<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:46:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/world-building/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Metal bugs of Arachanum]]></title><description><![CDATA[INTRO The last few days I have been playing with old ideas for a unique bug world. I have always had a fascination with the diversity of bugs and small creatures in general. As a kid, I used to stare at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-158694/@creeptor/metal-bugs-of-arachanum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-158694/@creeptor/metal-bugs-of-arachanum</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-158694]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[creeptor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:33:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnH7GVPg9UNMp75HQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kalavian Tales goes LeoFinance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone. From this moment onwards, I will use LeoFinance as the main posting platform to share updates about Kalavian Tales. Image: Sarova Whitesword @notaboutme started Kalavian Tales started in January]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@kalavia/kalavian-tales-goes-leofinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@kalavia/kalavian-tales-goes-leofinance</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kalavia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2023 09:14:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnCQtaWcXGyBwUg3Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any people out there looking to get better at crafting stories, here i ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Any people out there looking to get better at crafting stories, here is a little exercise, get a random map ( and write a story set on that map, at least this is a good exercise for fantasy. :)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@iobates/h71aimd776hncjd8da9sdp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@iobates/h71aimd776hncjd8da9sdp</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 11:58:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World-Building - Tarsan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tarsan is a country located in the north-western coastal region of the continent. It borders directly against Gepaul. Despite being a relatively small country, Tarsan has provided significant influence]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/world-building/@dmoonfire/world-building-tarsan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/world-building/@dmoonfire/world-building-tarsan</guid><category><![CDATA[world-building]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dmoonfire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:12:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpRRkNSnseh3NuL6KUBitJTXrc5K3biBwR8cjenRAe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jogūchya - Snap the Tail]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my longer projects is developing a Fedran-inspired set of cards and related games for the desert culture. I haven't really gotten far on this project, mainly because I want to draw them but I burned]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fantasy/@dmoonfire/joguchya-snap-the-tail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fantasy/@dmoonfire/joguchya-snap-the-tail</guid><category><![CDATA[fantasy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dmoonfire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:00:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQMWJzvodt7kDXz2b314GtT2xDAED3iauku8yJCpgn7KNyx8HNDL3odPpRMmeVV1tdrtrrKfpQe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[World-Building - Sequels, Prequels, and Intermissions]]></title><description><![CDATA[While my household is mostly against Star Wars, there are a lot of things about that universe that have influenced my writing. I would say a big one is Splinters of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster (one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@dmoonfire/world-building-sequels-prequels-and-intermissions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@dmoonfire/world-building-sequels-prequels-and-intermissions</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dmoonfire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:11:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpRRkNSnseh3NuL6KUBitJTXrc5K2Xsie1yhC56rjQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[World-Building - Tent Pole Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[For this week's world-building post, I want to talk about tent poles. In this case, I'm not talking about the ones under a circus tent but ways of exploring the world through fiction and documentation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/world-building/@dmoonfire/world-building-tent-pole-development</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/world-building/@dmoonfire/world-building-tent-pole-development</guid><category><![CDATA[world-building]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dmoonfire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:57:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpRRkNSnseh3NuL6KUBitJTXrc5K2NCaK7Ku5WZ76W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greeting's Steemit!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My name is Ronald Arobon, I am an aspiring entrepreneur who has decided to step out of the shadows, bask in the glorious bits and bytes of the shimmering internet, crack my knuckles and get to work. To]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/new/@ron-arobon/greeting-s-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/new/@ron-arobon/greeting-s-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[new]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ron-arobon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:18:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiz-ah-Kor: The Watchers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings. After a longer than intended hiatus after HF20, I’m finally back with the fourth installment on Tiz-ah-Kor. This installment looks at the entities called the Watchers. As always, there is some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tabletop-rpg/@squirezed/tiz-ah-kor-the-watchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tabletop-rpg/@squirezed/tiz-ah-kor-the-watchers</guid><category><![CDATA[tabletop-rpg]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[squirezed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:44:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washcloths, a Chibera story -5minutefreewrite (but really longer than that)]]></title><description><![CDATA[For I'm writing a story set in the Chibera world. With each entry, I grow more and more excited about Chibera. Here's the story so far: Prologue, The World Tree: Chapter 1, Inkpot: Chapter 2, Shabron:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freewrite/@improv/washcloths-a-chibera-story-5minutefreewrite-but-really-longer-than-that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freewrite/@improv/washcloths-a-chibera-story-5minutefreewrite-but-really-longer-than-that</guid><category><![CDATA[freewrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[improv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 01:21:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7xqk7BvjNSvXjyBv5bsyUkVrGhei7UNqZbHWYsRcX13Wm5gP6nLip4wdXGHE4SMXuXuCnmQzpUTSFF7NNSZq55MBKmQBDp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiz-ah-Kor: Planes and How They Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[This third entry about Tiz-ah-Kor explains how a storyteller might use Tiz-ah-Kor in something else they're doing, whether it's running a tabletop game or writing fiction. Remember that Tiz-ah-Kor is not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tabletop-rpg/@squirezed/tiz-ah-kor-planes-and-how-they-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tabletop-rpg/@squirezed/tiz-ah-kor-planes-and-how-they-work</guid><category><![CDATA[tabletop-rpg]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[squirezed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:31:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiz-ah-Kor: Places]]></title><description><![CDATA[This second entry about Tiz-ah-Kor provides some details on some notable places that adventurers might arrive at in Tiz-ah-Kor. These places will feature in stories about Tiz-ah-Kor and are important for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tabletop-rpg/@squirezed/tiz-ah-kor-places</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tabletop-rpg/@squirezed/tiz-ah-kor-places</guid><category><![CDATA[tabletop-rpg]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[squirezed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 01:05:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiz-ah-Kor: The Metaplanar City]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the first entry in a series on a setting I've been working on, particularly focused on the city of Tiz-ah-Kor. I hope you enjoy reading what I've been working on, and I hope to post weekly updates]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tabletop-rpg/@squirezed/tiz-ah-kor-the-metaplanar-city</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tabletop-rpg/@squirezed/tiz-ah-kor-the-metaplanar-city</guid><category><![CDATA[tabletop-rpg]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[squirezed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:12:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ImagineNation WorldBuild #1: A Testament to World- Building]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a passion for world-building. That much is clear to me. It's a testament to creativity and imagination. I find I have a spectacular time writing these events in which I recreate a crucial event]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danportuondo/imaginenation-worldbuild-1-a-testament-to-world-building</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danportuondo/imaginenation-worldbuild-1-a-testament-to-world-building</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danportuondo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 06:58:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrGMtYbgLsotdUbjhimXXc64kAsS1KVNSRfEa34hs4t2ZE2bYr3oycE7NtymqfSbjB8MdB9whw51Hb2AhyUYzuFVL62Un?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fantastic Story Writing - How to Prepare a Believable Story?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stories Everywhere Stories in books, stories in FRP's, stories in games... Our life is full of stories and we do like exploring them. This is a known fact. But, have you ever wanted to create a story by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@yokunjon/fantastic-story-writing-how-to-prepare-a-believable-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@yokunjon/fantastic-story-writing-how-to-prepare-a-believable-story</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yokunjon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ImagineNation Article - "Inside World-Building"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inside World-Building “World-building” often seems to carry itself with an ostentatious tone. It implies that one has the audacity to stand before God with narrowed eyes and say, “I can do better.” Well,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danportuondo/imaginenation-article-inside-world-building</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danportuondo/imaginenation-article-inside-world-building</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danportuondo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 08:26:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76ZP8S28j3uCR3Lw8f3PaQfHJ4PGsqvQbPpceVx86buA57LheUhcM9orhSJd4cJYGhCovxQPTGW8UPQccFeVjKRZejnqka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>