Jess Slaven Scribes
jessslaven.bsky.social
Jess Slaven Scribes
@jessslaven.bsky.social
Writer and creative, currently in the progress of getting my first book published. More soon…
Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Families in my MC’s village are slightly unconventional. Remarrying is very common and many people have some kind of “blended home”. Housing is limited, so decisions about who lives with who is often a matter of practicality more than anything else.
Hey there, #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week I'll ask you questions related to FAMILIES. Feel free to put it in the context of any characters you've made, or how your societies in general work. Today's Q: How do family units in general work? Are they generational homes? Who moves after marriage?
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! There is a loose concept for astrology but I haven’t worked on it in detail (might come up in sequel though). It is thought by most that The Spirits make their home in the skies, and the stars tell the stories of their time Above.
Last for for our SCIENCE week, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Does your world have astrology and/or astronomy? Is it ever useful for your MCs? Tell me about your stars, friends 👀 ✨
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Funnily enough the two peoples in my story kind of have both. The beings in the Woods demand regular sacrifices and in return the nearby village gets to live on/off the land. The cost of trying to go break the deal were so terrible that the village won’t risk it again
Howdy, #DecemberWorldbuilders! What are some symbiotic or parasitic relationships that occur in nature in your world? Feel free to interpret this one broadly and talk about a character with a parasitic personality, if you prefer😁 Don't worry, I'm not grading you on how much biology is in your world!
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Now this is a hard one to answer for spoilers reason. I can say that some of the beings in the Woods can heal physical wounds with ease, should they have the time. And as for diseases… Let’s just say one plays a VERY prominent role in the story
Good day, #DecemberWorldbuilders. Does your fictional world have any notable or unique diseases, medicine, or vaccination processes? What is healthcare like in your setting? Have your characters had to deal with a disease?
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders, low tech fantasy world here. Due to certain societal problems technological progress has somewhat stalled for the last several centuries, as innovation is put on hold in the name of survival and maintaining what they have.
#DecemberWorldbuilders! What is the "level" of technology in your fictional world? Is it a low-tech fantasy? A high-tech sci-fi? Or something in-between? Maybe something outside the tech progression of human history. Did they invent anything ahead of us in time? Any inventions suspiciously absent?
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Not anymore. Much knowledge was lost from my MC’s community and what alchemy was known has been long forgotten. And the beings who live in the Woods may practice magics, but they are not based in nearly as much logic or theory as something like alchemy
Yap at me, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Does your world have any chemists or alchemists? Are they living at the time of your characters' journey or are they ancient history? What did they discover? What *is* chemistry or alchemy in your setting?
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! Much is forgotten about the origins of my MC’s people. Some lost to time, the rest deliberately obscured by the Elders. All that is certain is that all life ends with the Spirits, so perhaps that too is where it began…
Hello, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Tell us about the creation of your people according to the in-world lore. Were they created by gods? Did they evolve from single-celled organisms? Maybe a bit of both? Maybe they don't know, and maybe they have stories about it. What are their creation myths?
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Pre-Indy fantasy world, so more dealing with technologies. While anyone could learn to make/use them, there is intense competition for apprenticeships and the prestige that being someone with that skill set brings. And as resources are well monitored independent learning is not really a thing.
Welcome to the first week of #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is about SCIENCE (broadly speaking) (you can play along even if you're writing pre-industrial fantasy!)
Today's Q: Can anyone in your world participate in scientific research? Or is it reserved for elites?
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
There’s nothing like needing to travel somewhere to motivate you to get through your TBR pile… Now I just need to pick which one to take with me…

#booksky
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hardest for me: Dialogue I think. I can get in my own head about it and worry that the character voices sound too much like me to stand out.

Easiest: Probably any action section. Not necessarily just fighting but any sort of dynamic sequence I have a lot of fun with and flows quite well
What scenes are the hardest and easiest for you to write?

Hardest for me: Drawn out battle scenes. Takes me forever to write because I'm trying to keep the action going.

Easiest: Dialogue. I trained on Gilmore Girls, Tolkien and Buffy lmao. Dialogue is my jam.
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I’m at the point in the editing process where I am gradually showing the manuscript to different people for feedback.

Good news - I haven’t wasted months of my life on something nobody likes.

Bad news - I have more editing to do.

#booksky #writingcommunity
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM