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This is an ultimate masterlist of many, many resources that could be helpful for writers/roleplayers.

→ GENERAL

Improvement

Improve Your Writing Habits Now

5 Ways to Add Sparkle to Your Writing

Getting Over Roleplaying Insecurities

Improve Your Paras

Why the Right Word Choices Result in Better Writing

4 Ways To Have Confidence in Your Writing

Writing Better Than You Normally Do

How’s My Driving?

Describing

A Description Resource

55 Words to Describe Someones Voice

Describing Skin Colors

Describing a Person: Adding Details

Emotions Vocabulary

90 Words For ‘Looks’

Be More Descriptive

Describe a Character’s Look Well

100 Words for Facial Expressions

To Show and Not To Tell

Words to Describe Facial Expressions

Describing Clothes

List of Actions

Tone, Feelings and Emotions

Masterlists

Writing Specific Characters

Character Guides

Writing Help for Writers

Ultimate Writing Resource List

Lots of RP Guides

Online Writing Resources

List of Websites to Help You Focus

Resources for Writing Bio’s

Helpful Links for Writing Help

General Writing Resources

Resources for Biography Writing

Mental Ilnesses/Disorders Guides

8 Words You Should Avoid While Writing

  Body Language

Body Language Cheat

Body Language Reference Cheat

Tips for Writers: Body Language

Types of Crying

Body Language: Mirroring

Grammar/Vocabulary

Words Instead of Walk (2)

Commonly Confused Adjectives

A Guide on Punctuation

Common Writing Mistakes

25 Synoms for ‘Expession’

How to: Avoid Misusing Variations of Words

Words to Keep Inside Your Pocket

The 13 Trickiest Grammar Hang-Ups

Other Ways to Say..

Proofreading

300+ Sophiscated and Underused Words

List of Misused Words

Words for Sex

100 Beautiful and Ugly Words

Words to Use More Often

Alternatives for ‘Smile’ or ‘Laugh’

Three Self Editing Tips

Words to Use Instead of ‘Walk’, ‘Said’, ‘Happy’ and ‘Sad’

Synonyms for Common Words

Alternatives for ‘Smile’

Transitional Words

The Many Faces and Meanings of ‘Said’

Synonyms for ‘Wrote’

A Case Of She Said, She Said

Writer’s Block

How to: Cure Writer’s Block

Some Tips on Writer’s Block

Got Writer’s Block?

6 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block

Tips for Dealing With Writer’s Block

→ APPLICATIONS

Application (Itself)

How to: Make That Application Your Bitch

How to: Make Your App Better

How to: Submit a Flawless Audition

10 Tips for Applying

Para (Sample)

Para Sample Ideas

5 Tips on Writing an IC Para Sample

Writing an IC Sample Without Escaping From the Bio

How to: Create a Worthy IC Para Sample

How to: Write an Impressive Para Sample

How to: Lengthen Short Para’s

Prompts

Drabble Stuff

Prompts List

Writing Prompts

Drabble Prompts

How to Get Into Character

Writing Challenges/Prompts

A Study in Writing Prompts for RPs

Para Prompts & Ideas

Writing Prompts for Journal Entries

A List of Para Starters

→ GUIDES

Personalities

Angry

Bad Asses

Bitches (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Childishness

Emotional Detachment

Flirtatious

The Girl Next Door

Introverts (2)

Mean Persons (2)

Psychopaths

Party Girls

Rich (2) 

Rebels

Sarcasm

Serial Killers (2)

Shyness (2, 3)

Sluts

Villains (2)

Witt

Disorders

Disorders in general (2, 3, 4, 5) 

Attention Deficit Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Anxiety (2, 3, 4, 5) 

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Alice In Wonderland Syndrome

Bipolar Disorder (2, 3)

Cotard Delusions

Depression (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)   

Eeating Disorders (2, 3)

Facitious Disorders

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Multiple Personality Disorder (2)

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Night Terrors

Kleptomania (2)

A Pyromaniac

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Psychopaths

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (2) (3)

Sex Addiction (2)

Schizophrenia (2)

Sociopaths (2)

Disabilities

Aspergers Syndrome

Apathy 

Autism

Someone Blind (2)

Cancer (2, 3)

Disability

Dyslexia

Muteness (2, 3)

Stutter

Jobs/Hobbies/Beliefs

Actors

Ballet Dancer (2)

Christianity

Foreigners

Gamblers

Hinduism

Hitmen

Satanism

Smokers

Stoners

Taoism

Journalists

Vegetarians

Drugs

Alcohol Influence (2, 3, 4, 5)

Cocaine Influence

Ecstasy Influence (2)

Heroin Use

LSD Influence

Marijuana Influence (2, 3)

Opiate Use

Locations

Australia

Boston

California (2, 3)

England/Britain (2, 3, 4, 5)

New York

Prison

London

The South (2)

Genders

Females (2)

Males (2)

Transgender People

Supernatural

Vampires

Witches (2)

Werewolves

Other

Amnesia

Children

A Death Scene

Loosing Someone (2)

Old Persons

Physical Injuries (2, 3)

Sexual Abuse (2)

Fight Scenes (2, 3, 4)

Horror

Torture

→ CREATING CHARACTERS

Biography Writing

Components of Your Biographies

Character sheet (2, 3)

Need Help With Character Creation?

How to: Draw Inspiration for Characters From Music

How to: Write a Biography (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

How to: Write a Fully Developed Character

How to: Create a Cast of Characters (2)

Writing an Original Character (2, 3)

Creating Believable Characters (2, 3)

Bio Formats (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

Little Things You Can Add To Your Bios

Connections (2)

Titles

Bio Twists

Names

Female Names (2, 3, 4, 5)

Male Names (2, 3, 4, 5) 

Last Names  (2, 3, 4)

Personalities

Jung’s 16 Personality Types

Underused Character Personalities

Birth-Order: Personality Traits

The Difference Between Personality and Behavior

How to: Show a Characters Personality In a Paragraph

16 Character Traits

Underused Personalities

Personality Traits

Positive (2)

Negative (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Both (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Habits

Addictions and Bad Habits

Bad Habits

Character Habits

Character Quirks

Phobias (2)

Secrets

300 Possible Secrets to Give Your Characters

I Bet You Didn’t Know..

Character Plots And Secrets (2)

Celebrity Secrets

Secret Masterlist

Quotes

Song Lyrics Masterlist

Songs for Biographies

Favorite Quotes: TV and Movies

Favorite Quotes: Notable Authors

Favorite Quotes: Celebrities

Favorite Quotes: Popular Books (2)

Quotes From Songs

Character Quotes

Masterlist of Bio Lyrics

Masterlist of Bio Quotes

Masterlist of Song Lyrics

Biography Lyrics

A Masterlist of Quotes

+130 Quotes

The Quotation Garden

Mary Sue’s

A Mary Sue In The Inbox

Your Character Is A Sue, Not Just A Mary Or Gary

Not Writing A Mary Sue

→ WHILE ROLEPLAYING

Para Titles

100 Paragraph Titles

Para Titles - Song Title Edition (2,3)

A Whole Ton of Para Titles

350+ Song Titles

Para Titles For You (2)

Starters

How to: Create an interesting starter

How to: Make an Interesting Starter

Gif Conversations: A Guide

A Brief Guide to Starters

Interesting Gif Convesation Starters

Starters Masterlist

Gif Starter Posts

46 Interesting Gif Chat Starters

Ideas for Gif Chat Starters

Starters

Careers/Jobs

Masterlist: Jobs

Possible Careers for Characters

Artistic Occupations

Martha’s Vineyard Job Masterlist

Interesting Jobs

Locations/Settings/Activities

Para Ideas

Masterlist: Para Ideas

Top 50 Places for Starters

Writing Topics: Para Ideas

101 Date Ideas

68 Date Ideas

22 Date Ideas

Popular Places to Eat

Character Developement

Character Development Questionaire

Character Surveys

C.D. Questionaire

30 Day Character Development Meme

Character Development Questions (2)

100 Pt. Questionaire

IC and OOC Surveys

Online Test for Character Building

30 Days of Character Development

How to: Develop Characters

Get To Know Your Characters

→ ROMANCE

Romance (in general)

The Little Ways a Ship Gets Build

Roleplaying Relationships

8 Ways to Say I Love You

How to: Make a Set Ship RP Work

How to: Write a Romantic Scene

Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Relationships

Putting a Label on It

Synonyms for Love

Pregnancy (2, 3, 4, 5)

Smut

Smut Guide: Casual Sex

Smut Guide: For Beginners

How to: Write a First Time Sex Scene Romantically

How to: Smut - The Bare Bones

How to: Smut (For Virgins)

How to: Write Lesbian Smut

How to: Write Smut (2, 3)

How to: Write a Blowjob/Prepping for Smut

Smut Guides of Tumblr

Tips on Writing Sex Scenes

A Guide to Language in Smut

Domination and Submission

Making Love

A Smut Guide

Kisses

How to: Write a Kiss (2)

Different Types of Kisses

Writing Out the First Kiss

→ OTHER

Plot Writing

How to: Create the Best Plot for Your RP

How to: Create A Plot Outline in 8 Steps

How to: Write A Plot in 12 Steps

How to: Write A Quality Plot

How to: Spice Up Your Roleplay Plots

Components of Your Plot Page

Writing Up A Plot

Basics of Writing A Plot

Links for Plot Writing Help

Eight Unique Plot Ideas

Plot Twists

Situation Ideas (2, 3)

Guide to Plotting

Eras

Eras Masterlist

Everything You Need to Know Abut the 20’s

20’s Slang

Primary Sources on Ancient Civilizations

How to: Play the Greek Goddess ‘Harmonia’

How to: Roleplay In the Victorian Era

Victorian Dialogue

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site that you can type in the definition of a word and get the word

site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition 

site that gives you words that rhyme with a word

site that gives you synonyms and antonyms

[bumblebeebabie]

THAT FIRST SITE IS EVERY WRITER’S DREAM DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I’VE TRIED WRITING SOMETHING AND THOUGHT GOD DAMN IS THERE A SPECIFIC WORD FOR WHAT I’M USING TWO SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE AND JUST GETTING A BUNCH OF SHIT GOOGLE RESULTS

[characterdesigninspiration]

Quite a few people requested some form of trait/personality generator, and here’s the result!  I wanted to keep it vague enough that the options could work for any universe, be it modern, fantasy, scifi, or anything else, so these are really just the basics. Remember that a character is much more than a list of traits, and this should only be used as a starting point– I tried to include a variety of things, but further development is definitely a must.

Could pair well with the gender and sexuality generator.

To Play: Click and drag each gif, or if that isn’t working/you’re on mobile, just take a screenshot of the whole thing (multiple screenshots may be required if you want more than one trait from each category).

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Keep it concise. A handy reference sheet for essay writing.

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[shotbyhazelg]

The most valuable chart…

[deductionfreak]

[realsocialskills]

Reblogging in case this is helpful to anyone. It’s a wheel that describes various emotional categories and subcategories.

I’m not up to transcribing it. Does anyone know of a transcribed version?

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(Source: hedgebrook.org)

For all of the writers on Tumblr looking to improve their craft and find new inspiration for their work, here are some of the best writing fellowships and retreats in the US. Many of these programs encourage collaboration with other writers, as well as with...

[shortvideosandstuff]

Have you ever been this worried?

[flcl-julie-blog]

He fucking paws at the water and pulls him toward the edge and fucking jumps in to save him! I love dogs so much. We don’t deserve them.

[purupurupikopuyo]

stumbled across this link today and damn

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I didn’t believe these so here are some sources

[tyleroakley]

I LOVE IT ALL I WANT TO READ A MILLION MORE.

[maxkirin]

Hello, dear followers!

Over the last couple of days I’ve gotten a lot of new followers, and I’ve also gotten lots of questions on writing. While I’m trying to get through them all, I figured I would create a little something of a MASTERPOST, so that those with questions that I have already answered in the past can get back to writing as soon as possible :D

NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL WRITING ADVICE (VOLUME 1)

M. Kirin’s (Strange) Guide to Planning Your Novel

Publishing Battle: Indie VS Traditional

M. Kirin’s origin story (feat. how to finish your first novel)

How to regain the motivation to finish your book

I’m afraid writing is a waste of time

I’m in the middle of the story and I’m stuck

I feel that everything I write sucks

I’m certain I’m the worst writer in the world

I want to write a book but I have no idea where to start

How much description/scenery is too much?

How can I write faster?

I want my readers to love my characters

I think my book may be too short for my genre (feat. a talk about filler)

Max’s strange tip for overcoming the first sentence

How to overcome the first sentence: remix

How do I write introverted/shy characters in social situations without having them be invisible?

How do I write a character who is a different gender/race/age than me?

My story doesn’t have an Antagonists, should I add one?

Oops I killed one of my main characters by mistake, what do I do? (feat. a talk about death, dying, and roleplaying games)

Max’s writing advice for fleshing out romantic relationships

Max’s favorite music to listen to while writing

Max’s secret for starting books, and finishing them

How do I turn my book into an eBook?

Now, if you don’t mind me, I have quite a few answers to get through c; I will see you around, cuties! Oh, and remember, if you want more writerly content, make sure to follow me: maxkirin.tumblr.com!

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Guide: Dialogue Tags & Dialogue Punctuation

Anonymous asked: Please help me. I’m so confused about dialogues. Sometimes, there’s a comma after it and a ‘she said.’, then it continues into another dialogue. Can you tell when it’s necessary to put commas and periods after dialogues? If you are able, can you also tell me about various dialogues in a paragraph?

Dialogue Tags Things like “she said” or “I replied” are called dialogue tags. They tell us who is speaking and sometimes tell us how they say it and any related action. For example:

"I love it!" Cheryl said. (who)

"I love it!" Cheryl screamed. (who + how)

"I love it!" Cheryl screamed as she held the dress up to her body. (who + how + action)

Dialogue tags are helpful when many characters are involved in the same conversation, but every dialogue doesn’t need to be tagged, and when just two characters are speaking, you generally only need tags to establish who is speaking:  "I love it!" Cheryl screamed as she held the dress up to her body. “Where did you get it?” [no tag necessary] "You’ll never believe this, but I got it at a yard sale," I replied. "No way! Tell me it’s not from that ratty old house up on 7th. I saw her putting out some tables this morning."  [no tag necessary] I can’t help but laugh, imagining the old lady in the ratty house owning a dress like this. “No, no, no. It came from that remodeled craftsman over on Pine. You know, the green and white one?” [no tag necessary] Now, in a longer conversation, you might want to include a few refresher tags just to remind the reader who’s who, but generally you’ll want to avoid using them more than necessary.  In the example above, I used the tag “Cheryl screamed” to indicate that Cheryl is Speaker A, and I used the tag “I replied” to indicate that I am speaker B. Notice that after Cheryl held the dress up to her body, I didn’t tag “Where did you get it?” because it wasn’t necessary. We already know that Cheryl is the speaker of that particular sentence. I didn’t use a tag after the sentence beginning with “No way!” because since it is in response to what I said as Character B, we know the speaker is Character A, and we know that Character A in this conversation is Cheryl. Likewise, I don’t tag the sentence beginning “No, no, no,” for the same reason. It’s in response to Character A, so we know it’s Character B, who is me. However, I did use a little non-tag trick to remind the reader that I was the one speaking. Because I prefaced the sentence by saying that I laughed at what she said, it’s clear that the dialogue that comes next is mine. Dialogue Punctuation Dialogue punctuation is tricky but you’ll get the hang of it. Here are some rules to keep in mind:

A standalone sentence of dialogue should end in a period, question mark, exclamation point, em dash, or a terminal ellipses. "I bought it at the house on 7th." "I bought it at the house on 7th?" "I bought it at the house on 7th!" "I bought it at the house on 7th—" "I bought it at the house on 7th…"

A sentence of dialogue that would normally end with a period should end with a comma when a dialogue tag is attached. "I bought it at the house on 7th." "I bought it at the house on 7th," I said.

A sentence of dialogue ending in a period should still end in a period if there is no dialogue tag but is followed by another sentence. "I bought it at the house on 7th." "I bought it at the house on 7th." Cheryl admired her reflection in the mirror and I knew she loved it. "It looks pretty on you."

A sentence of dialogue that would normally end with an exclamation point or a question mark should still end with those whether there is a dialogue tag or not. "I love it!" Cheryl screamed. "You do?" I replied. "I really do!" "I’m so glad!" We were both excited that we’d finally found her the perfect dress to wear on her date.

I hope that covers your questions! :)

[wordsandchocolate]

I made a slideshow about how to create a fictional character… I got most of the information from the ‘start writing fiction’ (free) course on the OpenUniversity website and found it incredibly useful so here’s a visual version for you :)

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Some links I have found in various Tumblr Posts that I have saved on my computer. I do not take credit for collecting all these links. Unfortunately, I did not have the mind to save/note where these various links come from. Thank you to whoever compiled these links together.

General Writing Tips, Guides and Advice

How to be Confident in Your Writing Start Your Novel Already! Why First Chapters Matter How to Outline a Novel Incorporating Flashbacks Word Building 101 Common Mistakes in Writing Tips on Getting Started What Not to Do 7 Tips to Become a Better Writer from Stephen King How to Use Reading to Become a Better Writer Why Writers Must Read How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers 31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing 10 Tips to Write Fanfiction Writing a Blurb 10 Writing Tips Perfecting Description Point of View Speed Up Your Writing Recieving Bad News Useful Writing Apps Avoiding Clichés Writing Lessons Finding Inspiration

Plot and Conflict

What is Conflict? Where’s Your Conflict? Adding Conflict to Your Scenes Guides for Using Inner Conflict That Makes Sense Plotting Your Novel Internal and External Conflict The Top Ten Plotting Problems The Elements of Plot Development Plot Help Writing a Plot Your Own Way Plot Development Develop a Plot Tension and Conflict Your Plot, Step by Step Plot vs. Exposition Plot and Conflict

Character Development

How to Describe the Body Shape of Female Characters

Character Apperance Help Words to Describe Voice Body Language Cheat Sheet Character Development Exercises 101 Character Development Questions Art of Character Development Introducing Characters Characters You Need to Reinvent Making Characters Likeable Heros and Villains Describing Clothing Understanding Body Language 100 Positive Traits Mental Illness in Writing Conflicts and Characters Indifferent, Distant Characters Bitchy Characters Describing Voice Being a Bitch Heartless Bitch Writing Nice Characters Character Questionnaire Mental Disorders Writing Characters with Mental Illness Writing Male Characters Playing Male Characters Breaking Sterotypes Characters with Glasses Rebellious Characters Writing Female Characters Writing Intriuging Male and Female Characters

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

Placement of Speech Tags

Grammar and Spelling Grammar Slammer! American vs. British Grammar HyperGrammar Grammar Girl Punctuating Dialogue How to Use the Semicolon Introduction to the Basic Rules of Punctuation Comma 101 All About Dialouge 11 Grammar Tips Comma Usage Correct Use of Apostrophe Proofreading Transition Words 40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation Better Writing: Grammar & Spelling Semicolons and Colons Underlining and Italicizing Dashes and Parentheses Hyphens Apostrophes The Ellipsis List of 1000+ Adjectives

All About Names

List of Names

100 Most Popular Names Sci-Fi Names  Sci-Fi Names Part 2 Name Berry Behind the Name Fantasy Name Generator 20,000+ Names From Around the World Victorian Era Names How to Choose a Name Naming Your Characters Give Your Character the Perfect Name Name that Character! 10 Tips to Name Your Character

Genre Based

20 Tips to Writing Love Scenes

On Love And Sex All That Sex!

Writing “Real” Men in Romance Fiction Kissing How to Write a Kissing Scene: Valentine Edition How to Write a Kiss? And Should You Write Sex? The Keys to Conflict Writing Gender-Specific Dialouge Things Smut Writers Should Know How to Write a Sex Scene 3 Secrets to Writing Sex Writing Love Scenes Why You Should Write Love Stories How to Write Horror Horror Sub-Genres Horror Plot Cliches 25 Things You Should Know About Writing Horror Plot and Character in Horror Fiction 7 Laws of Comedy 5 Secrets for Improving Comedy Writing How to Break into Comedy How to Be Funny Mystery Writing Lessons 10 Rules for Mystery Mystery Writing

Other

Word Count

Story Starters & idea Generators Fifty Quick Writing Prompts Write or Die Writing Prompt Generator Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com Oxford Dictionary Spanish Dictionary Medical Dictionary Your Dictionary A Bunch of Character Questionnaires

[writersyoga]

Being a good beta/editing buddy 101 - #anyonecanedit

Never

Tell them to give up

Give feedback while in a bad mood.  

Describe any part of their work as unredeemable crap (ex using the words “shit, horrible, terrible” etc).

Attempt to force them to change/cut something.  Drafts belong to their writers. Hands off.

Dismiss the story because it has a trope/plot/character archtype you don’t like.

Dismiss the story because it has spelling/grammar mistakes.

Get hung up on a super tiny detail.  Ex: don’t nag about using the phrase “flame colored hair” in exchange for “red hair” by arguing that flames can be blue.

Do

Be honest.  You can be nice honest, harsh honest, or both. Preferably both. Just be honest. Don’t bash their writing. On the flip side, don’t give them praise that they don’t deserve. This is the only proper part that you will actually need to worry about.

Understand that the author is making a huge leap of trust to allow someone to read what they’ve written

Talk about what isn’t working in a story.  Be specific about how it isn’t working for you.  The more details, the better.

Catch typos, etc because spellcheck is clueless sometimes.

ALWAYS say something you like about the story.  If you only say things you hate about it, it will make the author feel like they’re horrible at writing.

REMEMBER:  The beta’s job is to help the author write the story the author wants to write.  The author’s story is the priority here.

Avoid using the word “You”. If the writer is very sensitive to criticism, it can make them feel like they are being personally attacked.

Expanded details under the cut: Readmore

Read More

[fenharelsmythlover20]

As someone who edits for a number of people, and has had a number of editors herself, I can attest to all of these. Especially that it is not the editor’s job to rewrite anything: it’s the writer’s. I’ll say that again: it’s not the editor’s job to rewrite anything. Both writers and editors need to know this. I’ve had an editor that rewrote several pages of exposition and never told me what was changed. In fact she didn’t tell me anything at all. I’ve had writers that sent me the roughest of drafts and expected me to turn it into gold. The editor needs to be kind, careful, and considerate with their writer, but the writer has responsibilities to. Mostly to edit their own work first, and to consider what their editor is saying. Basically just be kind to each other. That’s the best way to go about anything.

[writerswritecompany]

Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language

We are always told to use body language in our writing. Sometimes, it’s easier said than written. I decided to create these cheat sheets to help you show a character’s state of mind. Obviously, a character may exhibit a number of these behaviours. For example, he may be shocked and angry, or shocked and happy. Use these combinations as needed.

by Amanda Patterson

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[thefuuuucomics]

Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers

As described by Selnick’s article:

Author and doctor of clinical psychology Carolyn Kaufman has released a one-page body language cheat sheet of psychological “tells” (PDF link) fiction writers can use to dress their characters.

[unwrapping]

Five Text Checkers for Tumblr Posts: 

titlecapitalization.com Copy your Tumblr post title or headline. Paste it into this site to automatically initial cap and lowercase words for titles.

hemingwayapp.com Hemingway finds hard-to-read sentences and complex words, highlights passive voice and tracks your adverbs. Copy your text. Go to Hemingway and highlight the gray sample text on the site. Paste your writing into Hemingway, and see how readable your text is.

read-able.com Want more detail about readability? Go to read-able.com and click the “Test by Direct Input” tab. Copy and paste your writing into the text box. Submit your text to see six measures of readability, word count and other text stats.

wordcounter.com Find potentially overused words in your Tumblr post. Use wordcounter.com for a ranked list of your most used words.

polishmywriting.com Check your writing for spelling errors, style issues and grammar problems. Part of “After the Deadline,” this tool does not speak Tumblr.