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natashakline: For all the artists out there. xoxo

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:38:03 -0400

For all the artists out there. xoxo

Darth Phasmatos: Depictions of physical beauty in people’s writings always piss me off....

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:42:38 -0400

Darth Phasmatos: Depictions of physical beauty in people’s writings always piss me off....:

Depictions of physical beauty in people’s writings always piss me off. I get this irrational annoyance that, if not tended to carefully, will burn into a huge plume of rage. Unless a protagonist is admiring someone’s appearance, I think you should let the readers decide if a character is beautiful or not. And no, having blonde hair and “eyes as blue as the sea” doesn’t mean they’d be automatically beautiful in my vision. Not even beautiful. Just something to look at. There’s more to a person than their hair or eye colour.

Describe their chin. Is it long or cleft? Do they have a strong jaw?

Broad eyebrows? Prominent nostrils? Is the colour of their bottom lip different from their upper lip? Any freckles or an interesting birthmark on their face? Don’t tell me about the colour of their eyes at first. Describe the shape. Are they round as melons or almond-shaped? Deep-set? Are they close together or further apart?

What does their neck look like? Can you see their clavicles? If it’s a man, is his Adam’s Apple at all noticeable? Does their head sit comfortably on their shoulders or does it look like its about to fall off? (one of my characters has a head that looks like that lol).

Really tell me about them, you know?

Ultimate Writing Resource List

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:14:34 -0400

Ultimate Writing Resource List:

disabilityinthemedia:

the-fandoms-are-cool:

a massively extended version of ruthlesscalculus’ post

General Tips

Joss Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

34 Writing Tips that will make you a Better Writer

50 Free resources that will improve your writing skills

5 ways to get out of the comfort zone and become a stronger writer

10 ways to avoid Writing Insecurity

The Writer’s Guide to Overcoming Insecurity

The Difference Between Good Writers and Bad Writers

You’re Not Hemingway - Developing Your Own Style

7 Ways to use Brain Science to Hook Readers and Reel them In

8 Short Story Tips from Kurt Vonnegut

How to Show, Not Tell

5 Essential Story Ingredients

How to Write Fiction that grabs your readers from page one

Why research is important in writing

Make Your Reader Root for Your Main Character

Writing Ergonomics (Staying Comfortable Whilst Writing)

The Importance of Body Language

Character Development

10 days of Character Building

Name Generators

Name Playground

Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

Seven Common Character Types

Handling a Cast of Thousands Part 1 - Getting To Know Your Characters

Web Resources for Developing Characters

Building Fictional Characters

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Character Building Workshop

Tips for Characterization

Character Chart for Fiction Writers

Villains are people too but…

How to Write a Character Bible

Character Development Exercises

All Your Characters Talk the Same - And They’re Not A Hivemind!

Medieval Names Archive

Sympathy Without Saintliness

Family Echo (Family Tree Maker)

Behind The Name

100 Character Development Questions for Writers

Aether’s Character Development Worksheet

The 12 Common Archetypes

Six Types of Courageous Characters

Kazza’s List of Character Secrets - Part 1, Part 2

Creating Believable Characters With Personality

Body Language Cheat Sheet

Creating Fictional Characters Series

Three Ways to Avoid Lazy Character Description

7 Rules for Picking Names for Fictional Characters

Character Development Questionnaire

How to Create Fictional Characters

Character Name Resources

Character Development Template

Character Development Through Hobbies

Character Flaws List

10 Questions for Creating Believable Characters

Ari’s Archetype Series

How to Craft Compelling Characters

List of 200 Character Traits

Writing Characters of the Opposite Sex

Making Your Characters Likable

Do you really know your characters?

Character Development: Virtues

Character Development: Vices

Character Morality Alignment

List of Negative Personality Traits

List of Positive Personality Traits

List of Emotions - Positive

List of Emotions - Negative

Loon’s Character Development Series - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Phobia List A-L (Part 1), M-Z (Part 2)

30 Day In Depth Character Development Meme

Words for Emotions based on Severity

Eight Bad Characters

High Level Description of the Sixteen Personality Types

Female Characters

How Not to Write Female Characters

Writing Female Characters

How to write empowering female characters

Why I write strong female characters

Red Flags for Female Characters Written by Men

Writing strong female characters

The Female Character Flowchart

Eight Heroine Archetypes

Male Characters

Eight Hero Archetypes

Tips for Specific Characters

Writing A Vampire

Writing Pansexual Characters

Writing Characters on the Police Force

Writing Drunk Characters

Writing A Manipulative Character

Writing A Friends With Benefits Relationship

Writing A Natural Born Leader

Writing A Flirtatious Character

Writing A Nice Character

Fiction Writing Exercises for Creating Villains

Five Traits to Contribute to an Epic Villain

Writing Villains that Rock

Writing British Characters

How To Write A Character With A Baby

On Assassin Characters

Dialogue

It’s Not What They Say…

Top 8 Tips for Writing Dialogue

Speaking of Dialogue

The Great Said Debate

He Said, She Said, Who Said What?

How to Write Dialogue Unique to Your Characters

Writing Dialogue: Go for Realistic, Not Real-Life

Point of View

Establishing The Right Point of View

How to Start Writing in the Third Person

The I Problem

Plot, Conflict, Structure and Outline

Writing A Novel Using the Snowflake Method

Effectively Outlining Your Novel

Conflict and Character Within Story Structure

Outlining Your Plot

Ideas, Plots and Using the Premise Sheets

How To Write A Novel

Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense

Plunge Right In…Into Your Story, That Is

Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot

36 (plus one) Dramatic Situations

The Evil Overlord Devises A Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plot Tricks

Conflict Test

What is Conflict?

Monomyth

The Hero’s Journey: Summary of Steps

Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes

Plotting Without Fears

Novel Outlining 101

Writing The Perfect Scene

One-Page Plotting

The Great Swampy Middle

How Can You Know What Belongs In Your Book?

Create A Plot Outline in 8 Easy Steps

How to Organize and Develop Ideas for Your Novel

Create Structure in your novel using index cards

Choosing the best outline method for you

Hatch’s Plot Bank

Setting & Worldbuilding

Magical Word Builder’s Guide

I Love The End Of The World

World Building 101

The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help Bring Your Settings to Life

Creating the Perfect Setting - Part 1

Creating a Believable World

Setting

Character and Setting Interactions

Maps Workshop - Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping

World Builders Project

How To Create Fantasy Worlds

Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds

Creativity Boosters* denotes prompts

*Creative Writing Prompts

*Ink Provoking

*Story Starter

*Story Spinner

*Story Kitchen

*Language is a Virus

*The Dabbling Mum

Quick Story Idea Generator

Solve Your Problems By Simply Saying Them Out Loud

Busting Your Writing Rut

Creative Acceleration: 11 Tips To Engineer A Productive Flow

Writing Inspiration, Or Sex on a Bicycle

The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes

Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits

Free Association, Active Imagination, Twilight Imaging

Random Book Title Generator

Finishing Your Novel

Story Starters & Idea Generators

Words to Use More Often

Revision & Grammar

How To Rewrite

Editing Recipe

Cliche Finder

Revising Your Novel: Read What You’ve Written

Writing 101: Revising A Novel

20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes

Synonyms for the Most Commonly Used Words of the English Language

Grammar Urban Legends

Tools & Software

Tip Of My Tongue - Find the word you’re looking for

Write or Die - Stay motivated

Stay Focused - Tool for Chrome, lock yourself out of distracting websites

My Writing Nook - Online Text Editor, Free

Bubbl.us - Online Mind Map Application, Free

Family Echo - Online Family Tree Maker, Free

Freemind - Mind Map Application; Free; Windows, Mac, Linux, Portable

Xmind - Mind Map Application; Free; Windows, Mac, Linux, Portable

Liquid Story Binder - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $45.95; Windows, Portable

Scrivener - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $39.95; Mac

SuperNotecard - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free trial, $29; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable

yWriter - Novel Organization and Writing Application; free; Windows, Linux, portable

JDarkRoom - Minimalist Text Editing Application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable

AutoRealm - Map Creation Application; free; Windows, Linux with Wine

Specific Help

Fashion Terminology

All About Kissing

Genre Help: Romance

187 Mental Illnesses

Types of Mental Illness

Eye Color List

Spectral Groupings

Whelp, time to be a famous writer.

Troian Bellisario for the Straits Times Singapore

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:25:06 -0400

Troian Bellisario for the Straits Times Singapore

janefriedman: A Map to Get Out of Writer’s Block via NY Book...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:46:38 -0400

janefriedman:

A Map to Get Out of Writer’s Block via NY Book Editors

betype: Why Should You Care About Typography? | Co.Design

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:44:54 -0500

betype:

Why Should You Care About Typography? | Co.Design

twelve days of darren criss - day 3 - favorite darren...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:25:02 -0500

twelve days of darren criss - day 3 - favorite darren performances
darren performing at the roxy

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"A real writer shouldn’t need a cup of tea at his side or a cabin with a view of the ocean or things..."

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:49:38 -0500

“A real writer shouldn’t need a cup of tea at his side or a cabin with a view of the ocean or things just so in his own mind in order to get his work done.”

- In this beautiful essay for The Millions, Kevin Hartnett echoes Tchaikovsky, Jack White, Chuck Close, and David Carr.

E. B. White put it even better: “A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”

(via explore-blog)

Wind Me Up When My Heart Stops: mycitylight: Common Writing Mistakestygermama: amandaonwriting:...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:55:08 -0500

Wind Me Up When My Heart Stops: mycitylight: Common Writing Mistakestygermama: amandaonwriting:...:

mycitylight:

Common Writing Mistakes

tygermama:

amandaonwriting:

Benjamin Dreyer is the VP Executive Managing Editor & Copy Chief of Random House Publishing Group. Below is his list of the common stumbling blocks for authors, from A to X.

One buys antiques in an

thefactory-ewe: 靑春

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:33:38 -0500

thefactory-ewe:

靑春

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suckybl0g: aaron by me for esquiresIM

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:06:03 -0400

suckybl0g:

aaron by me for esquiresIM

Z-Raid: creative process meme!

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:55:01 -0400

Z-Raid: creative process meme!:

worldaccordingtofangirls:

i originally thought up these questions for writers, but then i realized that they can really apply to anything - artists, composers, whatever. idk about you guys but i love to talk about my process so yeah

red: is it hard for you to think up new ideas? list…

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Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:14:00 -0400

dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

n. the desire to hold on to time as it passes, like trying to keep your grip on a rock in the middle of a river, feeling the weight of the current against your chest while your elders float on downstream, calling over the roar of the rapids, “Just let go—it’s okay—let go.”

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