who hoards what? Do the dragons each have a personal hoard, or is there one big storage area?
35. Does your clan specialize in anything?
36. Does your clan stand for anything? (truth, might, knowledge, etc.)
37. What is the origin of your clan's name?
38. Does your clan have a set of rules or guidelines for the members? What happens if a dragon breaks these rules?
39. How does your clan view Gen One dragons?
40. Does your clan have a territory? Or just the lair?
41. Do any dragons in the lair have a bias or dislike towards certain breeds or a Flight?
42. Which dragons are good friends within your clan? Any enemies? Best couple?
43. Who's the cinnamon roll, and who's the problematic fave?
44. Do you have any dragons that aren't part of the lore? Just for show?
45. Are there any dragons in your clan who dislike hatchlings?
46. How do permababies work in your lore? Do you have any?
47. Who manages the treasure and gem hoards?
48. Has your clan gone through any unfortunate events? Tragedies, even?
49. Are roles assigned to dragons when they are born/come into the clan, or do they choose their role?
50. Who kills the spiders?
51. Who eats all the food?
52. Do you have any tricksters or prank loving dragons? Do they cause mischief?
53, Most intimdating dragon?
54. Most friendly dragon?
55. Dragon most likely to bring back a stick from gathering?
56. Laziest dragon?
57. Funniest dragon?
58. Do you have any sub-clans? What are they called?
59. Does your clan decorate the lair at all? How so?
60. What markers does your clan use to let others know they live in the area? Flags? Banners? Runes?
61. Smartest dragon?
62. The dragon everybody loves?
63. The dragon everybody hates?
64. Do you have a clan rune?
65. Pick a song that best describes your clan.
66. Who gets into arguments the most? Who keeps the peace?
67. How do skins and accents work in your lore?
68. Best dressed?
69. Does your clan have any elders?
70. Does each dragon in your lair have their own space, or is the entire lair shared?
71. How do you handle gene scrolls in your lore?
72. Who loves festivals the most? Who parties the hardest?
73. Pick two dragons and talk about their relationship.
74. Choose one dragon and talk about them.
75. Choose a dragon with a familiar and talk about their relationship.
I have the same problem. I think of ideas, but as soon as I go to write them down, all my energy drains and I feel like its impossible. I have been trying to finish my lair CYOA for over a year! I started doing something I call Pinker-projects and today was the first day writing some of the storylines for my CYOA has come up as the days task. I actually managed to write out on paper 3 storylines and got one of them typed in. 2 more to go for today. Its so exhausting though!
As for inspiration, have you looked at
Shian's Lore Building 101 series or that list Dew made on their blog of 75 lore questions?
Quote:
75 FR Lore Questions
1. What Flight is your clan?
2. Why did they choose this Flight?
3. Have they been loyal to other Flights before this? Or will they never move?
4. What would be the deciding factor in a move, if the clan had to?
5. Is the clan spiritual and highly loyal to their deity? Are they indifferent?
6. How does the clan view those from different Flights? Are they welcoming to all dragons, or suspcious of newcomers?
7. What does your lair look like? Go into detail.
8. Who founded the clan?
9. Who is your clan leader? Why are they the leader? Have there been any leadership changes?
10. Was the leader chosen? Were they elected? An heir to the throne? Or maybe they achieved something within the clan?
11. Who handles interclan relations? Any diplomats? Peacekeepers?
12. How does your clan view the Beastclans? Who handles Beastclan relations?
13. Does your clan have specific roles for each dragon?
14. Does your clan have any Flight ambassadors? What do they do?
15. Does your clan have a council? An elected group of dragons in power?
16. Are all dragons in the clan expected to contribute in some way? Or are they left to their own devices?
17. Who protects the clan? Who is in charge of battling/guarding?
18. Does your clan trade with any other clanS? Any allies? Enemies?
19. How is exalting handled in your clan? Any ceremonies? Is exalt fodder something that is part of your lore?
20. Who does the gathering in the clan? (digging, scavenging, hunting, etc.)
21. Does your clan have a healer?
22. Who looks after hatchlings? The parents, or a general hatchling-sitter?
23. How does your clan educate younger dragons? Is there a scribe, scholar, or mentor?
24. Do you have any artists within your clan? How do they make a living from their crafts?
25. Does your clan have a cook? Who handles the food?
26. Who is on the Coli team? Who trains future warriors?
27. Any messengers? Scouts? Delivery dragons?
28. How does apparel work in your clan? Are any pieces of apparel status symbols, or indicators of the role the dragon has?
29. How are familiars viewed in the clan? Pets? Companions? Friends?
30. Do you have any familiars that are intelligent enough to directly interact with the dragons?
31. Who cares for the familiars? The familiar's dragon, or a general caretaker?
32. Are extra familiars/non-bonded familiars free to wander around the lair? Or do they not exist in the lore?
33. Does your clan have any Beastclan members living among the ranks?
34. Who hoards what? Do the dragons each have a personal hoard, or is there one big storage area?
35. Does your clan specialize in anything?
36. Does your clan stand for anything? (truth, might, knowledge, etc.)
37. What is the origin of your clan's name?
38. Does your clan have a set of rules or guidelines for the members? What happens if a dragon breaks these rules?
39. How does your clan view Gen One dragons?
40. Does your clan have a territory? Or just the lair?
41. Do any dragons in the lair have a bias or dislike towards certain breeds or a Flight?
42. Which dragons are good friends within your clan? Any enemies? Best couple?
43. Who's the cinnamon roll, and who's the problematic fave?
44. Do you have any dragons that aren't part of the lore? Just for show?
45. Are there any dragons in your clan who dislike hatchlings?
46. How do permababies work in your lore? Do you have any?
47. Who manages the treasure and gem hoards?
48. Has your clan gone through any unfortunate events? Tragedies, even?
49. Are roles assigned to dragons when they are born/come into the clan, or do they choose their role?
50. Who kills the spiders?
51. Who eats all the food?
52. Do you have any tricksters or prank loving dragons? Do they cause mischief?
53, Most intimdating dragon?
54. Most friendly dragon?
55. Dragon most likely to bring back a stick from gathering?
56. Laziest dragon?
57. Funniest dragon?
58. Do you have any sub-clans? What are they called?
59. Does your clan decorate the lair at all? How so?
60. What markers does your clan use to let others know they live in the area? Flags? Banners? Runes?
61. Smartest dragon?
62. The dragon everybody loves?
63. The dragon everybody hates?
64. Do you have a clan rune?
65. Pick a song that best describes your clan.
66. Who gets into arguments the most? Who keeps the peace?
67. How do skins and accents work in your lore?
68. Best dressed?
69. Does your clan have any elders?
70. Does each dragon in your lair have their own space, or is the entire lair shared?
71. How do you handle gene scrolls in your lore?
72. Who loves festivals the most? Who parties the hardest?
73. Pick two dragons and talk about their relationship.
74. Choose one dragon and talk about them.
75. Choose a dragon with a familiar and talk about their relationship.
Hey, advice! Yay! Thanks!
My first honest thought: 1) too many questions to answer {collapse, zzzzz}
Hahahaha. I can be especially lazy. However, they are good questions.
I guess it's easy to get daunted thinking everything has to happen at once.
I could build it piece by piece. Upon thought, i need to set realistic goals, instead of just looking at someone's 5,000 word lair description and becoming discouraged.
oops
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Hey, advice! Yay! Thanks!
My first honest thought: 1) too many questions to answer {collapse, zzzzz}
Hahahaha. I can be especially lazy. However, they are good questions.
I guess it's easy to get daunted thinking everything has to happen at once.
I could build it piece by piece. Upon thought, i need to set realistic goals, instead of just looking at someone's 5,000 word lair description and becoming discouraged.
oops
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Here is a fun question though, where to begin?
Maybe i could tackle one question a day.
First off though, did i have any more suspicious ideas?
hmmmm nope. Not really.
1) What flight is your clan? Arcane.
Hah, that was easy.
Can't wait to get to the tough ones. Should be torture fun.
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Here is a fun question though, where to begin?
Maybe i could tackle one question a day.
First off though, did i have any more suspicious ideas?
hmmmm nope. Not really.
1) What flight is your clan? Arcane.
Hah, that was easy.
Can't wait to get to the tough ones. Should be torture fun.
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2) Why did they choose this flight? Because i like to dream, pretty much everything about the theme of the arcane flight is something i enjoy. Plus who can deny that the Arcanist having four wings is the coolest thing ever?
Oh wait, it's not supposed to be 'me' who answers this. I'm supposed to come up with some random story of why my derg ended up in Crystalspine Reaches.
Which means i'm free to create any convoluted reason i wish likely. Which means it's back to the suspicious idea drawing table, only it's for this question instead of my lair lore. hah. This got tough pretty fast didn't it?
the first suspicious idea on why this spot
Because my derg was attracted to the arcane energies. They felt some sort of pull there because for one reason or another they wanted to use dragon magic. What better place to use dragon magic then a spot that's infused with magic? Floating spires to investigate? check Experimental magic stuff to investigate? check
Plus no one yells at you when something goes wrong, it's almost expected, and is just another result to catalogue. Learn, craft, experiment, create, with magic. It's a bunch of fun, and something you can't do anywhere else as freely. Probably.
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2) Why did they choose this flight? Because i like to dream, pretty much everything about the theme of the arcane flight is something i enjoy. Plus who can deny that the Arcanist having four wings is the coolest thing ever?
Oh wait, it's not supposed to be 'me' who answers this. I'm supposed to come up with some random story of why my derg ended up in Crystalspine Reaches.
Which means i'm free to create any convoluted reason i wish likely. Which means it's back to the suspicious idea drawing table, only it's for this question instead of my lair lore. hah. This got tough pretty fast didn't it?
the first suspicious idea on why this spot
Because my derg was attracted to the arcane energies. They felt some sort of pull there because for one reason or another they wanted to use dragon magic. What better place to use dragon magic then a spot that's infused with magic? Floating spires to investigate? check Experimental magic stuff to investigate? check
Plus no one yells at you when something goes wrong, it's almost expected, and is just another result to catalogue. Learn, craft, experiment, create, with magic. It's a bunch of fun, and something you can't do anywhere else as freely. Probably.
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Personally- I write some stuff down, and then I go to my writing buddies to help me fill in the gaps, or rewrite some things that seem dumb.
I have that whole manic depression thing (thus the lack of energy to do it, although I have so many 'ideas' for lore)
So having a good support system helps out.
More heads, the better!
Personally- I write some stuff down, and then I go to my writing buddies to help me fill in the gaps, or rewrite some things that seem dumb.
I have that whole manic depression thing (thus the lack of energy to do it, although I have so many 'ideas' for lore)
So having a good support system helps out.
More heads, the better!
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I don't have writing buddies for this site. At least not really.
the second suspicious idea on why this spot
Someone once suggested my guardian's charge could be the Arcanist. Not that he needs protection, except maybe from inadvertently causing the end of the world. i still think this happened only one time, why does crim believe the speaker counts? Browsing around a charge can be almost anything. Could it be even the floating spires? hah. If it was the Arcanist, my derg would have to know about him somehow, even if the Arcanist isn't aware of my derg, being that the Arcanist spends all his time in the observatory.
At any rate, the more ideas i come up with, the more i have to choose from. But which one? hmmm... likely just have to decide which one i think is the best.
\o/ {yay. decisions!}
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I don't have writing buddies for this site. At least not really.
the second suspicious idea on why this spot
Someone once suggested my guardian's charge could be the Arcanist. Not that he needs protection, except maybe from inadvertently causing the end of the world. i still think this happened only one time, why does crim believe the speaker counts? Browsing around a charge can be almost anything. Could it be even the floating spires? hah. If it was the Arcanist, my derg would have to know about him somehow, even if the Arcanist isn't aware of my derg, being that the Arcanist spends all his time in the observatory.
At any rate, the more ideas i come up with, the more i have to choose from. But which one? hmmm... likely just have to decide which one i think is the best.
\o/ {yay. decisions!}
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