Three Men In A Boat

Three Men In A Boat:  To Say Nothing Of the Dog by Jerome K. Jerome

The adventures of three men, and a fox terrier, making preparations for and on a boating trip up the Thames, enlivened with suitable anecdotes.  Extremely funny.

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Drill Down Into Story Ideas III

A few more to test your muse out on.

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part of bittercon.

World-building religion and gods

I have read advice about world-building that suggests that you start with the creation myth.

I have advice, too, which is:  Don't.  Even if you do, for whatever reason, start with the world and not with the story.  You're starting with an assumption, and one which will constrain you.  Your society does not need to have a creation myth.  And even if it does, it doesn't have to be important in the practice of the religion.
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