Doit Writes
doitwrites.bsky.social
Doit Writes
@doitwrites.bsky.social
I like to write fantasy and sci fi. I am interested in using worldbuilding to explore philosophy (and vice versa). No one will be too surprised to hear that I also like conlangs.
Lots of 'common sense' ideas about human nature and psychology are from studies on Western college students. I wrote about applying the book 'The WEIRDest People in the World' to your #worldbuilding and #writing here: worldbuildingbookclub.substack.com/p/the-weirde...
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous - a Review for Worldbuilders
Some 'common sense' about human nature might just be true about Western college students
worldbuildingbookclub.substack.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
One of my favorite parts of #sinners was that when they all get turned into vamps, they start clapping on one and three of the music instead of two and four
June 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I need a band of adventurers on a heist to get bingo

#writing #fantasy
May 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#Fantasy #writing bingo board! This was a fun game in one of my writing discords.
May 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New season of #drwho was so fun! I didn't think I'd like the switch from sci fi to fantasy but I found it refreshing
May 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Anyone have good #philosophy #bookrecommendations? I don't love the Ancient Greeks, and my library doesn't have any of the Chinese classics (although I'd love to read more about Mencius or Mohism).
May 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Fun fact of the day: The original meaning of sycophant in ye olde Greece was a fig-finder
#history ??
#linguistics
May 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
finished the Kant book finally! I always associated him with deontology and duty, not thinking much beyond that. I did not realize how much of modern lower-case L liberalism emerged from him, too.

Lots of #worldbuilding thoughts based on it

#philosophy
April 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Just read Blood over Bright Haven and cannot stop thinking about it. Gotta get everything else by the same author now. Just a great piece of art. #writing #bookreview #butabadbookreview #becauseIprovidednodetails #anyway #thisishowtagsworkonbskyisn'tit
April 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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A few more photos, hopefully to brighten a sucktastic day. Some were taken by me and some by @troyce.bsky.social #murderbot Descriptions in the alt text.
April 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Just read a book where I don't think the MC failed at even one goal. He just succeeded and then went on to the next one.

I doubt I'd have noticed that a few years ago, before I started trying to think about plot structures, but now it stands out. Kind of exciting!!
#writing
April 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just finished Karen Rhea Nemet-Nejat's Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. One obliquely #worldbuilding related fact was the list of Ninurta's temple staff, which included:
a snake charmer
a miller
an oil presser
a boat tower
a weaver
the king's butler
and a barber
(among many others).

Good book!
April 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This History of Kantian Ethics library book has been guilting me for weeks now... the intro was great, I just need to find that level of philosophical motivation #philosophy
April 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
One thing that shocked me about the kidney donation process was how willing they were to send a phlebotomist to my apartment.

The process was so easy, and that's just the first step of the donation process. Kudos to the folks making this work.
April 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Disappointed to find out that you can't make lists of arbitrary things under the "list" feature but rather must make lists of other users.

I wanted to make a list of my favorite books about boats.

Alas, the world will have to wait for my Boat Book Opinions.
April 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM