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Exploring the origins and psychology of slasher flicks

Watching Halloween for October fright-fest. This is notes toward a movie analysis, so it contains spoilers, for several slasher flicks. It all...

Oct 23, 2023, Steaming Mess-O-Xoic

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Random Thoughts on Intentions

Random Thoughts on Intentions Intentions are abstract things. The idea before execution. The starting point. Intentions are the necessary...

Oct 18, 2023, I Dwell in Possibility

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Wild Woman – A message to women

Wild Woman – A message to women You know her. She lives inside of you. She is your instinct and intuition. She is the experiences and lessons of...

Dec 3, 2022, I Dwell in Possibility

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The Value of Reading Fiction

Reading fiction has been good for both individual readers and society. Reading fiction and reading minds: the role of simulation in the default...

Thread by: Louanne Learning, Nov 18, 2022, 22 replies, in forum: General Writing

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How would a character act when he has a few months to live?

So I'm trying to write a character whose village developed a plague and now he has three months to live. He is now on a quest to find a cure for...

Thread by: StarBirds007, Sep 4, 2022, 4 replies, in forum: Character Development

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Perspective and Perception

Perspective is something you have and perception is something you do. Information comes in. Where do you look for it? That’s your perspective....

Aug 29, 2022, I Dwell in Possibility

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Theory of Mind

Have you ever said, "You've read my mind?" We do this all the time—theorize about what is in the minds of others. This cognitive ability to...

Aug 24, 2022, I Dwell in Possibility

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Philosophy ish?

Hi there, My name is Riley, I'm a Canadian man who will be turning 40 in a few months. I'm the author of three self-published books on different...

Thread by: rnhaas, May 10, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: New Member Introductions

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Im looking for books on psychology. More specifically the psychology of adult women who've grown up without a mother or maternal figure. I'd...

Thread by: Aceldama, May 19, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Discussion of Published Works

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How unique is the psychology of soldiers between wars?

Perhaps an esoteric title, but what I'm wondering is how useful books written about the psychological experiences of one war is with another war?...

Thread by: Beloved of Assur, Mar 19, 2020, 4 replies, in forum: Research

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Psychology term

Hey, quick vocab question that is doing my head in. It's a term that describes the phenomenon of when people make choices they feel are seen by...

Thread by: Wreybies, May 21, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics

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How would the westermarck effect work in the context of shapeshifting?

Okay, so... you know when you’re deep in worldbuilding and accidentally notice a really uncomfortable and awkward implication of a piece of your...

Thread by: Simon Price, Dec 2, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Research

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Information on how total societal collapse actually would play out

Can anyone point me to some good resources about human behavior in the wake of societal collapse and what the aftermath generally looks like? The...

Thread by: Simon Price, Nov 16, 2018, 6 replies, in forum: Research

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Realism of a character with a mental disorder working in psychology

The primary protagonist of the urban fantasy WIP, Sarah, is a character who needs to have, for plot reasons, a mental disorder and one relating to...

Thread by: DK3654, Sep 10, 2018, 9 replies, in forum: Research

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Managing Bipolar Disorder with and without Medication

In my WIP urban fantasy series, the #1 MC has bipolar disorder in connection to an even larger supernatural plot point. So, I've been doing a...

Thread by: DK3654, Jul 27, 2018, 30 replies, in forum: Research

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Overcoming or adapting?

So, I was having this very interesting conversation with someone about trauma. Assuming that "trauma" is something that affects the individual...

Thread by: Malisky, Jul 9, 2018, 11 replies, in forum: The Lounge

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If he died and came to life accidentally, how would he feel.

I'm currently writing a book where a character drowns to death to open it off and is brought to a sort of mid-death journey. (More info in this...

Thread by: Keystroke, Aug 14, 2016, 5 replies, in forum: Character Development

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"That's what you wake up for every day at 3 in the morning."

I've heard many times that we all should "set goals that make you want to jump out of bed at 6 AM" Well, what about THREE AM? Does your writing...

Thread by: Tea@3, May 7, 2016, 57 replies, in forum: Setting Development

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Do you keep typing when you aren't feeling anything?

alternate title: "You Can't Edit What Isn't There" I had a big moment yesterday which I would like to share. I have not written regularly in a...

Thread by: Tea@3, Dec 20, 2015, 50 replies, in forum: Plot Development

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Questions on Child Psychology

Hello, everyone, I wrote a short story for school in which my character is a transgender kid around 7 years old. He decides to go off on his own...

Thread by: jmh105, Dec 8, 2015, 9 replies, in forum: Research

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