{"id":11938,"date":"2011-12-09T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T05:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=11938"},"modified":"2011-12-08T21:30:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T02:30:01","slug":"carving-myths-and-gospels-in-the-surface-of-blackbloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2011\/12\/09\/carving-myths-and-gospels-in-the-surface-of-blackbloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Carving Myths And Gospels In The Surface Of Blackbloom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As you know, the Gods of Blackbloom have been chosen<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

And we know a great many other awesome things about Blackbloom<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

Best of all, a Wiki is slowly forming (but will need your help to get it there): blackbloom.wikia.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

And now, we come to what I think may be my favorite worldbuilding exercise.<\/p>\n

I want to hear some myths and legends and gospels of the aforementioned gods of Blackbloom.<\/p>\n

You’re going to write them.<\/p>\n

You have free rein as to how you write them. As flash fiction? As an epic poem? As a professor giving a lecture, as a man telling the myth to his children around a fire?<\/p>\n

You have no more than 1000 words.<\/p>\n

I’d recommend focusing on one or two gods in a myth — myths that claim many gods will be harder to reconcile with the other myths written in this exercise. Plus, that lets you strike more succinctly.<\/p>\n

Further, don’t forget that myths cover a broad spectrum — creation myths, apocalyptic myths, myths of love, myths of trickery, journeys into the underworld, heroic tales, morality lessons, and so forth.<\/p>\n

You have two weeks.<\/p>\n

Return to us on the Eve of Christmas Eve — December 23rd, by noon, Friday.<\/p>\n

I will choose my favorites —<\/p>\n

Er, though perhaps not that day given that, well, that’s a holiday weekend. And I’ll be drunk on egg nog, draped in one of your Christmas trees, wearing only your stockings to cover my shame.<\/p>\n

You’ve got lots of room to play here.<\/p>\n

So: go play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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