#scriptastronomer

[cripplecharacters]

do you happen to know of any tumblrs that do what you do, but for other... types(?) of people? i'm struggling to find an active LGBT writing guide blog specifically at the moment but it'd be nice to have a masterlist of any blog of this variety, since tumblr's search is remissfully unhelpful..! tysm

Hi lovely asker!

So there used to be a whole lot of blogs that were labeled "Scriptx" blogs and of course others too. Good thing is a lot of them were archived! So while they're not open for new questions you can still use the search and use the information provided to other asks they answered. So I'm gonna tag the other active blogs or the ones that are just on hiatus and then I'm gonna link all the archived ones!

Active:

@yourbookcouldbegayer

@scriptlgbt

@fuckyeahasexual

@writingquestionsanswered

@scriptmedic

@blindbeta

@askablindperson

@writingwithcolor

@creatingblackcharacters

@howtofightwrite

@script-a-world

@scriptstructure

Not active/Archived:

scriptservicedogs-blog

actuallyservicedogs

scriptshrink

scripttorture

scriptveterinarian

scriptautistic

asexualadvice

scripttraumasurvivors

scriptpharmacist-blog

scriptpolitics

scriptpublishingindustry

scriptfirefighter

writenavy

scriptwitchcraft

scripthacker

scriptcriminaljustice

scriptgenetics

scriptflorist

scriptlawyer-blog

scriptastronomer

scriptchemist

scriptmyth

scriptspoonie

scriptkink

scriptequestrian-blog

scriptsocialwork

scriptbrainscientist

fantasticallyfactualforensics

scriptaccountant

scriptballerina

scripthistory

scriptlibrarian

scripteconomist

scripteducator

scriptlinguist-blog

I briefly scrolled through a few of these that I personally wasn't aware of but I can't vet and scroll through each and every individual blog in its entirety because well it would take a very very long time. Also of the active blogs some don't have their ask box open and/or some are on small hiatus'. Please be respectful of that, pretty please, everyone puts in a lot of time and effort and yeah.

~ Mod Virus 🌸

[scriptfeature]

ScriptX Weekly Update

2/15/17

Hey, y’all and welcome back to the update. A lot of exciting stuff happened this week, so stick around to see what’s happening.

Announcements

@script-a-world would like me to remind you that we have @scriptastronomer for questions about the effects of planets and moons on fictional worlds.

Featured Posts

A Wild Guest Post Appears

@scriptmedic has recently had an opportunity to guest post on the blog Writers Helping Writers. In this post, Aunt Scripty talks about how to write your character’s pain well. She covers the scale of the pain, how often an author should bring it up, and how much it can ebb and flow.

Welcome to Columbia!

So if you were to build a floating city a la Columbia from Bioshock Infinite, what would you need to consider for your humans to survive? Well, good news: @scriptecology has a post with details on what you need to think about with people that high.Maybe make the launch day April 20th.

Pyromancers Sans Pyro

So, unlike firebenders, someone who wants a fire in real life needs a fuel source (Unless it’s an M. Night Shyamalan firebender). @scriptchemist helps out this asker with figuring out how a sorcerer could light up the night using realistic scientific principles.

“Is a Character With X a Spoonie”

What is a spoonie? According to @scriptspoonie , a spoonie is ““someone with a chronic illness or disability that regularly impacts their energy levels and/or ability to get things done.” With that in mind, there are many illnesses that can make someone need to budget their energy. In this post, the mods give us readers some ideas of what

After the End

Law school is expensive, takes an incredible amount of effort, and it would be such a shame it you were to be disbarred. And then your character is. Whoops. So instead of throwing all that time and money away, what else could your character do? @scriptlawyer has a few ideas for you.

Common Canadian Wildlife

If you’re unfamiliar with Canada, trying to figure out the wildlife you might encounter may be difficult. Luckily, @scriptcanuck has a quick list that you could use for reference.

Flower Here, Flower There, Flower Not Supposed to be There

So you’re going along, writing your story, and your character stops to smell the roses. But then you remember, your character is at the top of a snowy mountain in the middle of winter. Why the heck are there any flowers up here? Well, with a little bit of magic, maybe there could be some? What do you think @scriptflorist ?

Let's Talk Tropes

Tropes are all over the place. Tropes are essentially what help us identify a genre. So how can you use them properly? @scriptstructure helps us writers with some ideas to use our basic components to make a phenomenal new story.

Ask Box Statuses

@scriptkink ‘s ask box is closed due to her hiatus. She thanks you for your patience.

New Family

We have two new family blogs this week. Everyone please welcome

@scriptfirefighter - here to shed some light on, well, firefighters.

And @scriptequestrian - here to help you with your questions about horses and riding.

[script-a-world]

So, I am building a universe that does still contain Earth, but contains many other worlds, all with different climates and fundamental features. My question is on the plausibility of it, namely, worlds that are predominantly icy or cold climates that still have life. What would the light situation be like? How long would each day be? Is it plausible to have worlds that an Earth day and another worlds day might be longer or shorter?

Anonymous said to script-a-world:January 29th 2017, 2:46:00 pm · 2 days agoSo I have a world with two moons and I'd like sailing to be a major way of travelling, but I'm not sure if this is reasonable- two moons would obviously have an effect on the tides, would that impact sailing too much? Or could I set it up somehow so that it still allows for sailing, even if it's more complicated or dangerous? (Size, density, proximity and orbit of the moons can all be adjusted at whim.)

I’m lumping these questions into one post because we aren’t really the blog to answer either of them! We’ve gotten a handful of questions recently that would be best answered by @scriptastronomer, and we just want to remind you guys that, much as we like building worlds, we aren’t really the blog to go to with sciency questions about space. I would suggest that both of you submit your questions to them instead, as we don’t really have much to offer in the way of answers on these two. Happy planetbuilding!

-Werew

[scriptautistic]

The ScriptX family as of 01/01/2018

Have writing questions, but don’t know who to ask? Check out the ScriptX family of blogs, all of whom provide detailed writing advice on a huge variety of topics!

First, ScriptFeature shares some of the best posts from the ScriptX blogs, as well as giving updates and announcements about the family: @scriptfeature

The rest of the blogs are in alphabetical order in two groups, with active blogs first, and inactive/archived blogs second. If you are looking for something in particular, try searching using Ctrl+F or ⌘+F

Active:

Accountant: @scriptaccountant (Accounting)

Autistic: @scriptautistic (Autistic characters)

Ballerina: @scriptballerina (Ballet and dance)

Canuck: @scriptcanuck (Everything Canadian)

Chemist: @scriptchemist (Chemistry and chemical laboratories)

Criminal justice: @scriptcriminaljustice (Criminal justice system, including court procedures and criminal investigations)

Equestrian: @scriptequestrian (Horseback riding)

Firefighter: @scriptfirefighter (Firefighting, including fire science and safety, forced entry, rescue, HazMat and related topics)

Florist: @scriptflorist (Flowers, florists and flower shops)

Foodie: @scriptfoodie (Food and drink)

Genetics: @scriptgenetics (Genetics and evolutionary biology)

German: @scriptgerman (Everything German)

Hacker: @scripthacker (Data retrieval, steganography, cryptography, white hat hacking, and general purpose computing)

History: @scripthistory (History) [on hiatus]

LGBT: @scriptlgbt (LGBTQ+ characters, community, and issues)

Librarian: @scriptlibrarian (Librarians and libraries)

Medic: @scriptmedic (The original! Medicine, human anatomy/physiology, hospitals, EMTs and paramedics)

Myth: @scriptmyth (Mythology and folklore from around the world)

Pastor: @scriptpastor (Religion and people of faith)

Sailor: @scriptsailor (Navy, sailors and nautical history)

Script a world: @script-a-world (Worldbuilding for science fiction and fantasy)

Script structure: @scriptstructure (Story structure, narrative and themes)

Shrink: @scriptshrink (Clinical psychology, psychiatry, therapy and therapists)

Sociology: @scriptsociology (Social sciences applied to world building)

Spoonie: @scriptspoonie (Characters with chronic illness, disability)

Torture: @scripttorture (Torture methods, torture victims, and torturers throughout history)

Trauma Survivors: @scripttraumasurvivors (Writing survivors of psychological trauma)

Veterinarian: @scriptveterinarian (Veterinary medicine for animals domesticated, wild and occasiontally fantastical)

Witchcraft: @scriptwitchcraft (Witchcraft)

Archived/Inactive: These blogs are not currently active but are still a useful resource when researching your stories

Astronomer: @scriptastronomer (Astronomy)

Brain Scientist: @scriptbrainscientist (Neurology) [ARCHIVED]

Brit: @scriptbrit (United Kingdom) [ARCHIVED]

Economist: @scripteconomist (Ecomonics) [ARCHIVED]

Educator: @scripteducator (Schools and teachers)

Kink: @scriptkink (Sex and sexuality)

Lawyer: @scriptlawyer (Legal stuff)

Linguist: @scriptlinguist (Linguistics)

Pharmacist: @scriptpharmacist (Pharmacies and pharmaceuticals)

Politics: @scriptpolitics (Politics, world-building political systems, and international relations) [ARCHIVED]

Publishing industry: @scriptpublishingindustry (Publishing industry, including writers, editors etc)

Service Dogs: @scriptservicedogs (Service dogs, emotional support animals, and therapy dogs)

Social work: @scriptsocialwork (Social workers and the field of social services) [ARCHIVED]

To get the most up-to-date version of this list, be sure to check this link here:  scriptshrink.tumblr.com/scriptfamily

Are you an expert in a topic? Interested in joining the ScriptX family? Apply here!

[scriptshrink]

The ScriptX family as of 5/10/17

Have writing questions, but don’t know who to ask? Check out the ScriptX family of blogs, all of whom provide detailed writing advice on a huge variety of topics!

First, the Fascinating Feature, where you can get the best posts of all the ScriptX blogs, as well as updates and announcements about the family: @scriptfeature

The Matriarch of Medicine: @scriptmedic  The Astonishing Astronomer: @scriptastronomer The Caustic Chemists: @scriptchemist The Helpful Hacker: @scripthacker

The Saintly Social Worker: @scriptsocialwork The Shrewd Shrink: @scriptshrink  The Terrific Trauma Survivors: @scripttraumasurvivors The Tactful Torturer: @scripttorture

The Eclectic Economist: @scripteconomist  The Harmonious Historians: @scripthistory  The Laudable Linguist: @scriptlinguist  The Plucky Politicians: @scriptpolitics

The Amazing Accountant: @scriptaccountant The Breathtaking Ballerina: @scriptballerina The Fearless Firefighter: @scriptfirefighter The Fair Florists: @scriptflorist The Learned Librarian: @scriptlibrarian The Patient Pastor: @scriptpastor The Powerful Publishers: @scriptpublishingindustry The Sincere Sailor: @scriptsailor The Splendid Soldier: @scriptsoldier

The Autistic Answerers: @scriptautistic The Radiant Rainbows: @scriptlgbt The Shining Spoonies: @scriptspoonie The Wondrous Witches: @scriptwitchcraft

The Valiant Veterinarian: @scriptveterinarian The Eager Equestrians: @scriptequestrian

The Audacious Australian: @scriptaussie The Beautiful Brits: @scriptbrit The Charming Canadian: @scriptcanuck The Germane German: @scriptgerman

The Wonderful World-builders: @script-a-world The Stupendous Structurer: @scriptstructure

Inactive / archived blogs:

The Brilliant Brain Scientists: @scriptbrainscientist The Edified Educator: @scripteducator The Fantastic Foodie: @scriptfoodie The Gentle Geneticist: @scriptgenetics The Knowledgeable Kinkster: @scriptkink The Lively Lawyer: @scriptlawyer The Majestic Mythologists: @scriptmyth  The Phenomenal Pharmacist: @scriptpharmacist The Stalwart Service Dogs: @scriptservicedogs

This list is current as of 5/10/17!

The changes are:

@scripttraumasurvivors and @scriptpastor have joined the family!

Scriptecology has decided to leave the family and is now located at @flukedoesecology. We wish her well in her future endeavors.

Several blogs have gone inactive. 

To get the most up-to-date version of this list, be sure to check this link here: scriptshrink.tumblr.com/scriptfamily

Are you an expert in a topic? Interested in joining the ScriptX family? Apply here!

[scripthistory]

So this might go to scriptastronomer, i'm not sure which of you would know more about this, but how do you think a secondary moon would affect the calendar? My planet has two moons, how do lunar cycles typically influence calendars, important dates, and the such?

Iunfortunately have no idea how it would influence the calendar but I do knowthat many calendars have been influenced by the lunar cycle. Take for instancethe ancient Athenian calendar which was lunisolar. Most calendars are solarbased, though, but most do have months, and those are based on the lunar cycle.You can start out at Wikipedia (I unfortunately do not know any open sources,anything better that I could recommend is behind paywall) and hopefully you´ll be able to find what you need!

Signed, Captain. 

[scriptastronomer]

Hi scriptastronomer, I'm a new science fiction writer. I'm trying to make my book as believable as possible, but it is set in our universe, not a fictional one. So I need to figure out the real distances between stars and that is not as easy as it seems. It's easy enough to find the distances to earth, but distances between stars is a lot harder. I was hoping to find a nice tool online to do this, but all I found was lectures on how "easy" it was to do "simple 3D triangulation". Please help!

3D starmaps are completely awesome and a real pain to use. This is why in most science-fiction RPGs or stories, stellar maps are usually shown as very simple or abstract 2D views - like this map from David Weber’s incredibly enjoyable Honor Harrington series.

Of course, we know the real universe is in 3D, and we want to sail the sea of stars in our spaceships of the imagination.That’s where our friend the computer comes into use.For a nice website that goes into some details about the stars close to our planet, try SolStation.com. It started as a fan site for C.J.Cherryh’s Alliance/Union universe (Cherryh uses real star data) (also, really good SF stories) then branched into a general-astronomy-of-the-near-stars site.Within that site, you’ll find some great data and a nice free app called chview. It’s a small PC app that allows you to see the nearby stars in their 3D glory, rotate your view, and get the distance between any two stars. It’s the first 3D star app that I found online that worked. (I also wrote my own out of frustration, but the less said about that the better.) 

For a more robust, yet more difficult to use tool, I recommend Astrosynthesis by NBOS software (PC only). I’ve been using it for years. 

It’s a 3D mapping application with many downloadable data sets of real star data. It’s designed to build and keep track of a science-fiction RPG campaign, but it would work for any SF story that involves star hopping. It’s a slight learning curve, but it’s much more flexible and customizable.

I recommend downloading and using the Kepner dataset, as it’s the most up-to-date. Do be aware that any and every real-star dataset will not have all the stars that actually exist, nor will all the distances be correct, because we don’t know everything about the universe, and even stars can go unnoticed in the big dark.

There are more programs that can be used, and a nice list is maintained by Winchel Chung at his Atomic Rockets site. 

WARNING: Atomic Rockets is an site chock full of real-world engineering, math, and science. It is also highly addictive to science junkies like me. However, even if you skip over the math, the diagrams and explanations are very useful for someone who wants a harder edge on their SF story.

[altpapier]

I just discovered a super helpful resource for all my people doing research while developing realistic story settings/character details/places in the story/etc!

These accounts answer every question about their respective field, e.g. professions, countries or subjects:

@scriptpharmacist @scriptastronomer @scriptsoldier @scriptlawyer @scriptflorist @scriptmedic @scripthistory @scriptchemist @scriptlibrarian @scriptlgbt @scriptfoodie @scriptveterinarian @scriptshrink @scriptaussie @scriptbrit @scriptbrainscientist @scriptgenetics @scriptmyth @scripthacker

And a blog that features several script blogs:

@scriptfeature

(There are much more, feel free to message me if you have a script anything blog and I’ll add you to the list!)

[writingguide1]

Need help that Google just can’t give?

Try some of these great blogs! (Just click the blog name--they’re linked!)

Accounting/Finance: ScriptAccountant

Animals/Veterinary Science: ScriptVeterinarian

Astronomy: ScriptAstronomer

Autism/Autistic Characters: ScriptAutistic (run by three fabulous autistic bloggers)

Ballet/Dance: ScriptBallerina (currently inactive)

Books/Libraries: ScriptLibrarian

Britain: ScriptBrit (this blog has been indefinitely archived and is no longer taking asks, but it’s still a great resource!)

Chemistry: ScriptChemist

Criminal Justice: ScriptCriminalJustice

Ecology/Earth: FlukeDoesEcology

Economics: ScriptEconomist

Fire/Firefighting: ScriptFirefighter

Flowers: ScriptFlorist

Forensics: FantasticallyFactualForensics

Genetics: ScriptGenetics

Germany: ScriptGerman

History: ScriptHistory

Horses/Equestrianism: ScriptEquestrian

Islam/Muslim Characters: This great post from Writing With Color

Law/Court: ScriptLawyer (though they are based in British Columbia, so I’m not sure if they’re informed on American law for the American writers out there)

LGBT: ScriptLGBT

Linguistics/Language: ScriptLinguist (especially great for high fantasy writers who are developing languages for their world building)

Medical: ScriptMedic

Medicine/Pharmaceuticals: ScriptPharmacist

Military: TranscriptTroopers

Mythology: ScriptMyth

Ocean/Navy: ScriptSailor

Religion/Religious Leaders: ScriptPastor (seems to be geared towards Christian religions)

People of Color: WritingWithColor (tw: discussion of stereotypes, microaggressions, etc; I am constantly visiting this blog; currently not taking asks)

Politics: ScriptPolitics

Psychology: ScriptShrink

Service Dogs: ScriptServiceDogs

Sociology: ScriptSociology

Stereotypes: This cool masterlist from Writing With Color

Tech/Hacking: ScriptHacker

Torture: ScriptTorture (tw: graphic torture explanations, etc.)

Trauma Survivors: ScriptTraumaSurvivors (tw; a lot of triggers are going to be present on this blog, so be cautious, and understand that the experience can be different for everyone)

Wicca: MoonLightAcademy or ScriptWitchcraft

Please be respectful with your asks! If you can easily Google something, try that first. Also be aware that some of these blogs receive a lot of asks and may not respond immediately. These are all blogs written specifically for the use of writers and are not meant to help you with real-life issues (I.E. ScriptSociology specifically states that they cannot help with real-life social work).

I haven’t personally spent a lot of time at all of these blogs, so if you find them highly problematic or inaccurate, please let me know! 

[note-a-bear]

@scriptastronomer thanks for the reply!

[scriptfeature]

ScriptX Family Weekly Update

2/22/2017

Hey, y’all. It’s been another week of giving out accurate writing advice and there’s plenty more where that came from, so let’s get to it.

Announcements

The biggest announcement this week is down in the Ask Box Statuses section, so if you want to scroll on down there, go ahead.

Featured Posts

A Whole New World of Money

So here in the good ol’ real world, we only have one universe that we are able to interact with. However, many fictional worlds have multiple universes that interact with each other to some extent. Many times the differences in these universes are huge, for example in Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension, Dr. Doofenshmirtz was actually competent and took over the Tristate Area resulting in a pink sky for reasons.

Other times it's much more subtle. @scripteconomist explores some of the ways a simple 5-Dollar bill could be slightly different in another universe.

Starving Author

Writing is usually a back burner career because eating is nice. But if your character is wanting to make writing primary line of income, how might they go about getting the moola before writing the figgedy-giggen thing. @scriptpublishingindustry has a few methods that your character could get a little cash advance.

There's Gold in Them Hills

You’re writing a historical fiction about the 1849 California gold rush. Your character, a mother and wife, is following her husband west towards the golden banks. What might life be like for Mrs. McBasic and her family? @scripthistory has a post written by the dear archivist of @scriptlibrarian .

Clean Up on Aisle 10

As any person working anywhere is still a person, so a service dog is still a dog. Dogs have weird quirks that can make certain areas of training more difficult than others. @scriptservicedogs takes an anon’s ask about a training service dog they saw at their store and reminds us about some of the interesting things that can happen with a service dog in training. (Also there’s a picture of Bucky, mod @anauthorandherservicedog ‘s own service dog)

What's That Called Again?

Your protagonist, Louis MacBasic the III, does not live in modern times. In fact, he does not even live in an approximation of this world, but rather he lives in a medieval fantasy world where many psychological diagnoses don’t exist or have different names. How could you go about showing your readers that the characters in your tale have certain conditions, PTSD for example, without being able to call it by the name we know it as? @scriptshrink has a few suggestions that you might find helpful.

You Have a Helmet for a Reason

Take a minute right now and think through what gear an astronaut would have when going out into space. Seriously, do it. It’ll make it seem like this post takes some actual time to read. You done? Good. So you probably thought, pants, gloves, oxygen tank, chest part, oh and you know, the helmet? The reason they can breathe? Yeah they might need that. So logically, one would wonder what happens when an astronaut takes off their helmet. @scriptastronomer has a great post for you if this is your kind of thing.

Bros Warming Up

Stretching is a seemingly simple activity, but can it be done in groups? Sure, but is it common? Well, @scriptballerina might be able to help you.

Germans So Famous, Schools Are Named After Them (1/10): Die Geschwister Scholl

Hoo boy, this is a doosey of a post. To sum it up, @scriptgerman tells us about the Scholl Siblings and why they were important. It’s a longer read, but it’s worth your time.

Ask Box Statuses

@scriptshrink ‘s inbox is currently closed. She thanks you for your patience

New Family

No new family this week, but there surely will be at some time or another.

And that’s all for this week. See y’all next week. Until then, this is your host signing off.

-Splat

[script-a-world]

Submitted via Google Form:

Is there a way I can have tides at a certain location on a planet be exceptionally high only on certain days of the year? Usually the tides are 5m high but those times it needs to be at least double if not triple that. If I have to resort to something artificial then that's fine too.

Wootzel: Here are a couple of links to some old ScriptAstronomer asks that might help you answer this question. It could be done with multiple moons! 

Essentially, the tide is high when the moon is either directly above that part of the planet, or on the opposite side. Having a couple of moons which both pull enough to create tides, and having them orbit in such a way that they line up now and then (either on the same side of the planet or on the polar opposite sides) would compound the tidal forces and cause much higher tides than they ordinarily are. I am not knowledgeable in how to calculate whether they’d be double up, but unless you want this done with hard science, that’s a plausible enough explanation in a story! 

For that matter, if you want to get a little implausible with the size/distance of the moons as well, most readers won’t think twice.

[seraphtonin]

Blog rec: @scriptastronomer Writing anything to do with space? Check out this blog. Like space? Check out this blog. Know of space? Check out this blog. Are an astronaut? Heck, bud. That’s cool. Send me a message

How would a werewolf orbiting the moon work? This blog has you covered. How a moon could just vanish from a planet? They have a post. If Earth had TWO moons? Yeah, they covered that too. You can even ask questions of your own

[scriptshrink]

The Script Family as of 3/8/17

Have writing questions, but don’t know who to ask? Check out the Scriptfamily blogs, all of whom provide detailed writing advice on a huge variety of topics!

Announcing with an abnormal amount of alliteration:

First, the Fascinating Feature, where you can get the best posts of all the scriptblogs, as well as updates and announcements about the family: @scriptfeature

The Matriarch of Medicine: @scriptmedic The Ebullient Ecologist: @scriptecology The Caustic Chemists: @scriptchemist The Astonishing Astronomer: @scriptastronomer The Gentle Geneticist: @scriptgenetics

The Shrewd Shrink: @scriptshrink The Phenomenal Pharmacist: @scriptpharmacist The Saintly Social Worker: @scriptsocialwork

The Plucky Politicians: @scriptpolitics​ The Lively Lawyer: @scriptlawyer The Helpful Hacker: @scripthacker

The Harmonious Historians: @scripthistory The Majestic Mythologists: @scriptmyth The Learned Librarian:  @scriptlibrarian The Laudable Linguist: @scriptlinguist The Powerful Publishers: @scriptpublishingindustry

The Eclectic Economist: @scripteconomist The Amazing Accountant: @scriptaccountant

The Stalwart Service Dogs: @scriptservicedogs The Valiant Veterinarian: @scriptveterinarian The Eager Equestrians: @scriptequestrian

The Fearless Firefighter: @scriptfirefighter The Splendid Soldier: @scriptsoldier The Sincere Sailor: @scriptsailor The Fair Florists: @scriptflorist The Wondrous Witches: @scriptwitchcraft

The Autistic Answerers: @scriptautistic The Shining Spoonies: @scriptspoonie The Radiant Rainbows: @scriptlgbt

The Germane German: @scriptgerman The Beautiful Brits: @scriptbrit The Audacious Australian: @scriptaussie The Charming Canadian: @scriptcanuck​

The Tactful Torturer: @scripttorture

The Wonderful World-builders: @script-a-world The Stupendous Structurer: @scriptstructure

Currently Inactive:

The Brilliant Brain Scientists: @scriptbrainscientist The Breathtaking Ballerina: @scriptballerina​ The Fantastic Foodie: @scriptfoodie The Knowledgeable Kinkster: @scriptkink​ The Edified Educator: @scripteducator

This list is current as of 3/8/17!

The changes are:

@scriptpolitics​ and @scripttorture joined the family. 

Forenscripts has decided to leave the family and is now located at @fantasticallyfactualforensics. We wish them well in their future endeavors.

Several blogs have gone inactive. 

I’ve also changed the order of the list a little bit.

To get the most up-to-date version of this list, be sure to check this link here:  scriptshrink.tumblr.com/scriptfamily

[script-a-world]

Hey, I'd as scriptastronomer but I think they're defunct, but I was wondering if you could help me with some astrophysics. I have a star system with binary planets, both habitable and roughly Earth sized. I want them to eclipse the sun for each other frequently. I was wondering a) is this even possible? b) what would be the minimal stable orbital period? and c) how often each planet would get a solar eclipse? Thanks in advance!

Miri: Unfortunately it looks like Scriptastronomer is indeed unavailable right now. The pylons poked at this for a bit and agreed on the following.

Bina: Disclaimer: none of us are astrophysicists.I'll answer your questions to the best of my ability. 

(a) Is this possible? I don't see why not.  If you have binary planets on the same plane of orbit as their sun, of course they're going to block out the sun for each other once things line up. 

(b) Can't help you there, sorry! 

(c) This depends on tons of things. How quickly are your binary planets orbiting? Which direction are they orbiting around the sun, and how quickly? What do you even define "frequently" to be? Frequently on the scale of the inhabitants of the planet, or frequent on an astronomical scale? 

(bonus) If all you care about is having two habitable heavenly bodies that are in close(ish) proximity, and giving both double eclipses, have you considered an alternative setup? Such as a pair of habitable moons orbiting around a dead planet (which orbits around a sun), and the planet causes eclipses for the moons? Depending on what kind of eclipse you're going for, you can make the planet the same size, or much bigger, or much smaller than the moons.Best of luck! 

[script-a-world]

Hello, I'm trying to build an ocean planet in a fantasy setting with lots of moons (up to 9) that have varying effects on the tides, floating islands that change altitudes and other such float-y silliness. The ocean is the 'center' of this world, and I'm wondering if you have any suggested resources on how close/how big the moons would have to be to cause noticeable effects on the movements of the water. Thank you!

Synth dug up all the moon-related asks they could find over on @scriptastronomer for you:

 https://scriptastronomer.tumblr.com/post/154447332982/could-a-moon-be-tidally-locked-so-that-you-could 

https://scriptastronomer.tumblr.com/post/155683650057/in-an-online-game-called-warframe-a-major 

https://scriptastronomer.tumblr.com/post/154745425787/what-would-be-the-effect-of-an-earth-like-planet 

https://scriptastronomer.tumblr.com/post/156341801687/im-writing-a-story-about-wizards-who-terraform 

https://scriptastronomer.tumblr.com/post/157404990797/me-again-realised-i-left-off-a-part-of-that-ask 

https://scriptastronomer.tumblr.com/post/157167331682/love-the-blog-thanks-for-your-work-here-i-have-a 

https://scriptastronomer.tumblr.com/post/159960057322/in-the-case-of-a-geostationary-moon-how-would 

https://scriptastronomer.tumblr.com/post/154984512752/i-had-a-follow-up-question-to-the-guy-who-asked-if(edited)