{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NaNoGenMo/2016/issues/1","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NaNoGenMo/2016","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NaNoGenMo/2016/issues/1/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NaNoGenMo/2016/issues/1/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NaNoGenMo/2016/issues/1/events","html_url":"https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2016/issues/1","id":184594036,"number":1,"title":"Resources","user":{"login":"dariusk","id":266454,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/266454?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk","html_url":"https://github.com/dariusk","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dariusk/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NaNoGenMo/2016/labels/admin","name":"admin","color":"fef2c0"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-10-22T00:00:41Z","updated_at":"2016-10-22T15:58:35Z","closed_at":null,"body":"This is an open issue where you can comment and add resources that might come in handy for NaNoGenMo.\r\n\r\nThere are already a ton of resources on the old resources threads for the [2013 edition](https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo/issues/11), the [2014 edition](https://github.com/dariusk/nanogenmo-2014/issues/1), and the [2015 edition](https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/1).\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NaNoGenMo/2016/issues/comments/255536524","html_url":"https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2016/issues/1#issuecomment-255536524","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/NaNoGenMo/2016/issues/1","id":255536524,"user":{"login":"ikarth","id":1009991,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1009991?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth","html_url":"https://github.com/ikarth","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ikarth/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-10-22T15:58:34Z","updated_at":"2016-10-22T15:58:34Z","body":"Drawing on last year's projects, there's some things to learn from:\r\n\r\nEmily Short's [Annals of the Parrigues](https://emshort.wordpress.com/tag/the-annals-of-the-parrigues/) was an interesting project, but from a Resources perspective her end notes on writing for the generator are full of excellent suggestions for how to write your text and when to use different approaches.\r\n\r\nAnother project I was impressed with was [A Time For Destiny](https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/11) by @cpressey. The [\"Story Compiler\"](https://gist.github.com/cpressey/6324fff6ef0dfdf69b96) write-up certainly suggests some avenues for future exploration. (And the discussion around it already inspired @enkiv2 to make a [goal-driven planner plot generator](https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/155).)\r\n\r\n[The Deserts of the West](https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015/issues/156) by @mewo2 has also been a source of inspiration; this [National Geographic writeup](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/bot-fantasy-map-generator/) is particularly illuminating, as are the blog posts about its [language generator](http://mewo2.com/notes/naming-language/) and [map generator](http://mewo2.com/notes/terrain/).\r\n\r\nI could go on, there are a ton of interest projects to learn from. But I also want to emphasize that you don't need to get that fancy, if you're looking for an accessible way to jump into making your first book generator, you might want to check out [Tracery](http://tracery.io/). (There's also a [Python port](https://github.com/aparrish/pytracery), if you need that.)\r\n\r\nAlso, the [Gutenberg](https://github.com/c-w/Gutenberg) Python library is back in active development, should you need texts or metadata from Project Gutenberg."}}
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