Category: Prompt
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Day 6: January 6, 2024
Goal: Describe your conworld’s climate and weather patterns Note: Climate refers to predominant conditions while weather includes specific phenomena associated with the climate. Tip: Remember to consider any common seasonal shifts in weather patterns. Work focus: Create/Make/List The basic setting you chose for your conworld will help you identify the climate of the area, and…
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Day 5: January 5, 2024
Goal: Describe (or design) your conworld terrain Note: Identify the terrain features that are in your speakers’ immediate environment. Tip: A roughly sketched-out map can go a long way in helping you identify these features. Work focus: Create/Make/List You selected a conworld for your speakers a couple days ago, but now you need to fill…
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Day 4: January 4, 2024
Goal: Describe (or design) your speakers Note: Focus on your speakers’ physical bodies—what they look like, how they move about, etc. Tip: Having a clear image in your mind (or having an actual picture) will help you moving forward. Work focus: Create/Make/List Yesterday you identified who your speakers will be. Today the goal is to…
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Day 3: January 3, 2024
Goal: Determine your speakers and conworld Note: You will have five days to describe these in more detail. Focus on the big picture for today. Tip: Start a “vision board” or collection of images that can inspire you as you fill out details. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Now that you have set intentions for creating a…
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Day 2: January 2, 2024
Goal: Set an intention for sharing your language Note: Focus on your intended audience (e.g. family, friends, a linguistics professor, young adult readers across the country) and medium (e.g. written text, video recordings, lyrics in songs) for sharing your work with others. Tip: If this is a personal project, your intended audience may be limited…
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Day 1: January 1, 2024
Goal: Set an intention for your language Note: Focus on your reasons for wanting to create this language. This will be your guiding force throughout the year. Tip: Write your goal in a place where you can see it and refer to it often as you work on your language. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure All too…