Once again, a busy week results in a late post.
This week we reopened the discussion of world building to talk about writing mythology. Whether you have things laid out mentally or actually have your mythology written out and published with your story, it will have huge effects on the world of your story. With that in mind, it's important to make it good.
We read this article which gives 5 tips for good and ultimately believable mythology. These rules included having a "no-nonsense" tone, using well-known story themes, and having stories with great, even epic impact.
We also compared mythology to religion, and discussed things from both religion and mythology that can be replicated for a story, such as the realism of the new testament created by historical context.
This week's writing prompt: Write a myth using one of these 20 prompts.
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