Before delving into the actual topic of this post, I have to mention that I edited the previous post about Catalyst Events and Elements yesterday rather than going with 2 separate posts on the same topic as previously planned. So in today’s post, I’m going to share yet another list I had created that aidsContinue reading “Characterisation- Moonlake’s List of Personal Values”
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Plotting with Catalyst Events and Elements
Today I’m going to talk about a particular approach to creating plots- the use of catalyst events and elements, which is just my term for any event or element that moves the story along. Normally, the grand skeleton of a story comes to me of their own accords but I find this catalyst event approachContinue reading “Plotting with Catalyst Events and Elements”
Moonlake’s Lyrics (12)
What is your ultimate pursuit in life? Everyone has different answers. For me, it has always been something internal that I seek so the lyrics that I’m going to share today chimes with me particularly. The title of the song is Extraordinary Bum. It is the theme song for a HK drama whose protagonist isContinue reading “Moonlake’s Lyrics (12)”
Writing Challenges
This is the made-up post that I had promised earlier for the post I had skipped due to sickness. In this post, I’m going to talk about writing challenges. How are these different from writing prompts, you ask? Well, not different at all in essence as they are both meant to spark off ideas. It’sContinue reading “Writing Challenges”
Worldbuilding- Moonlake’s Favourite Elements
This post is somewhat inspired by the post of Berkeley Kerr that I’ve reblogged under this same category some months back but compared to his very extensive article, mine is more modest in scope. I’m merely talking about my favourite elements in world building aka things I like to include whilst building my own fantasyContinue reading “Worldbuilding- Moonlake’s Favourite Elements”
Moonlake’s Lyrics (11)
This set of lyrics that I want to share is about breaking up. Moreover, it’s about positive breaking up and that’s what I like about it. It’s from a Cantonese song about ten years’ back. The song title roughly translate to “good start, good finish”. Hugging each other with a smile till it’s time to letContinue reading “Moonlake’s Lyrics (11)”
Chinese Lore- Tian Gou (Heavenly Dog)
Physical Description: A fox-like creature whose head is white, said to be originating from a pre-histoical mammal. Lore: Originally seen as an animal that can counter evil, it somehow became the synonym to comets which are seen as bad omen in ancient China. In particular, the Tian Gou eating the Sun or the Moon isContinue reading “Chinese Lore- Tian Gou (Heavenly Dog)”
Moonlake’s Lyrics (10)
I had been sick for the last week so skipped the Friday post last week and the post yesterday. I got better but then it got worse again and I’m still very much plagued by a blocked nose so I’ve decided that the make-up post for last Friday will have to come later. Today’s lyricsContinue reading “Moonlake’s Lyrics (10)”
Chinese lore- Pan Hu
I love lore and myths in general and so I figured that I will start a new series of posts on Chinese lore that I’ve collated and manually translated across to English. My followers and other readers can read it for inspiration or just for entertainment. Anyway, it will be stored under the Inspiration sub-categoryContinue reading “Chinese lore- Pan Hu”
Moonlake’s Lyrics (9)
Another set of lyrics touching on the archaic Chinese feel, theme song for a popular HK series around 5 years ago. To be honest, I didn’t like it that much while I was watching the series but started liking it when I heard it sung not by the original singer but by the male protagonistContinue reading “Moonlake’s Lyrics (9)”
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